WII U VS. GAMECUBE - CUMULATIVE SALES

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WII U VS. GAMECUBE - CUMULATIVE SALES

 

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Here is a look at Wii U sales when aligned with Gamecube sales. Wii U is at 12.6m atm, in the same time GCN was >18m

2:17 PM - 6 Mar 2016

GameCube wasn't Nintendo's biggest success, but as you can see, it was doing quite a bit better than Wii U. Let's hope that in a few years, we see NX sales far above both of these numbers!

 

That flat line right after launch means that Wii U basically died in first year.

Actually slightly upsetting to see it go from Month 2 to Month 11 without a single injection of life and the fact that the system is now the same price here as the PS4 makes it look like Nintendo don't even care about the platform enough to bring it over to the bargain bin and hope it gets a few sales from inside there.

I understand that Nintendo has a ton of cash in the bank off the back of the success of the Wii and DS brands, but still they have to do more than just let a console sit on a shelf for 10 months in arguably the most important time in its life hoping that it would shift numbers.... dear lord to think that the X1 and PS4 weren't even out then and there was nothing done to try to hammer out a lead.

 

As for the GC tho, such a beast console, for me it has to be either that or the X360 as favourite console of all times, just so many amazing games, perfect controller (the wavebird), everything from the 3 Different start up sounds to the near haunting OS music, such a good little system. The games which made good use of its hardware are still a joy to play in 2016.