Will Wii U LTD sales ever pass Vita?

[Screamapillar]

pezus said:

Screamapillar said:

Oh, it'll definitely be by the end of this December. You'll see a big Wii U spike as soon as Wind Waker comes out, while Tropical Freeze and 3D World will coax the system into selling in extremely high volumes from Black Friday right on through Christmas Eve.

Wii U is likely to sell a million globally just during the last week of Thanksgiving alone. PS Vita won't do close to that.

You have to remember that Nintendo historically does better during the holiday sales season than the other game companies, because Nintendo's games tend to make for more family-friendly/ children's-type gifts.  If you need any proof of this, if you don't believe me, look at the jump-start that Galaxy gave Wii in November 2007, or that DKCR gave the Wii in November 2010.  Wii U is struggling only because there is no software that appeals to a wide array of people (don't even tell me Pikmin is that type of game, no, just no).

Wind Waker will jump-start sales and appeal to people like us that want something grand to play on Wii U, and Tropical Freeze, Wii U Party, and 3D World will cause Wii U to sell like hotcakes to the rest of the population.  Just wait and see.

What, exactly, makes that even remotely likely? A system won't jump from 20-30k per week to 1m out of nowhere.

WiiU is struggling because of many factors. The main one being that it isn't appealing to the masses as a concept. Two others are that the price is too high and that it lacks the right games.

Wind Waker will appeal to Nintendo fans, who most likely already have a WiiU.

It doesn't seem as if you ready my entire post.  DKC Tropical Freeze and Wii Party U, as well as 3D World will indeed cause Wii U to sell in enormous numbers come this holiday.  Tropical Freeze is the big November game, and following what will surely be strong sales coming into November from WW HD releasing in October, the momentum will build upon itself and the console sales will continually get bigger and bigger.  We've seen this before with Wii and 3DS. 

Presuming 3D World launches first week of December (which is... pretty much a certainty), sales will remain very high following Black Friday.  Wii U will do very, very well between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.  I don't think you're giving the lineup enough credit.  Especially with what I assume will be some bundles with first-party games. 

Wii Party U has the potential to do big numbers and move consoles for the family-friendly "let's all play together" Christmas shopper.  Especially if Nintendo is smart and either A) bundles Wii Party U with the Wii U without increasing the price higher than $349, or B) Accepts it's far more likely to be successful at $29 or $39 and not the typical $59.

Regardless, with the lineup Nintendo has for Wii U between now and December, I don't think there is any reason to think Wii U will not do very, very well this holiday season.