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Soundwave on 09 December 2012
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phenom08 said:
Soundwave said:
phenom08 said:
Soundwave said:

GameCube sold more than the Wii U did at launch.

GameCube actually had a very solid launch. The XBox had a *great* launch, considering it was a new system, but that was largely buoyed by having Halo.

The wheels on the GameCube fell off in 2002 though.

I wouldn't be shocked if the Wii U performed similarily to the GameCube in North America, where it sold OK, but Nintendo is stronger nowadays in Japan and especially Europe. Nintendo just basically conceeded Europe entirely during the N64/GCN days so they were really only selling in 2 markets ... well really 1 for GameCube because Japan never got into the GCN either after Smash Bros. Melee. 

Do you have any figures? And you don't seriously believe any modern day console could seriously sell less than the GC? I don't even see the Vita doing that bad unless its discontinued.


Dude re-read what I said, lol. I never said what you implied, in fact I said the opposite.

Also the Gamecube sold 660k its first month in North America. Which is more than Wii or Wii U, though the Wii was extremely supply constrained, probably could've sold 2-3x more. 

So the GC did better than Wii lol, why even mention the GC if it had a wonderful launch and still sold less than 23 million consoles lifetime. It launched better than Wii. Also I love the fact you keep ignoring the fact that the WiiU has had reports of it being mostly sold out. Yet you brought up the Wii having supply problems and not the reports of the WiiU having the same.


The GameCube did sell OK in North America. If you bothered to actually read my post I pointed out clearly the reason the GCN ended up with such a low userbase is that it got very little juice from the European (4 million life) and Japanese (3 million life time) markets and at the very least, Nintendo has made very large strides in those markets. 

The Wii U demand is not anything like the Wii demand though. The Wii U is selling right at about the level Nintendo is shipping at, which is lower than the GameCube, so that's not exactly anything to throw a party over.

The Wii only sold about the same, but its highly disingenious to try and spin that the Wii U is just like the Wii. Hell no. Anyone around in 2006 will tell you something really unprecidented was happening with the Wii. 

There were line-ups for *re-stocking* the Wii, not just launch. I had to line up at 8 AM to get a Wii in December 2006 and I got the very system. There were about 20 people behind me that went home empty handed. Wii could've sold 2-3x more easily in 2006, Wii U is selling right around where the demand is IMO.