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Mummelmann on 19 December 2013
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Viper1 said:
Mummelmann said:

The Wii U is doing okay in Japan right now, no one can argue that, one can speculate on what it means and how it looks in the future though, this being a sales site and all. And I also think it's perfectly acceptable to compare it to other consoles, in the 7th gen these threads were bombarded with charts and graphs with aligned launches. It only very recently became unfair or irrelevant to compare the current Nintendo home console to others and that's not only a bit backwards; it's also kind of unfair with the 7th gen in mind.

And indeed it is perfectly acceptable to compare it to other consoles.  The difference being that this isn't about other consoles.  It's about the Wii U at one point selling between 3k-5k per week and is now doing quite well.  That's a remarkable turn around.   

Is 75k a high sales level for a home console in Japan on the grand scale of things?  No.
Is 75k a high sales level for a home console in Japan this year?  Yes.
Is 75k a high sales level for a home console in Japan that was once selling under 5k per week?  Yes.

In light of recent sales, a depressing Q3 in particular, it's very nice, agreed.

It should climb a little bit more when all is said and done this season and, as I recall, Japan usually has a stronger first week in January than other markets as well?