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MDMAlliance on 27 June 2013
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pezus said:
MDMAlliance said:
pezus said:
I would say 1.6m in Japan and 20m WW is on a similar scale of badness
PosPlatformNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
17 GameCube (GC) 12.55 4.44 4.04 0.71 21.74

You have no idea what you're talking about.

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23 Wii U (WiiU) 1.34 0.67 0.95 0.22 3.18

Oh, and look at Wii U's Japan numbers.  It's obviously going to pass the XBox 360 as well in Japan.

Why are you posting the numbers and why do I have no idea what I'm talking about? Why is 20m WW any better than 1.6m in Japan? 

The gamecube sold 21.74m WW according to vgchartz.  4.04m from Japan.  1.6m vs 4.04m is not even close to the same level of "bad."  Especially when you think about the fact that North America sold 12.55m alone to make it into the 20m's.  
The Wii U isn't anywhere close to 20m right now, but in Japan it already is more than half of the 1.6m it needs to pass the 360.  I say you have no idea what you're talking about because you're saying it's "similar scale of badness" but it really isn't similar at all.  
However, if the Wii U lifetime only barely passes Gamecube, yes that's bad.  If it does it at some point in its life time and substantially one-ups it, then no it isn't and is a good milestone.