Wii U down about 33% yoy in Japan, still without competition. Where are all the people who kept making so much noise about the Japanese holiday sales being a sign of massive improvements and lasting momentum?
Super Mario 3D World, Wii Fit U, Wii Party U and a bunch of bundles did nothing to stem the decline, looks like I wasn't so foolish after all when I stated a 35-45k average global baseline for most of Q2 and Q3, could even have been too high.
Of course, with Mario Kart, Donkey Kong and Smasg Bros coming, there is no reason to keep on stating that several hundred percent increases yoy are impossible in 2014 (yes, quite a few seem to believe this will happen).
I think the Wii U will be up yoy, I don't see how it can't be with the 2013 numbers being what they are, but it won't be nearly as big a bump as most people seem to think. The huge titles will launch, hardware sales will spike, fans will shout in joy like they did with the Japanese holiday numbers and then the sales will collapse again and people will wait for the next spike. Overall though; it won't amount to much in the long run.
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