Soundwave on 24 July 2013
| DevilRising said: Unequivocally: Neither. Again, for the umpteenth time........it's the LACK OF GAMES in the first half of 2013 that caused slow sales. It's not rocket science, it's mind numbingly simple. People seriously seem to have an inability to hold off on casting final judgement on the system until it's been out for over a year. It hasn't even been out a full year yet, and in that time none of the "Big System Seller" games have hit yet. They're literally right around the corner, with more on the way in 2014. If you want to make ANY kind of rational, practical, intelligent analysis of how the Wii U is doing, you just might want to wait until about Fall 2014 to get a truly accurate gauge. |
The problem with this logic is the numbers don't support it. If you look at Wii U's first December NPD for example it's lower than the first December for the PS3, despite the PS3 having an even worse launch lineup and being $500/$600.
The launch in Europe pretty much the get go has been frosty.
To me this indicates people aren't enthused by the concept period and the signs were evident pretty much right from the start. The poor release schedule hasn't helped, but all of the Wii, N64, GCN have had post-launch lulls in releases. This isn't anything that new for a Nintendo platform.
