blublibla said:
Source : http://kotaku.com/the-wii-u-sales-are-really-really-bad-973133897
It's no secret that the Wii U is struggling. However, the extent of which the console is struggling might surprise you.
According to Nintendo, between April 1 and June 30 of this year, the Wii U sold 160,000 units. Those are global sales figures. Over three months. Ouch.
Simple math tells us that the Wii U is selling, on average, fifty-three thousand Wii U consoles each month since April. That's not very good!
Even the Wii outsold the Wii U, moving 210,000 units during the last three months. Software sales were better, with over a million games between sold worldwide.
For the time being, things for the Wii U, sadly, are not looking up. This past April, Nintendo reported that the Wii U only moved 390,000 consoles globally, which were well below expectations.
These numbers are well below that.
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The fault?
It's because of Nintendo initial failure of concept, NOT execution and NOT because of the lack of games which are just the result of the initial decisions.
And then because of desillusionned people (can't used the f*word in VGchartz) who still blindly support them and try to rationalize and find reasons why the Wii U is not selling....
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It is a combo of things. From the fact that they built up this tremendous image in the regular wii which is still available and rather cheap. It is because the wii u don't really have its own identity or one that is bringing in the original wii owners and making them want to up grade. It could also be the fact that many wii owners were new to gaming and now are looking to more powerful systems like the ps4 and xbox one.
