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Yakuzaice on 03 February 2013
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scottie said:

Last I saw, Wii U was trending ahead of PS3 and 360. Has that changed? When did the WiiU become doomed?

Is this a response to Nintendo fans calling Vita doomed, or PS4/720? I haven't really been around much.

Assuming it's a response to "Vita is domed" The WiiU is currently selling nearly 50% ahead of Vita, despite the fact that Vita is a slightly older console, which means it should be having higher sales (up to its 3rd year that is).

As for the Wii 'failing' implying that Nintendo fans have no right to talk about consoles failing. The Wii is currently Nintendo's best selling home console, amongst the most profitable consoles ever realesed, currently the 3rd highest selling console of all time, and likely to hit the 2nd position eventually (or at least it was last I looked at the maths, feel free to correct me. Either way, safe to approximate it as equal 2nd, regardless of whether it ends a few 100k units ahead or behind.)

@ Aielyn. For the majority of the PS2's life, Sony counted a 'shipped' console as one leaving its factories. It didn't matter if the consoles were given out as prizes, as replacement consoles under warranty, stolen from Sony trucks before they reached the shops or whatever. Now Sony counts a console as shipped only if it reaches a retailer to be sold. The 4 million is a result of this.

It changed after the holidays.  While the Wii U is still up overall, its weekly sales have fallen far below the pace of the 360 and PS3 (even before it launched in Europe).  For the last two weeks it has even fallen below the Vita when you align the weeks for the JP/US/EU launches.

As for the Wii passing the PS1.  It is 3.11 million away in shipments at the end of 2012.  Their forecast for the fiscal year would put it 2.64 million away at the end of March.  If it is flat YoY it would reach the PS1 figure by the end of 2013.  However sales have dropped off a cliff compared to last year.  In the first 3 weeks, the Wii is down 71.2% which would put it on track for 1.02 million shipments by the end of 2013.  Of course making such predictions based on 3 weeks of data won't be very accurate.  However it does seem unlikely they will pass the PS1 by the end of 2013.  It is also very dependant on Nintendo's actions.  If they slash the price to $79 and promote it, then it will probably easily surpass it this year.  If they neglect it in favor of the Wii U and 3DS, then it might be a long hard road to 102.49 million.