| biggamejames79 said: Wii U launch is much more successful than the ps3 and 360 launches. If it makes anyone feel better to ignore this fact and pretend otherwise go right ahead. |
The Wii U is the only new console out on the market. The PS3 at $500-600 and 360 at $300-400 were competing against the $250 Wii and $99-149 PS2. The Wii U is only $40-90 more and is being outsold by the PS3, against the 360 the Wii U is also being outsold but it's $100-150 more. The PS3 when it first launched was $250-350 more than the Wii and $350-450 more than the PS2s higher $149 price before it dropped down to $99. The 360 was $50-150 more than the Wii and $200-300 more than the PS2 at $149.
The Wii U price difference is far smaller for its release than the PS360 price difference.
The Wii U is currently selling a little more than the Wii did due to the Wii's limited stock over the holidays.
I don't really think the Wii U is going to keep this up because whenever going to stores, I always see a large number of both Wii U versions in stock. It looks as if the casual people who don't play games aren't jumping on this one like they did with the Wii. I think most of the sales the Wii U is currently receiving are from gamers, Nintendo fanboys, and people who preordered multiple consoles in attempts to flip it on Ebay for more.
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While the sales do look slow for right now because the system isn't selling out, for a launch it's doing better than last gen but not selling to expectations. We'll know whether the system is selling good or not after we're a few months out of the holiday season.
The 3DS is selling amazingly well though. Over one million just last week according to VGChartz updated numbers.
