TheSource said:
benao87 said:
Those are some impressive X360 numbers.
Are people really surprised about WiiU's numbers, next month is going to be worse, wondering if they are going to be equally hysteric.
I don't think Nintendo should be overly worried, they are aware of the situation. They can be incompetent but the picture is crystal clear. They shouldn't rush things, they may have lost the potential to strike hard and first, but they are still selling 50k more than nextbox , and PS4 (in North America). 3DS is a good asset, and I think it's quite prudent to further establish it first than the WiiU.
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All the numbers are amazingly bad. NPD had a leap January this year (normally, they have a 4-4-5 quarterly schedule * 4, this year its 5-4-5 in Q1 2013 to catch up for seven 364 day years rather than seven 365 day years).
It's 281,000 divided by five for X360, 55,000 divided by five for Wii U etc etc. So on a weekly basis X360 dropped to 56,500 from 67,500 in January 2012 to January 2013. The payroll tax will probably hurt disposable income this year too.
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And should it perform better? It's like PSV fans saying that it 'deserves' more sales. The thing did not wow the market a la Wii, that's evident, and there is little or no reason to get one yet. It'll probably be a slow year, hopefully for Nintendo it's not going to keep diving, and with those minor releases in the horizon it will sell more. Then again, Nintendo should not panic, they can't keep rushing things. Further establish 3DS is a good estrategy, besides I think they may be sacrificing Q4, to have a better FY.
