NintendoPie said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
NintendoPie said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
Wow, strawman much.
The Wii was lucky in that it hit an unknown - the casual housewife/family market.
The DS was the only cheap handheld at the time and came with very popular games. That isn't luck, nor did I say that - you just made it up *rollseyes*.
The 3DS is in sitcky mud. Its slow launch was obvious, but the price drop and games helped. Will it hold up or has the market changed due to smartphones? Who knows.
The WiiU however, is different. It has started off incredibly slowly and target market is confused. I will never be saying they got lucky and in my opinion, I don't think it will even reach 20 million, and yes, I'll be quoting this to you.
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It seems like you basically contradicted yourself. "But the price drop and games helped." And you don't think that'll help Wii U? 20 Million consoles is a complete understatement.
It might seem like the Wii U is going to crash and fall. But didn't people also say that about the 3DS?
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They said they won't drop the price.
The games that sell the DS series is different to the console. So far we have seen and heard nothing, and it looks grim. The 5th best selling game on the Wii has fallen flat on the WiiU. The only thing that will help shift it would be a new SSBB, but if we consider that only sold 10 million on the Wii that has shifted 100m units, we're looking at either a spike followed by stagnation at 10m consoles at best.
That's dire.
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I don't see how this situation is dire. If the Wii U continued on for pretty much a year (like the Vita) with horrible sales, then I would categorize it as dire. A few months on the market with a not so great weekly number? I call that natural. (Most Consoles fall "flat" for a while after release. They only start picking up once their big games hit, which hasn't happened to the Wii U, yet.)
The fact that you act like NSMB can't pull in more sales than that is funny. When the console isn't selling all too well, the games won't either.
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This bad at launch is a massive failing from Nintendo.
Either people don't want it, and/or it has no games. Regardless, it is terrible sales. It's weekly sales are far less than consoles that are about to be phased out. reason to me how that is NOT bad? ^^ And no, consoles don't fall flat. Where did you get that from? The 360 and PS3 had a minimum of 100k per week, not ~30k. That is a huge drop.
Explain how a NSMB would sell more than the Wii, when the Wii has sold 100m units, and the WiiU looks set to be lucky to hit 20m. Go on. Explain your logic.
