Wii U NA Sales Dismal

[the_dengle]

Mazty said:

From a statistical point of view I'd say that saying the Wii U is recovering is a massive jump to a bit of a wild conclusion. A slight increase in sales =/= recovery. We really don't have enough data to suggest if it's recovering or plateuing at ~30k units. 

Handhelds and smartphones offer portable gaming. GLHF doing that with a 360/PS3/Wii U. The main selling point of the Vita/PSP/3DS is the fact that the systems are entirely self contained. That is unquestionable. The fact is standard consoles are static, not portable. You wouldn't compare an RV to a house, so why compare portable gaming to static gaming?

And the fact that most time spent playing portable consoles is spent at home? And the fact that the Wii U also has its own screen and battery, and can replicate that "portable-at-home" experience?

Differences in the consoles themselves aside, they share the same market. Just use your head and figure that someone who previously bought a Wii might now be satisfied by Angry Birds and Cut the Rope. Someone who was entranced by Kinect Sports may have discovered Fruit Ninja on their phone and stopped caring about dedicated consoles.

Everyone stop comparing automobiles; if everyone in the country owned a laptop, how would that affect PC sales?