What if 2016 is the Wii U's peak year? Here's how it could happen

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fatslob-:O said:

RubberWhistleHistle said:

id like to look at actual numbers since percentages can be quite deceptive and dont tell you what you really need to know when discussing this topic. 

july 2014: 218k

july 2015: 152k 

difference of 70k

august 2014: 193k

august 2015: 150k

difference of 40k

total difference of 110k

that is a pretty big difference for two months that i called "close," i agree. but when you consider that in 2014, the wii u sold 1,174k in december, the difference of 110k for those months, and the differences in may+june could be easily undone if in 2015, wii u has a 1,500k december. which seems pretty feasible if they have better marketing this year. this is a very very attainable number.

The total difference for the whole year right now is 224K in favour of last year and it's not like the gap won't increase in the coming months ... 

Getting a 28% increase in sales at December compared to last year is easier said than done when this year's line up doesn't match yp to last year's ... 

In fact that type of gain is bordering on the lines of a wish rather than an optimistic prediction with a solid basis ... 

I'm not sure it will.

Wii U had a bad spring this year, and the rest comes from the MK8 promotion last year. In Japan, the trend is already reversing, and I'm pretty sure Super Mario Maker will push this year's september over the one of the last year. As I explained in my previous post, october and november will probably be very close, followed by an advantage for 2015 in december. The main question is how big that advantage will be in the end and if it suffices to surpass the advantage 2014 has amassed over the course of it's year.