The summer started : Wii U is still failing hard, PS3 has way outgrown X360, PS4 out-ordered Xbone

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chocoloco said:

Mensrea said:

chocoloco said:

 

Okay, Well, the assumption was made that you thought the impressive lineup would translate to more sales since this is a sales thread and not a taste in games thread.

More sales for the Wii U. I didn't say it would beat anything, but rather that the impressive games lineup will give it a real boost. The OP said that the Wii U is failing and nothing will stop that, so I responded to that.

Just curious, what is your definition of failure for this console? Would it be sales equivalent to the gamecube? Sales below the N64? I mean I still have little reason to believe sales will be much more than the gamecubes.

Excellent question.

Last generation, there was no failure, both Wii, X360 and PS4 sold enough to have considerable consumer bases and be worthy investment. 

Because the key is the initial investment in the creation and launch of a new console (count in billions), profitability (you can't just "not loose money", you have to make a lot) and market capitalization (if the investors don't trust or see the Wii U has a success, they'll leave it aside)...

So I consider that if the Wii U sells less than 30-40 millions at the end the generation it's a failure which it's BY ALL MEAN set to be