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Final Smash: Should somone one do this at the start of every gen?

yes 65 75.58%
 
no 3 3.49%
 
show me the money! 7 8.14%
 
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superchunk on 07 February 2013

New week's data is up. Looks like my hunch last week was right and WiiU has bottomed out.

With this in mind and seeing Rayman's delay, Wii U will potentially max out around 2.9m SOLD by the end of March. Meaning about 3.5m shipped.... just tossing that out there.



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DanneSandin on 08 February 2013

Wii U needs some games NOW! It's god damn painful to watch!!



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Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.

ryuzaki57 on 08 February 2013
superchunk said:

I wanted to track the overall sales of the consoles. Please see my data below from rounded VGC.

Nintendo's Fiscal goal for WiiU was to have SHIPPED 5,500,000 by the end of March 2013. That should equal out to a 4,500,000 to 5,500,000 of real sales to consumer. (this is what VGC records)

UPDATE BASED ON JANUARY INVESTORS MEETING:
It turns out my most recent prediction was right and Nintendo dropped their Wii U estimates to 4m SHIPPED by the end of March 2013. That should equal about 3m to 3.5m of actaully sold units. We'll keep watching to see how close they actually come. With no games launching until March, its gonna be interesting to see what they do to increase sales.

Weekly Data (x1,000)

Monthly Summary

Launch Info and Special Notes

Launch Wii Wii U X360 PS3
NA w1 w1 w1 w-1
EU w3 w2 w3 w18
Japan w3 w3 w4 w-2

*NOTE: All consoles except PS3 launched in last two weeks of November. I did the weeks like this to allow PS3 to have "worldwide" release while still limiting data to the end of March. Overall, the benefit to PS3 is marginal, if any.

WAIT! PS3 actually passed 360 in march 2007!?



 

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AgentZorn on 08 February 2013

It's a good thing that the Wii U had such a strong start. Sales are not that great, but considering that there are no games coming out it's understandable.



superchunk on 08 February 2013
ryuzaki57 said:

WAIT! PS3 actually passed 360 in march 2007!?

Launches aligned....



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retroking1981 on 15 February 2013

Looks like there'll be more downward adjustments after yesterdays NPD.

People are actually still voting yes on this?



DanneSandin on 15 February 2013
retroking1981 said:
Looks like there'll be more downward adjustments after yesterdays NPD.

People are actually still voting yes on this?

Yeah, I think there's quite a few delusional Nintendo fans out there =(

Or trolls :P



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superchunk on 15 February 2013
retroking1981 said:
Looks like there'll be more downward adjustments after yesterdays NPD.

People are actually still voting yes on this?

Why would there be any adjustments?

NPD is just USA. VGC is world and through Dec31 the estimated SOLD is pretty damn close in comparison to what Nintendo SHIPPED. I can't see VGC being that much if any off for January.



retroking1981 on 15 February 2013
superchunk said:
retroking1981 said:
Looks like there'll be more downward adjustments after yesterdays NPD.

People are actually still voting yes on this?

Why would there be any adjustments?

NPD is just USA. VGC is world and through Dec31 the estimated SOLD is pretty damn close in comparison to what Nintendo SHIPPED. I can't see VGC being that much if any off for January.

Didn't VGC have Wii U at 79K for January and NPD have reported 55K? Or is that 24K meant to represent Canada?



chris_wing on 15 February 2013
retroking1981 said:
superchunk said:
retroking1981 said:
Looks like there'll be more downward adjustments after yesterdays NPD.

People are actually still voting yes on this?

Why would there be any adjustments?

NPD is just USA. VGC is world and through Dec31 the estimated SOLD is pretty damn close in comparison to what Nintendo SHIPPED. I can't see VGC being that much if any off for January.

Didn't VGC have Wii U at 79K for January and NPD have reported 55K? Or is that 24K meant to represent Canada?

NPD is USA only, so it doesn't include Canada or any other of the American countrys like Mexico or Brazil.  VG Charts lables American sales as USA, which should be changed IMO.