| Persistantthug said:
No offense, but it really sounds like revisionist history on your part. There were alot of people that had negative doom and gloom regarding the Wii U's design and planning. I for one bashed the Wii U incessantly (on other boards because of the mods here) because of the lack of a "real harddrive".....lack of a good networking system.....the fact that the Wii U was underpowered and lack of full 1080p capability.....and lack of BluRay or even DVD capability. It was very obvious that the Wi would be and/or perform subpar to people who were truly subjective. |
While there were people who predicted that the Wii U would not perform well, almost nobody predicted the actual level of failure. Take the 2013 prediction thread for example. The average prediction was triple what actual sales were. Out of 76 people not a single one expected sales as low as they ended up being. The lowest prediction was still 25% higher than actual sales. The second lowest 45% higher, and the third lowest was 90% higher. The images in the 2014 prediction thread are dead, but I seem to recall only three people undershot sales out of the dozens of predictions.
In general, Wii U sales have been even worse than the most pessimistic expectations. Especially for that first year, and definitely compared to those prior to release.
