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VitroBahllee on 19 February 2014
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benji232 said:
Seece said:
benji232 said:
Seece said:
benji232 said:
kowenicki said:
is this even a question?

The obvious answer is "Neither".


Not really, it's down YOY and treaded very carefully to below 20k April/May. Mario Kart isn't until 30th May and there is nothing from now till then.

And if XB1 doesn't have any SW over the summer who knows how low it could go!

WiiU is tracking flat/above 2013 on a weekly basis. 2013 had 0 major releases for the first 6months, 2014 has 1 major release and 1 wild card that could potentially be a big to major release.

Xbox one has titanfall which will keep it a float. You can also bet that there will be tons of 3rd parties on board which means that we won't see any major drought on xbox.

That major release doesn't matter, I'm pretty sure noone thinks it'll be below 20k after Mario Kart. I'm talking about the next 3 months. DK is indeed a wildcard, so far the results are not promising. How many years do you think WiiU can be flat YOY with no software releasing??

Both releases DO matter. The system is basically selling equally as much as last year (and even a bit more). Last year, the system dipped only once below 20k without any significant releases in it's first 6months. That week below 20k was in June. In 2014, mario kart 8 basically confirms that there isn't going to be a week below 20k in May and onwards. As for Feb-April, we have DK. Last year, Lego city gave wiiU a pretty good boost. I expect DK to give atleast the same boost as Lego city. 

If the system, last year, only dipped once in it's first 6months below 20k with 1 decent game release, you can bet that it can go 3months without any software without going below 20k. 

Also, it should be noted that Mr.Miyamoto confirmed that the year of Luigi ends at the end of March. Perhaps that we could see a surprise Luigi's mansion 2 HD launch for wiiU? But that's just pure speculation.

I think basing expectations of Wii U's early 2014 performance off of it's early 2013 performance is missing the fact that the perception of the Wii U went faaaaaaaaaar south in that time. Now, it's regarded as a bit of a dud. ALSO, it has competition from two new consoles that it didn't have last year.