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Forums - Sales Discussion - Prediction: Wii U will sell under 40 million units

gergroy on 12 March 2015

Interesting thread to read through, man bear pig never did offer up those 8 bullet points, I think it would have been more interesting if those had been included...



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artexplosion on 12 March 2015
GTAexpert said:
Ka-pi96 said:
RubberWhistleHistle said:
even if the wii u sold way less than everyone though, it still doesnt change the fact that it has by far the best games out of all the 8th gen consoles. lol

Might want to look that word up in a dictionary

Nah, he uses Nintendo's Dictionary for Wii U owners

That's pretty much a fact though. I have nothing against the other two consoles, I actually think the ps4 is a fantastic system, but their libraries are nowhere near as good as Wii U's (they're pretty much composed by multiplats, indies and a few mediocre exclusives) and their 2015 line up isn't looking great either. I'm aware that this mostly has to do with personal taste, but I do enjoy almost any kind of game and genuinely think Wii U's library is better. 



Barozi on 12 March 2015

To be fair, BenVTrigger saw the pre-order numbers, which were indeed really good.



ExplodingBlock on 12 March 2015

A bold prediction, I must say



mymuro on 12 March 2015
melbye said:
And i'm calling 20 million sold by the end of 2013

Yet its lifetime sales may never hit 20M.



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chapset on 14 March 2015
BenVTrigger said:
Unfortuantly for those of you disagreeing with me I have a rediculous accuracy when it comes to these things mostly to do with the fact that I see real numbers every day and dont carry any personal feeling into numbers.

And anyone saying 40 million or less are very wrong. Casuals are the ones doing much of the current pre-orders

welp, this is why I don't listen to people on the Internet anymore



Bet reminder: I bet with Tboned51 that Splatoon won't reach the 1 million shipped mark by the end of 2015. I win if he loses and I lose if I lost.

Angelv577 on 14 March 2015

Damn, no only you were right but you were very optimistic with your prediction. Now it will be lucky to hit 20m.



Talal on 14 March 2015
Kerotan said:
This was a brutal bump. I love these as it gives you the mindset of everyone before I read these forums and only lurked for the charts.

It also shows how silly people are these days when they proclaim how stupid nintendo were and how they did everything wrong. Yet at the time it released nearly everyone thought they were doing everything right. We're all wise after the fact.


Exactly. So many people right now talk as if their failure was easy to see and how Nintendo totally got their philosophy wrong, when back then most of them thought that the Wii U design was an amazing innovation and how it will sell so amazingly since it was going to draw 3DS users with the gamepad. Very few thought it would fail before it launched. 



beeje13 on 14 March 2015

Good prediction. It will be interesting to see if it even gets to 20m. IMO would depend on if they launched in China.



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Turkish on 14 March 2015
BenVTrigger said:
Unfortuantly for those of you disagreeing with me I have a rediculous accuracy when it comes to these things mostly to do with the fact that I see real numbers every day and dont carry any personal feeling into numbers.

And anyone saying 40 million or less are very wrong. Casuals are the ones doing much of the current pre-orders


Wow, not only were you so wrong, potentially acquiring the title of the worst predictor of this site, but you were very haughty and conceited about it. I hope your hubris has shaken a bit since you posted this comment.