December 2013 NPD Thread! - Everything is in the OP!

[Soundwave]

superhippy420 said:

Soundwave said:
Sounds like Wii U numbers might be above 460k which wouldn't be as bad as thought, though not exactly something to throw a party over either (GameCube did better than that basically in every December it had).

 

Gamecube also had Zelda/Metroid/Mario/Luigis Mansion/Pikmin/Smash Bros/Mario Kart/Starfox and a bunch of other great games in the 1st 18 months.   The numbers the Wii U is putting out considering there is only 1 or 2 console sellers (SM3DW and NSMBU) for the 1st 14 months is actually not that bad.   Wii U should be killing Gamecubes numbers next December unless Smash Bros gets delayed.

Hope springs eternal. GameCube had $99 and Mario Kart its third Christmas, Wii U ain't matching that. 

Wii Party U, Wii Sports Club, and Pikmin 3 are on the Wii U too and Zelda was not out on the GCN at this point outside of Japan, nor was StarFox.