| Zero999 said:
I keep hearing this "it has to average x units". it will sell great during the holydays and sell well before it. what's the point of pointing the average number? |
Because the Wii U isn't selling anywhere close to that number which means the amount it needs during the holiday just keeps going up. If we're going to the week ending Dec 28th, it needs 316k per week now to hit 10 million by the end of the year. Even if it gets a decent boost in the US with Pikmin, that number will still go up to ~330k next week. Considering the Wii U probably won't see those numbers till November at best (and by then, the average weekly number will be a whole lot more.), it just doesn't seem very realistic. Even if it magically sold 200k a week starting the week ending the 17th, it would need to average 860k a week in December to hit 10 million. Odds are Nintendo won't even be able to ship enough to make those numbers possible. Retailers would have already ordered their units before December, and they would do it on the basis of what the Wii U had been selling.
Retailers (especially in Europe) who might still have units from last year aren't going to order a ton of stock on the hope that Mario comes to the rescue in December.
I guess I should also say the numbers in the OP are pretty ridiculous as well.
