Osc89 said:
DucksUnlimited said:
Osc89 said:
Pretty much like the Gamecube. Except this time the multiplats will be a fair amount worse rather than slightly better so might actually do a bit worse.
Unless the Wii U becomes grouped with the 7th gen, in which case it will be just like the Gamecube with slightly better multiplats. It might also be about to be replaced in 3 years.
In all cases, it will get the usual great 1st party games so I'm not bothered. |
Are you saying you only expect around 20 million units sold?
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That is what I am assuming right now. To do any better it needs to retain some of the Wii audience. They dropped the Wiimote so Wii Sports is out of the question, so I think we'll have a better idea when Wii Fit U comes out. Plus with rumours of VR glasses for both MS and Sony, I imagine one of them will take off and claim the casual crowd this gen.
What makes you think it will be at the 33m mark?
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The gamecube released several big hitters by this point in its life, whereas the WiiU has not, yet I'm pretty sure the Wii U is tracking close to the GC's hardware sales at this point. Also, The GC suffered partially because a lot of people had a PS2 because it came out a year earlier and really took off. This holiday I see as a soft relaunch of the Wii U, so it's essentially starting at the same time as the other consoles only with a 4m+ lead. There's also the fact that many of Nintendo's franchises are likely more popular than they were with the GC thanks to the Wii introducing them to a huge install base. Plus the WiiU gamepad could recapture some of the casual audience once the console gains some momentum, which is something the GC controller never had a chance of doing.
