A fair comparison to the WII U Launch

[ninjablade]

bdbdbd said:

ninjablade said:

sorry i don't get your observation, when i ask you why did a system have a bad launch sales, i can tell you why each one of those systems did, but the wii u  launched with a killer app and plenty of stock, you reason why it had a bad launch cause it a start to a new generation, which makes no sense IMO, did ps2, wii and 360 have bad sales for there launch, yes they did but reason very simple there was no stock and basically proven by systems like the xbox and gamecube doing better sales and not anywhere near as populer.

Well, 360 would be the valid comparison, as the situation with Wii U is similar; the premium being sold out, if Iwata is to believe. This isn't the case Europe however, but as the comparison was NA sales...

Conegamer said:

That's not the point. I'm just saying how far we've come in that time and how different the world is. The very concept of smartphones probably wasn't even around!

Yeah, with the first smartphones being in the market in mid-90's.

360 was sold out for months completely, it was selling on ebay for double the price. we know for a fact in december wii u had plentiful of stock with both premium and basics.