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archbrix on 16 March 2013
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Soundwave said:
newwil7l said:
Soundwave said:
It's starting to trend behind the PS3 in the US anyway.

The PS3 sold 124k or so its first February (Feb 2007), the Wii U did 66k, so PS3 was almost double the Wii U for the corresponding month, which is pretty sad when you consider the PS3 was $500/$600 at that time with no games either.


Yeah but the PS3 didn't have the record for the longest time span with out a new game being released.


The PS3 didn't have a Mario game though, and it would've had a Rayman game if the terrible sales of the platform didn't scare away Ubi Soft. 

True, but the PS3 was also a blu-ray player - many of which at the time were more expensive as stand-alone units, so the PS3 was a substantial value for anyone in the market for one.

Still, there's no sugarcoating the issue regarding current WiiU sales and Nintendo has nobody to blame but themselves. They've pretty much followed the same flawed pattern they did with the 3DS launch; better in that they had two great in-house launch games as opposed to none for 3DS, but worse in that they have no games post-launch to warrant a somewhat high price against the powerhouse PS360.

However, also like the 3DS, I believe that there is still a window of opportunity to turn WiiU into a success. It's just up to them if they take it or not.