Squilliam said:
Soundwave said:
Squilliam said:
My take: The Wii U is selling as good as many other launches of supply constrained consoles and it can only be judged like for like compared to other consoles with a similar supply situation. We don't know for instance if Nintendo had say twice the supply of the Wii that it would have sold twice as much as the Wii U or if the Wii would have simply sold 5% more. All we know is the upper bounds on demand and not the demand compared to other consoles. |
Given that the Wii was sold out basically through 2007 and still relatively tough to find even in 2008, I would say its fair to assume that Nintendo perhaps could've sold double the Wii systems in 2006 that they had at launch.
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I would hesitate to just assume a doubling of the sales. Part of the reason why the Wii was so popular was the fact it was always sold out which added to the hype about the product.
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True. The Wii was also the ultimate word of mouth gaming product, one person got it, invited friends/family over, then they suddenly knew all about it and had to have one, rinse, wash, repeat for about 2 years there, it just kept snowballing bigger and bigger.
