Do you still think WiiU can outsell Gamecube? (US: Second January, GC: 81k Vs WiiU: 49k)

[benji232]

MikeRox said:

benji232 said:

MikeRox said:
That's my point though. Vita is currently selling slightly better than the Wii U globally as in... for 2014.

Cmon, are we really going to argue for the first few weeks of 2014 when it's 2-3k difference in sales? We can talk about global 2013 sales because 2013 is over, and we will be able to talk about 2014 sales when the year is over. If vita was currently doubling wiiU sales, then you could of had a point, but 2-3k difference is absolutely nothing. We've seen that last year when vita outsold wiiU in most weeks of 2013, however, wiiU just destroyed it in the holidays which boosted it above vita.

We have no idea what could happen in 2014, maybe slim will revitalise Vita in the US and Europe. Maybe MK8 will indeed revitalise wiiU. We have no clue what's going to happen.

I tried looking for 2013 data on here, but couldn't find it (yeh I'm useless at using this site) but from what I remember, barring holiday oeriods Wii U hasn't really outsold Vita at all in the past 12 months.

But hadn't the Wii U shifted about 3.5m units by this time last year and the Vita about 5.5m? Therefore 5.7m and 7.5m as VG Chartz currently shows suggests that overall since this time last year, there's not been much of a difference. And Wii U sales grew that much in December in the US that that pretty much explains the slight closing in their gaps.

Anyone got any graphs for this?

Last year, wiiU sold 3,232,000 units while vita sold 3,121,000 units. You're right, vita was outselling wiiU in most weeks of 2013, however as I said, wiiU completely destroyed the vita in November December in the US and Japan which pushed it above Vita.

For the sake of the argument, vita launched in Japan in October 2011, it sold 481k units in 2011. It then launched globally in Feb 2012 and sold 3,671M units in 2012. 

WiiU on the other hand launched globally in 2012 and sold 2,2M units in 1 1/2 month and sold another 3.2M units in 2013. Basically, wiiU sold 5,4m units in it's first year and half (EDIT: I ment for it's first 13 1/2 months) while vita sold 4,1m in it's first year+2months. However, it wasn't launched globally in 2011, however, it wouldn't have changed much seeing the 1,4m gap and how the US has always been it's weakest market by a longshot and Japan (the only region that it was launched in 2012) is by far it's strongest market.