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ninjablade on 01 August 2013
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Soundwave said:
zorg1000 said:
chapset said:
zorg1000 said:
chapset said:
Yet some people still think the wii U will outsell the X1 and PS4 in 2014 lawl


What does Apr-Jun of 2013 have to do with 2014 sales?

corelation, look at the ps3 for exemple and how long it took it to be the best seller

And what do PS3 sales have to do with Wii U 2014 sales? I understand the comparison, just fail to see how that automatically means Wii U wont make a comeback in 2014.


Because there's no historical context in the game business for a turn around that rapid. Even the 3DS in the West is still having a lot of headaches selling to Nintendo's expectations and is no where near what the DS or GBA at similar points in their life cycle.

The PS3 took a good while to really break out after a very slow start, and honestly even though it has recovered, its weak start probably cost them dearly in North America and Japan. In North America the 360 has outpaced the PS3 like 40+ million units vs. 23 million or something, a huge turn around from the PS2 days and in Japan the system has basically hit a wall at 1/2 the PS2's numbers.

First impressions count for a lot, if people categorize your system as a dud or non-event, it's very hard to shake that stigma later on and there's almost always some level of damage done.

and even then the ps3 was selling much better and had great third party support, the problem with ps3 was the price, the problem with wiiu is no body wants it, and i can see why, the orginial wii sold as a motion control machine, that not gonna carry over to people wanting its successor, like the tradional consoles.