If the X1 does not pass the Wii U by the end of this year, will you be shocked?

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Seece said:

radishhead said:
I feel like people are generally underestimating the Nintendo Christmas Effect as seems to happen every year - even the dead-Wii managed to pull off respectable sales during that period; the WiiU will do very well since it will also have games to sell itself.

Where was this last year???

It's a myth, it didn't happen before Wii and it hasn't happened after. It was just the Wii and DS selling well.

Heck even 3DS doesn't have the 'holiday effect' (it's novembers in the US are always weak) it just has the benefit of selling equally well in all three big regions.

Have you looked at their holiday numbers? Sure they weren't mind blowing, but they sold about 4-5 times as many WiiUs as they were selling before the holidays and also about 4-5 times as many as they are selling now. sounds like a Holiday effect to me.