| toastboy44562 said: Nearly as much as the 360, a 8 year old console that is still 399 for the Kinect 250 gig. It only outsold the PS4 because there is a shortage, haven't you read the other threads?? Everthing I said was factual. Wii U sales were down that week. I can't help it if they release a game and it sells better for a week or two. Sorry if I didn't respond to you now I get a lot of people that quote me. Musta missed you. Sorry I hurt your feelings <3 |
Nothing you said was factual. The Wii U sales were UP that week except in Japan, where it had sold 40,000 units in the previous week (meaning, except for the 3DS, it was easily the best-selling system that week in Japan, outselling the PS Vita by 42%). As for the comparison to 360, the age of the console is irrelevant. I particularly like, though, how you compare the Wii U to the most expensive 360 bundle (which comes with a much larger hard drive than the Wii U, Kinect, and three games), rather than the cheapest one (which is just $200).
Fact: the Wii U has been increasing in sales in the US for the last four weeks, from a low of 13,000 for the week ending 26th of October to almost 49,000 in the week ending 23rd of November. That's an increase of about 275% in the last four weeks. For comparison, the PS3 increased by about 100% in four weeks, while the 360 increased by about 99%. This comparison shows that Wii U sales are ramping up in a way that other systems are not. If you think it's about age, consider that the PS Vita increased by 77% and the 3DS increased by 39% in those four weeks. This is NOT an increase being caused by Christmas alone. It is an increase in Wii U demand in general, that isn't replicated with any other system that has been out for more than a week.
Fact: the Wii U has been increasing in sales in Europe for the last four weeks, from a low of 11,000 for the week ending 26th of October to a little over 31,000 in the week ending 23rd of November. That's an increase of about 180% in the last four weeks. For comparison, the PS3 increased by about 38% in four weeks, while the 360 increased by about 24%. This comparison shows that Wii U sales are ramping up in a way that other systems are not. If you think it's about age, consider that the PS Vita increased by 67% and the 3DS increased by 42% in those four weeks. This is NOT an increase being caused by Christmas alone. It is an increase in Wii U demand in general, that isn't replicated with any other system that has been out for more than a week.
Fact: In Japan, the Wii U saw a huge boost between the week ending the 27th of October and the week ending the 3rd of November, selling 2800 units in the former and nearly 40,000 in the latter. If we ignore this peak, and focus on the net change in the last four weeks, we find that the Wii U sales have increased by over 630% in the last four weeks. In this time, the PS3 sales rate has remained largely constant (less than 4% increase in 4 weeks), the 360 remains negligible (365 units sold last week), the PSV has increased by a little over 25% (huge spike in the week of the 17th of November notwithstanding), and the 3DS has trended down after a peak of nearly 230,000 in the week ending the 13th of October (although up in the last week). Japan doesn't have a "Christmas" sales period, so that can't explain it. But the big spike was due to the release of a new bundle with Wii Party U.
Therefore, we reach the final statement:
Fact: The Wii U is improving in sales in ALL regions, moreso than can be explained by "christmas", "big game release", or variations thereof.
And I'm wondering if English isn't your first language, because I quite clearly used the word "technically" with regards to Wii U outselling PS4. Anyone with a grade 6 level understanding of English can comprehend that this means that I don't consider it meaningful, but rather am only stating it for the purpose of completeness, because it's technically true.
I would like to state right now that the above is not in any way disparaging of the PS3, the 360, the 3DS, the Vita, or any other system. I use the comparisons only because they provide a convenient baseline for showing that the Wii U is increasing in sales week on week in a strong and consistent manner, indicating that it is anything BUT struggling right now. At the current rate, we can expect the Wii U to sell somewhere in the vicinity of 150,000-160,000 in the week ending the 30th of November, and easily over 200,000 for every week in December.
And the fact is, the Wii U is already competing more than adequately with the "big dawgs". It sold more weakly in 2013 because of a drought combined with uncertainty due to incomplete information regarding the competing consoles (plus inadequate advertising by Nintendo). Now that both consoles are out, and the drought is over, the Wii U will maintain a higher rate of sales. Much in the same way that the Xbox 360 struggled in its first year, but held its own against the PS3 (and ultimately the Wii, which launched massively).
If you're going to make "Nintendo is Dooooooomed" threads constantly, at least put in the effort to investigate deeper than "ahurr, Wii U sales decreased worldwide last week, so Wii U is dying".
