I think the Wii U will outsell PS4 in Japan

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Figgycal said:

 In Japan; am I crazy?

Back at the Japanese launch, I had predicted that PS4 would sell 170k for the first week of sales which would have put it behind the Wii u. I turned out to be wrong - it sold nearly double that number. Which gave me a lot of hope. Now that the PS4 is out :/... not so much. It is performing worse than the Wii U was.

As a reasonable person, I came to the conclusion that Wii U> PS4 in Japan for this generation. Or is that not reasonable? Why is the PS4 bombing- doing worse than the Wii U? Anyone? Change my mind please.

Part of it likely has to do with the time period both launched in, at least in terms of initial sales. While it's much less defined than it is in other markets, console sales in Japan do tend to spike during the holidays.

As far as the Wii U goes, though, it's problem wasn't that it's sales dropped after a short time; it's that they stayed at that level for months. Depending on what and when something releases on the PS4, and what Sony does to try and resolve the situation, the PS4 could easily outpace the Wii U.