Wii U Surpasses 2 Million Sales

[DanneSandin]

dsgrue3 said:

DanneSandin said:
I'm simply comparing the initial numbers, and if this trend holds true Wii U could end up selling 12m units in 2013 alone. Now, I think that's a bit optimistic, but 10m seems plausible.

And the 360 might have been $400 then, and Wii U might be $300-350 now, but the economy is far worse now than in 2006, so that counts for nothing. If anything, it only shows the strength of Wii U sales.

The economy may be slightly worse, but the size of the previous fanbase is absolutely relevant. 24m - 100m no comparison. Wii U launch should be 4x as big as Xbox 360, and it's merely twice.

Japan is a huge factor, it alone will end at 600,000+ units for WIi U, while it came in at 85,000 for Xbox360 in December 2005.

This means US demand is quite low for Wii U.

For last week (22nd):

Japan - 121,933

USA - 155,441

This is quite telling IMO.

The Wii created a whole new user base. It more or less created the "casuals", and that's nothing Wii U will be able to do again - not on the same scale. No one is expecting Wii U to relive the success of Wii, and besides, this has nothing to do with whether or not it will only sell 4m units by the end of March or more...

You're trailing away from the subject.