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tbone51 on 05 September 2013
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torok said:
tbone51 said:

Waittttt! i didnt even notice b4, you think 3ds will have 14.5mil sales this year? also why do you think Vita will sell more than WiiU? i know both wont be so good but Vita>WiiU this holiday? o.O


I basically took the last year data and extrapolated it to this year. 3DS will have a boost with Pokemon X/Y, but I think PS4 and One will impact it too, since they will steal a lot of the momentum of other 8th gen consoles. 3DS, Wii U and Vita should take a hit, because they are still being bought by early adopters or mid-end gamers. PS3, 360 and Wii won't be so hardly affected, since they are currently targeted at the low end gamer and this one simply won't buy a 8th gen console until, at least, the mid of the gen.

About Vita vs. Wii U, my bet is on Vita. Both got a price cut, but Vita's actually passed the magical US$ 200 barrier. PS4 remote play should drive some sales too. The price cut in Japan combined with games focused on the japanese public generated good sales there. Now they did a price cut combined with some western games (Killzone, Tearaway). Wii U got a price cut, but its competition is the PS4 and One. In this case, I think that, even with a price cut, it will suffer badly because of the competition. Vita is doing a little better than Wii U, but you have to consider that Vita already have its 8th gen competitor. Wii U is basically alone in the market, so this hollydays will probably be downhill (limited by the avaiability of PS4 and One. Probably next year will be harsher).



WiiU will outsell vita this holiday (maybe not in lifetime but it'll have more sales). price cut didn't do crap in US+Europe cuz Sony didnt advertise it, Vita also doesn't have any AAA games coming especially since FF got push back to 2014. As for 3ds, it has 2ds and pokemon. It'll easily pass last year holiday due to only having paper mario and this year we have LoZ! We'll fnd out soon enough though am I right ?