| Egann said:
That would be a fair comparison if they had launched at the same time. The X1 has been on the market 3 quarters, the Wii U 7. Nintendo's most recent successful consoles--the DS and the Wii--sold the most units almost 2 years into their product lives. Microsoft's most successful console, the 360, peaked out in its third quarter. Both of these consoles are where their predecessors were selling like crazy and they are badly falling behind. That's what I mean by terrible sales. |
I'm not sure where you are getting any of these numbers. The 360 peaked in late 2010/2011. That was around five years in, not in its third quarter. The DS also definitely didn't peak 2 years in. Maybe you are talking about shipments for the 360. Apr-Jun 2006 was the highest ever (in an Apr-Jun quarter) for the 360, but July-Sept 2006 was subsequently the lowest ever, so that was just a result of how shipments were being allocated. The 360 didn't peak in sales during the Apr-Jun 2006 time period.
Also if we go further into the shipments.
3 Quarters
360: 5m
XO: 5.1 + Apr-Jun 2014 (1.1m between the XO and 360)
7 Quarters
Wii: 29.62m
Wii U: 6.68m
Even if the XO shipped zero in that most recent quarter, it would have only fallen 1.8m behind. In the seventh quarter the Wii U fell 4.66m behind despite shipping 510k. It would take 10 more quarters of the Xbox One shipping zero units for it to fall as far behind the 360 as the Wii U has fallen behind the Wii in 7 quarters.
