Global Up 15th December 2012

[ryuzaki57]

Mnementh said:

KillerMan said:
Only reason why WiiU is able to keep up with Wii sales in US  is because Wii had massive shortages when it launched. It literally could have sold double the amount it sold if there would have been unlimited amount of supply. And well...European launch of WiiU has been horrible considering the success of Wii. Vita level of bombing in EU.

Good point about the Wii-shortages (also train wreck). So I think my wording should be ... good launch for most regions (as WiiU does more than PS3 and X360 at launch). Over the long run WiiU should sell lower than Wii, but good enough if we extrapolate that.

Except for Europe. I would not say Vita-levels (has someone the numbers of Vita launch), but it is definitely bombing in Europe. And as a european I have no idea why it sells so different here compared to other regions.

Europe (VGC)

W1 W2 W3

Vita 190K 63K 43K

WiiU  180K 90K 70K

Still higher than PSV but the latter was launched in February whereas the WiiU launched during the busiest market period.