| FallingTitan said: Wii U. Worldwide, that system sold just over 3 million units by the end of 2012 wii u sold over 3 million in 1 month! great launch. but then went on to becoming the lowest selling console of all time. So the switch numbers are similar. but because of switch hype i said 20-25million units and in 5 years i'll point to this thread and say see i was right! |
While I would say it is too early to tell. The numbers you are reporting are incorrect. If you look at Nintendo's IR data from Jan 2013, they indicated they shipped 3 million units but VGChartz data indicates that they sold around 2 million (if you remeber right after November, there was an issue, particularly in the UK where no one was buying remaining units). In addition, nearly all systems perform relatively strongly out the gate, and some drop off for a while after but are revived late (PS3 and 3DS come to mind). You are making a huge assumption based on a single system as well as the assumption that Nintendo will not respond with marketing tools like price cuts should the system start to linger (early price cuts within the first 6 months helped boost the sales of N64, GC, GBA, DS, and 3DS when they started to linger after their respective launches).
