Will Nintendo ship less Wii U this fiscal year compared to last year?

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Fusioncode said:

zorg1000 said:

Fusioncode said:
If Mario couldn't move systems then what the hell can Donkey Kong do? The WiiU is about to drop dead and won't be revived until Mario Kart comes out.

Technically I would say Mario did move systems, the holidays would likely have been much worse without him but I get what u mean. Donkey Kong will cause a nice bumb for a few weeks but def not gonna push sales through the roof

The WiiU only went up about 30k the week Mario released. It did sell higher in the coming weeks but that can be attributed to Black Friday and a holiday boost. I figured a 3D Mario would move a lot more consoles than it did. 

I dont recall any Mario causing a huge boost in its launch week, I could be wrong tho. It seems more like it causes a sustained increase in baseline sales. An unappealing product doesnt become appealing just because its the holidays. Take a look at Vita for example.

Dec 30, 2012-Nov 16, 2013 

Vita-2.2m, Wii U-1.7m

Nov 17, 2013-Dec 28, 2013

Vita-800k, Wii U-1.3m

In the 6 weeks that 3D World was available the Wii U erased the 500k lead Vita had on it for 2013.