So Mario Kart 8 Isn't Going To Give The Wii U Even 1 Month At 100k+ In The US?

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rik said:

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TheLegendaryWolf said:
It's summer, video games' slowest time of the year.

Then lets compare to the GameCube during it's exact same point in its lifecycle (summer 2003):

June 03 - 124k

July 03 - 126k

August 03 - 100k

September 03 - 165k

The sad thing is I'm not sure the *3DS* can even match some of these numbers this summer, let alone the Wii U. 

Gamecube was like 99 bucks thats pocketmoney for most working people. You just bought it on a whim it was soo cheap. It still sold fairly bad though but made a profit (unlike xbox and ps).

It wasn't $99 until fall 2003 though. And factoring in inflation and the fact that it didn't include a free game too brings the comparision more into balance. It was also competing against PS2 and XBox which were also cheaper than a PS4/X1. 

Though it's probably fair to say, Nintendo will be fairly shy about releasing anything above $200-$250 ever again.