kabamarutr said:
oniyide said:
kabamarutr said:
Carl2291 said:
You say haters, I say realists.
Obviously every platform has its share of detractors, but the majority of people being critical of Wii U arent really trolling. The Wii U has been a disaster. Its had incredibly poor support and sales have been at record lows. Its following on from a system that was perfect for Nintendo fans, a system that sold over 100 Million units, and its thrown away everything that Nintendo had built over the last generation with the competitors wiping out a Year advantage in the space of a few Weeks. |
Let's not call it a disaster just yet. If you take a look at Nintendo consoles' sales, you will see a steady decline. Apart from the case of the Wii, of course. The Nintendo core is supporting it and it just does what almost every other Nintendo home console did: Play each own games, them being unique in experience and content not easily found in the competition. Point is, it's just as a disaster as Gamecube and N64 was.
There is a lot of way still to go. As the gen progresses, people who want a second console, an alternative to their PS4/X1 will likely turn to WiiU and its unique library (and possibly a reduced price). Think about it: why not?
Taken all the above into consideration, if WiiU pushes around 30 mil lifetime sales, will it be considered a dissaster? I really have this question ever since joining this forum: what constitutes a disaster? when is a machine considered doomed or dead?
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30 mil coming off of a 100 mil console and it had a year headstart? I think thats a disaster
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Is that so? Then what are 100mil console coming off a 30 mil console? It seems to mee Nintendo returns to its normal sales: lazy home console numbers, heavy sales in the handheld area.
Need I remind here that Nintendo sales evolve thusly?
NES around 60 mil
SNES around 50 mil
N64 around 30 mil
GC around 20 mil
Wii around 100 mil
If WiiU hits 30 mil sales it would be the Nintendo norm. If that equates a disaster, by your standards, then half of Nintendo history has been a disaster also.
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just because its the norm doesnt mean its good. Disaster is a strong word, but half of Ninty's console history? Yeah it aint great. Especially looking at your numbers. that means it declined gen after gen while others have incresed. GC flopped, much as I like that console, 10 mil more aint great. Especially following Wii U's success one would think that at least 50% of those buyers would stick around
