| Zero999 said:
bolded 1: and wasn't it? 3ds took about a month or two to start doing bad numbers since their march release. wii u's drought goes from january to august and it is much more barren of games than the 3ds one. bolded 2: those games hadn't released yet (many still hasn't) so this launch window crap you're saying doesn't matter. bolded 3: the wii u performing worse or better than 3ds is not the point. that was a stupid statement to try distorting my ideas. my response was to counter the stupid statement that said "wich is the next game supposed to save wii u?" and I did read that kind of crap during the 3ds time. and that being said, wii u and 3ds situations are quite similar and wii u will probably have a 3ds style turn around. |
Well if you consider the 3DS numbers post price cut as still part of the drought, then the drought basically started the week after it came out in the US. That would put it at roughly the same length as your stated Wii U drought.
The point is that the Wii U still had a somewhat promising lineup on the horizon. New consoles aren't usually seeing releases on January 6th, so why did the Wii U fall so low so quickly? You seem to be acting like it is normal for a console to come out and then grind to a screeching halt a month later if games aren't released immediately. What was out at the start of January for the Wii, 360, PS3, Gamecube, etc that allowed them to have higher weekly sales than the Wii U?
How is the performance compared to the 3DS not the point? If it isn't, then it is basically just a meaningless expression. I'm also not sure what you are getting at saying I'm distorting your ideas when you go on to say the Wii U will probably have a 3DS style turn around. That kind of gets to the crux of the issue. People like to just throw that out there without anything to back it up, or really any clarification on what such a turnaround would entail. Does it just mean seeing an equivalent percentage rise? Because I doubt that people going on and on about the 3DS expect the Wii U to do less than 2 million across Oct-Dec. Does it mean the Wii U selling the same as the 3DS in those months? That is probably the more likely interpretation, but how exactly would it happen? Also when will it happen? You seem to feel that the 3DS didn't turn it around until November, but it sold 2.7 million in Aug/Sept/Oct. If the Wii U is still doing low numbers during that time period will it just not count?
