Wii U: Nintendo Sells Under 500,000 in Six Months

[the_dengle]

Seece said:

the_dengle said:

Titanfall is not exclusive to the 360. It isn't releasing until mid-march, by which point the XO is supposed to have sold some 5 million consoles, right?

But this isn't about how "few" 360s are going to sell in the next 6 months. This is about the realistic expectation that the 360 should sell about 3-3.5 million consoles this quarter, and the decent likelihood that the Wii U will actually outsell it. 4 million for the quarter is plenty realistic for the Wii U.

Since when did it matter if a game was exclusive??? Multiplats don't push systems now? If that's the case how the heck has Microsoft shipped 4m~ 360's this year, they've only had Gears Judgement early in the year. Fact is 360 will be getting multiplats over the holiday and Q1 that will sell systems.

360 will ship at least 4m in the holiday Q, and 1m in Q1. Not 3- 3.5m ..

4m for Wiiu suggests 1m in nov NPD and 1m in dec NPD (if not more) not realistic.

I said the 360 has no comparable exclusives in that period, and you countered with a multiplat. It mattered that a game was exclusive when I used the phrase "comparable exclusives." Why didn't you just say Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield 4, etc? Those are also multiplats. 360 will have some games, but none of them are exclusive. Wii U has some multiplats as well as a fair number of big exclusives.

Think what you will. The 360 hasn't sold 4 million yet this year, and while it's possible it will have over 50% of its yearly sales in the fourth quarter alone, it may not be particularly likely for an 8-year-old console with its successor releasing this month.

You still offer no justification for why a 4 million quarter for the Wii U is "not realistic." You broke it down into one number and said it's impossible without reason. Care to be more specific?