Aielyn said:
At the equivalent point in the Xbox 360's life, it had sold 5.5 million. Wii U is at 4 million. Xbox 360 sold about 79 million to date. Why is the Wii U more like the 360 than the N64? Because the 360 launched a year before its rivals, but really didn't take off until a real killer app showed up about a year after launch. The N64 had its biggest killer app on day 1 (Mario 64), and released last within the generation. The Wii U is almost keeping up with the launch-aligned 360, despite the economic circumstances, lack of major third-party support, and poor advertising by Nintendo, compared with the 360 launching during great economic circumstances, depending primarily on its strong third party support, and being by Microsoft (who are, when it comes down to it, primarily an advertising company - it's where their real skill lies). Oh, and Wii U weekly sales now are about where 360 weekly sales were in late 2006. And Mario 3D World is about to launch. |
yeah but the original xbox wasn't popular and the 360 had hardware issues. the ps2 was still dominating and xbox doesn't sell anything in japan so you can't compare them
