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Soundwave on 22 December 2013
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Aielyn said:
Soundwave said:

What momenteum are you talking about? 220k for a November in the US is worse than any November the GameCube had before getting usurped by the Wii in 2006. It's probably the worst November for a Nintendo console since they start keeping track of monthly sales. It was so dissapointing that Nintendo opted not to share the number in their PR. It's comparable to the Dreamcast's 2nd November, which was a disaster. The system in not gaining any traction in Europe from the looks of things either.

That leaves Japan, but we know sales drop significantly there after the first week of January as per their holiday trends.

You do understand the phrase "gaining momentum", don't you?


I don't see the term "gaining momenteum" being applicable when the system is coming up with incredibly underwhelming sales below expectations in major markets. It's a given every system, even the Vita, increases towards the year end, there's nothing notable about that. 

In the context of what the Wii U's sales should be, the level they're putting up now is horrible. 220k is not even freaking half (half!) of the GameCube's second November. That's horrible, no one at Nintendo is happy with that at all. 

This holiday season season judging by November is pretty much veering towards a worst case scenario for Nintendo.