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Mummelmann on 28 February 2015
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tak13 said:
Mummelmann said:
Good number by the N3DS but how long will this last? I still think it'll be down yoy globally. PS4 got a decent bump and One has stayed in a surplus compared to 2014 so far, Wii U holding on fairly well but it needs some more releases to prevent it from dropping towards Q2 and into the summer.


The problem is the respective mario kart 8 and after mk8 week in 2015,but I think a possible big down yoy for those weeks will have been counterbalanced from the previous weeks!March-April-May was a bad period for wii u with 27k baseline,wii u doesn't show signs of falling below 40k in the time interval that you refer to...

In 2015 March has mario party 10,April has xenoblade x and May has splatoon...

Why you mention summer,it had a 60k baseline then till the end of august and now you see it at 55k in February...

You're afraid that after mario party 10,splatoon,xenoblade e.t.c,a momentum from mk8 and ssbu,wii u won't repeat the 60k baseline in the summer,while it does 55k in february without any game release?

I think the summer will be brutal for all three, in percentages, I think the PS4 might get the biggest drop yoy. Splatoon, Xenoblade and similar games won't really do much for sustained global momentum; they'll cause short and rather small boosts, most likely, and "momentum from MK8 and SSBU" can't carry the Wii U through 2015. The release slate is really quite slim and nowhere near the levels of MK and Smash in the same year. Topping Smash for the holidays and having MK as the savior for the summer lull was crucial last year; this will not happen again, games releasing in 2014 will not help the Wii U grow, this is not how it works.

This will be a tough year and I still believe the Wii U will be down yoy overall when all is said and done.