Honestly Im not entirely sure why people are so insistent on trying to make 8th gen seem like a failure. WiiU may be down but XBO and PS4 are up in the early months.
First off we are going to look at two things. X360 had no competition and was boasting a $400 pricetag where as the Xbox One and PS4 launched together which are in direct competition yet both Xbox One and PS4 has managed to pass their predecessors thanks to a HUGE launch.
Well then you may be like well XBO was down in january to X360 and that is where the $500 pricetag along with being in direct competiion with PS4 comes in yet in February XBO was only down by 9k and IN march it appears XBO will be above or match X360 regardless of these reasons. So XBO not only had the huge launch but it appears to be going roughly the same speed as X360 after the first holiday.
But wait there is more! Every single launch whether it be X360, PS3, or the wii all had exceptionally better 2nd holidays. For example Wii sold over 4m in december of 2007. Every console sold nearly double their 2nd holiday. If this happens again in the 8th gen there will be monster holidays this year for PS4 and XBO.
Im not going to speak much about the PS4 as we all know it is a monster at this very moment so this leaves the WiiU. And yes it is struggling but as for people saying 8th gen as a whole is? That appears to be wrong thus far with PS4 and XBO both outselling their predecessors in the early months.
Xbox 360 Hardware sold by Month
November 2005 - 350,847
December 2005 - 827,420
January 2006 - 518,227
February 2006 - 330,928
March - 396, 504
Total 2.4m by the end of March
Xbox One Hardware sold by month
November 2013 - 1,564,197
December - 1,509,465
January - 284,389
February - 321,220
March (two Weeks) - 229,547
Total - 3.9m
PS3 Hardware Sales by Month
November 2006 - 394,937
December 2006 - 857,103
January 2007 - 380,096
February - 240,586
March - 984,653
Total: 2.8m
PS4 Hardware Sales by Month
November 2013 - 2,101,114
December 2013 - 2,311,502
January 2014 - 710,946
February - 954,463
March(Two Weeks) - 264,976
Total: 6.3m
Wii Hardware Sold by Month
November 2006 - 529,658
December 2006 - 2,425,123
January 2007 - 1,052,368
February 2007 - 901,683
March 2007 - 929,224
Total - 5.8m
WiiU Hardware sold by Month
November 2012 - 472,099
December 2012 - 1,775,117
January 2013 - 279,851
February - 2013 - 139,355
March 2013 - 220,850
Total: 2.9m
