Both 3DS And Wii U Are Performing Poorly In The US. What Can Be Done?

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

t3mporary_126 said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Nothing.
Nintendo has already given up on their home console business. They will try to extend the 3DS live with the new edition and come with a really new idea or concept afterwards. Fusion idea seems likely.

To why the Wii U will be lucky to sell 15 Million:
Nintendo never really tried to sell it. They didn't care to plan, market, consult even their own people and generally think hard about what the console would or could be.

The 3DS is likely failing to sell great, because of the reasons you listed.

IGNORE MY MATH IS WRONG

Math is right now!

This calls for some chartz!

2012 Wii U's sales worldwide: 2,247,216

Total LTD before '13: 2,247,216

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly/2012/Global/

2013: Wii U's sales worldwide: 3,189,230

Total LTD before '14: 5,420,883

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly/2013/Global/

2014: Wii U's sales worldwide: 1,709,473

Total LTD (as of now): 7,084,513

 

According to chartz, Wii U 2014 sales are UP YOY over 2013 by 69.45%

http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_date.php?reg=Global&ending=Monthly

2013	2014
Month	Month

January: 277619	160263
Feb: 137631	166755
Mar: 217688	183698
April: 125698	119139
May: 94788	236759
June: 105106	383469
July: 122816	245340
August: 106044	214210

 

If this YOY trends continue...

2013: Wii U's sales worldwide: 3,189,230 * 0.694529.... = 2,215,013.286

Predicted Wii U's sales WW at end of 2014: 3,189,230 + 2,215,013.286 =5,404,243.286

Predicted Wii U sales WW LTD at end of 2014:  Predicted Wii U's sales WW at end of 2014 + Total LTD Wii U's '13 sales:

Predicted Wii U sales WW LTD at end of 2014:  5,404,243.286 + 5,420,883 = 10,825,076.29

 

So if Wii U can't make it to 15 million ww LTD then this means:

Predicted goal (15,000,000) - Predicted Wii U sales WW LTD at end of '14 (10,825,076.29) =

15,000,000 - 10,825,076.29 = 4174923.71

So you're saying Wii U will not be able to sell 4,174,923.71 more units LTD if Wii U sales continues to be up 69.45% fro 20113

"If this YOY trends continue..." Key phrase here. Nintendo's ability to self sabotage has also increased with 69 % lately.

I would love to be wrong though, but i'm not hopefull at all.