| JGarret said: If Pachter is off by 100K, it´ll still be less than the Gamecube in November 2005...at that point, the GC was in its 4th year, while the Wii U is still only a year old and on the back of Mario 3D World. Hoping Pachter is off by like, 300 K. |
I don't remember which thread it was but someone posted figures where they compared launch holiday season to the holiday season the year after, the trend was clear; most of them sold twice as much and up to three times as much the following holiday.
It's highly unlikely that the PS4/One will match that though, I can't see either selling 6 or 9 million over the holidays next year, pre-orders are the new thing, it seems. But, hwoever one looks at it, the Wii U is making history with these sales and not in a good way, doubly so when you consider the fact that it took over for a market leader. At this point, even with a 100% yoy increase in 2014, it will be hard pressed to reach the worst year the PS3/360 ever had, that's flat out unbelieveable.
OT: I think Pachter is a bit off here, I'm thinking 230-240k for NPD November with a 50-55% rise or so in December, NA is clearly the Wii U's strongest territory and will remain so.
