| pkmnMasterWheeeIer said: I only dissagree on 2 parts, but those 2 things make me think Wii U may stay ahead at least til December. First, I dont think XB1 is as under tracked as that (I'd say 200k) or Wii U over tracked at all after being adjusted down. and the Second thing is I think Wii U will beat XB1 Black Friday week *GAAAAASPPP* Yes I know I know sounds crazy but hear me out. So wee all know about how Smash U was moved to release earlier in Europe right? Well that day just so happens to be the 28th, Black Friday (also comes out in Australia on the 29th) so while Wii U is getting trounced by XB1 in US XB1 will be getting trounced by Wii U in Europe. And I think the 2 will at LEAST cancel each other out and postpone Wii U getting passed til December |
The Wii U will possibly need to beat its launch week (around 550k) to accomplish this, and with it being so weak in Europe; this seems pretty far-fetched in my opinion. I would even go so far as to say that it is impossible. The Wii U did about 230k last year in the same week, with some pretty good deals on bundles and Super Mario 3D World being launched globally the week before as well as coming off of a recent 50$ price cut and a massive advertisement campaign (the giveaway at airplanes was among these publicity stunts). To more than double that and only with the primary pull of Smash in Europe where the Super Smash series is by far the weakest, is quite simply not going to happen. If the Wii U can manage 300k on Black Friday week, that will be about 30% up yoy on 2013 and Nintendo should be very pleased. 100% +++ up yoy isn't happening.
