Blackbond and Jason Rubin Tell It Like It Is About Wii U

[EdHieron]

curl-6 said:

EdHieron said:

curl-6 said:

EdHieron said:

curl-6 said:

The Wii lasted a normal console lifespan. A fad would have fizzled out in 2009.

It started to fizzle out in 2009.

The Wii has sold 43 million units since 2009. Fizzled out my arse.

It started to fizzle out in the Summer of 2009.  It did get the first 2D Mario game on a console since the NES era which allowed it to have decent Christmas numbers, but really PS3 has been gaining on it since the first $299 model was released.

Sorry, but selling more than the lifetime sales of most consoles (and more than half PS3 or 360 sales to date) after that point isn't fizzling out.

I know the "hardcore" as desperate to try to rewrite hsitory to exclude the Wii, but reality disagrees.

The reality is that Xbox 360 has already outsold Wii in America and the PS3 is going to outsell Wii in Japan and Europe and with future price cuts probably worldwide.  Fads don't have that longevity.