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

[Seece]

Torillian said:

Seece said:

Sounds like typical holiday sales hat every product gets. Vita was selling 7 x what it normally sells too. Every product does. That isn't what he meant by Nintendo holiday effect.

Very true, for a Nintendo holiday effect to have any baring on this thread's prediction Nintendo would have to get a larger bonus than the competitors.  If everyone gets a 200% bonus during the holidays that's actually going to work against Nintendo if the current sales spread remains the same.  

Yeah, I never actually understood where this 'Nintendo holiday' effect came from. Wii and DS doing gangbusters over the holidays? It did well in the year too. Gamecube doing huge holiday numbers? I don't think so. I think it was just manufactured hype from bragging Nintendo fans last gen. If anything relative to all year round sales, the current holidays have been disappointing for Nintendo.

I mean heck, 3DS has barely crossed 1m in each Dec NPD and Nov fares even worse, don't even get me started on WiiU. 220k Nov 13 with Black Friday and 3D Mario??