osed125 said:
And the Wii U sold more units in 4 months than the PS3 and the 360 (the PS3 not so much here because the numbers in the article do not include Europe sales), and the 360 didn't had supply constraint, people were on the fence because of the RROD fiasco plus not really most have games (things stared to change when Gears of Wars launched one year after the 360 launch). You can pretty much summarize consoles launch like this: 360 - RROD and no games PS3 - $599 and no games 3DS - "too expensive" and no games Vita - same as 3DS Wii U - no marketing and no games The pattern is pretty obvious, consoles (yes I'm including the 3DS and Vita here) sell because of games, if there are non, then people will simple aren't going to buy it. And about the Wii U momentum, how can we really measure that when there are simple no games since launch? This week Lego and Monster Hunter will launch so we will see if those 2 games help the hardware sales (hint: not by much). Now, if 3D Mario nor Mario Kart (plus other 1st party games) don't do any significant in terms of sales then we will know for sure the Wii U will share the same faith as the N64 and GC. Will that happen? imo no, why? because those franchises are very popular (the 3DS game sales reflect that). I could be wrong though, but as of right now, unless you are speculating you CAN'T be sure that a Mario Kart or 3D Mario won't make the system sell. |
First of all, and I already pointed this out, VGC has Wii U overtracked MAJORLY. VGC overtracked Wii U in US alone by 200k units in Dec. Wii U hasn't sold through 2.6mil yet. They MIGHT reach that number at the end of March.
Lastly, you are flat out wroing about the launches.
