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

Angelv577 on 14 March 2015
Kerotan said:
Angelv577 said:
007BondAgent said:
melbye said:
And i'm calling 20 million sold by the end of 2013


ahahaha

melbye has been the closest to Wii U LTD so far, nobody see that coming except him.

Edit: somehow i didn't see by the end of 2013, he was as much wrong as lot of people.

Maybe he meant 2023 :P

lol true, that must be it.



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Materia-Blade on 15 March 2015
SocialistSlayer said:
Turkish said:

It will sell less than 20 million.


if this post wasnt edited recently (though i expect it was), then turkish was the only person close to being right.

and currently it looks likely that it will sell around 15 million.

No, it doesn't.



MikeRox on 15 March 2015
Soundwave said:

Look like my prediction of Wii U and Vita not hitting 40 million combined LTD from Nov. 2013 is panning out to be fairly spot on. Lots of denial there too like "PS4 will cause a big boost in Vita sales!" ... lol. 


It did...

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/11/17/vita-sales-are-picking-up-thanks-to-ps4-remote-play

just not a big one haha.



RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.

GTAexpert on 15 March 2015
artexplosion said:
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. 

I don't agree with you. Every multiplatform game and exclusive counts, and I think PS4 has better exclusives than Wii U and a lot better multiplatform games. So by your definition of fact, it makes it a fact that PS4 has far better games than Wii U.



CosmicSex on 15 March 2015

It just goes to show you that because you sit up online all day and think you know what you are talking about doesn't mean that the mass market will follow you. This thread is tragic.. but mostly epic. People really thought that the Wii's success was anything but a fad...

When the mass market is done with you, its done. The Wii was an outliner and I think that people are so fansided that they literally can't see that. They think that that is normal for Nintendo. Its not. I was expecting it to return to GameCube levels of sales. And there is nothing wrong with that... its just returning to normal.

I love Nintendo and its fans, but I hate it when people let themselves become blinded to reality. The Wii didn't sell 100+ million because Mario and Zelda are great games. It sold well because it was a toy for adults and just like most toys, people outgrow them.



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SocialistSlayer on 15 March 2015
Materia-Blade said:
SocialistSlayer said:


if this post wasnt edited recently (though i expect it was), then turkish was the only person close to being right.

and currently it looks likely that it will sell around 15 million.

No, it doesn't.

what doesnt?



 

SocialistSlayer on 15 March 2015
shikamaru317 said:
Interesting to look at an old thread like this in retrospect. So many people disagreeing with man-bear-pig, and it turned out he was absolutely right. Not only does it not look like Wii U will reach 40m, at this point even 20m isn't a sure thing.


20 million is an impossibility at this point.



 

Materia-Blade on 15 March 2015
SocialistSlayer said:
Materia-Blade said:

No, it doesn't.

what doesnt?

It' doesn't look like it will sell 15m.



Kerotan on 15 March 2015
CosmicSex said:
It just goes to show you that because you sit up online all day and think you know what you are talking about doesn't mean that the mass market will follow you. This thread is tragic.. but mostly epic. People really thought that the Wii's success was anything but a fad...

When the mass market is done with you, its done. The Wii was an outliner and I think that people are so fansided that they literally can't see that. They think that that is normal for Nintendo. Its not. I was expecting it to return to GameCube levels of sales. And there is nothing wrong with that... its just returning to normal.

I love Nintendo and its fans, but I hate it when people let themselves become blinded to reality. The Wii didn't sell 100+ million because Mario and Zelda are great games. It sold well because it was a toy for adults and just like most toys, people outgrow them.

I wasn't around and i paid little attention to gaming forums but I thought during the last few years of the Wii the general feeling was the mass market had moved on from the Wii long before the Wii U came out.  I'm actually really surprised this site was predicting such a big successor.  I know different forums have different demographics but still.  



SocialistSlayer on 15 March 2015
Materia-Blade said:
SocialistSlayer said:

what doesnt?

It' doesn't look like it will sell 15m.


i dont think your right, there's no way it will sell much less. it will likely sell between 14.5-17 million. with it likely landing closer to 17 than 14.5