TheJimbo1234 said:
Smear-Gel said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
Smear-Gel said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
It will struggle to hit 10 million. I doubt it will even reach 12m before a replacement is brought out (if Nintendo continue with large hardware).
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You are insane. Literally clinically insane. Or a big Nintendo fan who's trolling hard. It's funny though.
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Or I possess the magically ability to do maths. Seriously, work it out. At the current rate (assume an average with small bumps of popular game releases), how long will it take to hit 10 million units sold?
I'm not joking - do the maths and then reply.
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Last year it sold around 1.5 million in the holiday, with ONLY Mario 3D World (an unfamiliar isometric 3d mario game), during the launch of two consoles, and a much, much more negative public perception than it has now, much less this Christmas. A Christmas that has Amiibo and Smash Bros, and will also have MK8 and Mario 3D World and whatever else they wanna sell that has already been released.
At this very moment, it has 6.7 million sold. Adding 1.5 million to that (a holiday with much, much worse conditions than the upcoming one) leaves the Wii U at 8.2 million. Even leaving the opinion that it's going to have a 5 year lifecycle and be replaced in 2016, Thinking it cant sell less than 2 million between early 2015 and mid/end 2016 (which also gives it another holiday season) is literally insane.
And that's ignoring the sales it will have between now and the 2014 holidays. These are the least optimal conditions and it would still happen.
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What baffles me about you people are that you somehow ignore competition in all of this. Competition is becoming stronger against the WiiU at the same rate the WiiU is getting games. As more next gen games come out, it will seperate the WiiU from the other 2 even more, and the image of the WiiU will continue to fall. Also why would it sell another 1.5m over the holidays? With the other consoles having more games and price drops, more and more people will be lured into buying the Xbone and PS4.
Also a 5 year life cycle would be a hilariously bad idea for the WiiU. When shops stop stocking a product, it should be canned.
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Increased competition does not necessarily mean sales will drop.
Gamecube and Xbox released at the end of 2001 giving PS2 added competition, despite that PS2 sales increased and peaked in 2002.
PSP released worldwide in 2005 giving DS strong competition, despite that sales increased for the next 3 years.
PS3 & Wii released in 2006 giving the 360 strong competition, despite that its sales increased in the following years.
So it doesnt really make sense to say Wii U sales cant increase because PS4 & Xone released last christmas.
