Will Wii U hit 10 million by the end of the year?

[Intrinsic]

generic-user-1 said:

Intrinsic said:
Its a safe bet, but all this talk about what it could do before as opposed to what it would do now is ignoring that before it didn't have the kinda competition its going to have this holiday season.

This is the first proper holiday season for the PS4/XB1. The real question now is just how much is the PS4 going to cannibalize sales of the other platforms. Statistically, the PS4 has been selling on average around 2:1 of either the WiiU/XB1 (and thats putting it mildly) all year. So logic dictates that whatever the PS4 sells through september to december the XB1/WiiU will sell half that respectively. If PS4 sells 5-6M then I would expect the wiiU to sell 2.5-3M.

nintendo has the kids image, and Xmas is all about the kids. and nintendo has mk, smash and amiibo for the kids, so the wii u should do better in Q4 than in any other Q.  the ps4 will not manage to outsell the wii u 2:1 i think, it will be closer.

If that were the case, then the WiiU should have done way better last xmas. As far as kids go, parents buy what everyone is getting. In most cases its usually a 3ds for thier kids. When it comes to consoles, every kids older brother is probably out to get a PS4. The Ps4 is what kids talk about in schools... all that stuff filters through.  That 10yr old is going to be screaming that he wants a PS4.

This is what momentum does.

The more people that has a console, the more people that talks about it, and the more chances of you walking into someones house and seeing it. Which all points to more sales of that console.