Prediction: Xbox One will outsell Switch 3 to 1 this year

[MTZehvor]

ICStats said:

MTZehvor said:

Well, the Wii U sold nearly 6 million at a higher price point in the first year of its release with no real "heavy hitters" besides a 2D Mario title. I can't imagine the Switch doing worse than that with Zelda, Splatoon, Mario, FE Warriors, and whatever else we're not aware of yet.

No, Wii U sold around 3.5 Million in it's first 12 months.

That's next to impossible. Nintendo's Q2 2014 financial report has Wii U at 7.29 million lifetime WW. Wii U would have to have more than doubled its first year sales in six months to meet that mark. Additionally, Nintendo's Q4 2012 financial report claims Wii U sold 3.45 million in 2012 alone, so the console would have to have sold 500 K or less over a 10 month span in order to wind up at 3.5 million for its first 12 months. Wii U didn't have strong legs, but it was nowhere near as bad as that.

VGSales Wiki has Wii U at 6.17 million after a full year, which admittedly isn't verified by anything official, but it's a much more reasonable number than assuming a console suddenly doubled its sales in half a year after only selling 500 K during the past 10 months.