Q1 2013-490k vs Q1 2014-500k
Q2 2013-310k vs Q2 2014-685k
Q3 2014-410k vs Q3 2014-630k
Q4 to date 2013-310k vs Q4 to date 2014-335k
Q4 total 2013-1790k vs Q4 total-????
I don't think we should anticipate Wii U to sell vastly better this holiday than it did last year. Q1 was basically even with both receiving decent titles (2013-Lego City/DQX, 2014-Donkey Kong) but from April-July of 2013 there was absolutely nothing noteworthy while 2014 got Mario Kart right in the middle of that time frame which caused late Spring/early Summer sales to be much better than last year. Now if we look at NPD & Media Create for Sept/Oct we will see that 2013 vs 2014 sales are pretty similar.
Basically the huge 2014 up YoY is solely due to releasing one of Nintendo's biggest series during a time that had a huge drought in the previous year. From Sept onward in 2013, Wii U did start to get some big releases (Wind Waker HD, Mario 3D World) which is pretty comparable to 2014's big titles (Hyrule Warriors, Smash Bros).
I do expect Wii U to have a better holiday this year than it did last year but not by nearly the large margin it was up in the Summer from Mario Kart. Overall I would say 9-9.5 million year end.
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