Seece said:
Nirvana_Nut85 said:
Seece said:
Nirvana_Nut85 said:
I can't see the Wii U selling less than 3.5 million this holiday. As I stated earlier, they have a significantly stronger holiday lineup (Smash & MK8 along with better bundles), more momentum that the previous holiday and we have yet to see the Ammibo effect.
As for shipments the Wii U only shipping 600k doesn't seem realistic this quarter, considering it is already nearing 500k in sales since June 30th and ahead of the XBO momentarily. I don't forsee sales of the XBO reaching more than 400k for this month and Wii U less than 250k - 300k, which would put the XBO ahead by 100k or so for the quarter.
I guess if M$ over stuff retailers and their stores they could ship 1.6 mill but I can't see the Nintendo shipping under 1 million globally either.
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Nintendo shipped 500k last Q with Mario Kart. They were also doing better in Japan, Europe and the US (140k in June last Q down to 80k July).
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Yes, however July alone was close to the combined sales of April + May (MK8 boosted the last few days), and August is slightly under July. The Wii U has almost sold 500k in 2 months. Add on September when sales begin to pick up again which I believe Nintendo will at least see 60-65k weeks with around 85k for Hyrule Warriors launch. (Around 750k sales this Q and 1 mill plus for shipments).
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None of that will happen. August sales will be stable/see further drops in the US, so about 20k a week in US, 15k in Europe, and it's stabalised at 8k a week in Japan. It's really barely pipping 50k.
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August has not stabilized, it was all over the place as we've seen two week hovering around 59k, then a week above 65k and a mid 50k week. I wouldn't call that barely pipping 50k either. September, historically is when console sales begin to pick up again from mid summers #'s (I can see a drop to low 50's week ending August 30th before picking back up week ending September 7th) . The only reason last years sales in August were close to September was due to the announced price drop of the Wii U in September (sub 20k weeks) for that month and Pikmin 3 in August.
With Hyrule Warriors, Disney Infinity 2.0, SM3DW deluxe bundle, MK8 deluxe bundle and the current momentum I believe my numbers will not be far off from being more accurate than a low 50k weekly month for September.
