Kresnik said:
Goodness, it's been a while since I've seen a topic about this excellent battle!
I remember back in the day all the praise Wii U used to get and all the flak Vita got. Things like WiiU selling under 7m in 2013 was met with ridicule. Then we had all sorts of "When will Wii U outsell Vita?" threads like this one and this one. Check through for some humorous replies. I sadly can't find my favourite thread (although I'm sure people will remember it) where the general consensus seemed to be that Wii U would sell 3 x more than Vita in 2013.
The threads even resurfaced last year in the race to 10m.
I have to give one thing to Nintendo fans - tenacity. It seems at every turn they're adamant the next game is going to be the one to turn around Wii U's fortunes and bring an end to this battle of the cripples. Sadly literally everything cited has let them down, and the gap just doesn't seem to be shrinking at all.
I'd weigh in with my own thoughts. but reading through all these old threads has made me realise that that's really not a good idea :p
My only real thoughts are that whichever wins, it's going to be an incredibly hollow victory. The least worst selling 8th gen console, gee.
And here's a final thought for you: in 2013, this guy predicted that Vita would outsell Wii U in LTD sales. At the very least, that has a chance of coming true. But you wouldn't have thought it given the ripping he got for saying that.
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