anonymunchy said:
Mummelmann said:
Kazus said:
Viper1 said:
Wii U with another respectable sales boost this week. As for the 'holiday boost', only Wii U and 3DS are showing sizable increases in sales so far.
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And that's all that needs to be said about Wii U currently. I don't understand why is there 17 pages of mess and spinning.
The Wii U is doing A LOT better than it was before and if it stabilizes at this area of sales, it's definitely back in the picture as a contender this gen.
That's all there is to it.
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It's the holiday season, everything is doing better than before. Have you ever heard about a console that didn't sell more during the holidays?
"and if it stabilizes at this area of sales" You think it will keep on selling holiday numbers after new year's? Holidays are massive, often bigger than the 10 months leading up to it, and as far as holiday sales go; this is an extremely long shot from impressive and certainly not a sign of a great 2014.
Everyone is going on about how launch hype doesn't mean anything (which is 100% true) but then go about claiming that a (weak) holiday boost ensures a bright future, it's perplexing.
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Going from barely touching 10k a week all year, roughly 3k a week in October to 70k+ in december is a little more than a (weak) holiday boost imo. While the Wii U is far from saved there's no reason to run to the other side of the argument without stopping in the middle.
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Agreed. But I don't feel that it warrants the belief that it has turned around in Japan either, it still has no 8th gen competition and a sudden and large rise is often followed by a similar decline. I'll be surprised if it can sustain numbers over 20k for long past new year's.
Yeah, it's a big boost for sure, I'm gonna admit that, but one still has to wonder how a brand new console with no contemporary competitors can manage a baseline all the way down to 2.800 units in a week in the first place.
