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g911turbo on 08 March 2014
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Soundwave said:
g911turbo said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
Wii U is actually selling somewhere between "Ok" and "poor" as opposed to death according to these numbers. I wonder if they are overtracking? XBOne is also OK, but PS4 is in beast mode.


I keep seeing Wii U sales that sell 1500 at a time pretty damn quick.  260 for the mario bundle out the door on ebay, and Nintendo has it reburbed with Nintendo land for 200 on their website.  So yeah, I think the Wii U is hanging in there.  Hopefully MK can put up decent numbers and keep the system healthy enough to not be a complete disaster.  

 

It has some great games, people just need to justify the cost of a companion system, because IMO that's exactly what it is.

A "companion" system is a tough sell these days I guess. In part because X1 and PS4 don't have backwards compatibility a lot of people are hanging on to their PS3/360 and those are their "companion" systems and developers are still supporting both the PS3/360 ... for example the new South Park game and most people have a back log of games on those systems already. 

Honestly when I look at all the games I haven't gotten around to on my PS3 ... I have more to play on that system than any of the new machines right now. 

You're probably right as the sales seem to tell that story.  But then again, as that companion system get more and more affordable, it becomes an easier sell.   I personally think the Wii U has some time to end it's life cycle respectable enough for what it is, but only time will tell.  I've been happy with the purchase, but then again I will own all 3 systems eventually, just like last gen.

Oh and I agree that the older sytems do have impressive backlogs.