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How has the Wii U performed so far?

It's doing spectacular! I'm blown away! 126 10.09%
 
It's doing really good, can't complain. 418 33.47%
 
It's doing good, not as ... 269 21.54%
 
Could have been better... 176 14.09%
 
It's doing poorly; Wii did much better! 127 10.17%
 
Still can't believe they... 133 10.65%
 
Total:1,249
Conegamer on 20 December 2012

A nice hold for Japan and a likely sales increase in the other areas show a positive sign...



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

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Mazty on 20 December 2012
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.



Viper1 on 20 December 2012
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.

It's only concerning for you.  Because you are the one making spurious assumptions and conclusions. 



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Mazty on 20 December 2012
Viper1 said:
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.

It's only concerning for you.  Because you are the one making spurious assumptions and conclusions. 

You came to that conclusion how exactly......? Making a statement followed by an unsubstantiated explanation only can be deemed as a personal attack rather then a logical/sensible statement. 



DanneSandin on 21 December 2012
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.

You are right that the economy is very much different, as I said in a post before - which you disregarded. The economy is much, much worse now than in 2006-2007 - at least in Europe. So is it really strange that people like the cheaper option? You really do like to spin things as much as possible, don't you? Let's see how the Wii U is doing next x-mas, and how it compares to PS720.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 21 December 2012

This will be the core Nintendo console just like the 64 and the Cube. They threw the casual installed base out the window when they changed the control scheme and dropped the marketing. They thought that just because they got the same core multiplats that people were playing on their rivals consoles that they would jump ship. Nintendo has got it all wrong.



Mazty on 21 December 2012
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.

You are right that the economy is very much different, as I said in a post before - which you disregarded. The economy is much, much worse now than in 2006-2007 - at least in Europe. So is it really strange that people like the cheaper option? You really do like to spin things as much as possible, don't you? Let's see how the Wii U is doing next x-mas, and how it compares to PS720.


How have I put a spin on things by saying that a new console is being outsold by it's competition? That's what the figures show, and as you have said, releasing a new, expensive console now isn't the brightest of ideas....



DanneSandin on 21 December 2012
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.

You are right that the economy is very much different, as I said in a post before - which you disregarded. The economy is much, much worse now than in 2006-2007 - at least in Europe. So is it really strange that people like the cheaper option? You really do like to spin things as much as possible, don't you? Let's see how the Wii U is doing next x-mas, and how it compares to PS720.


How have I put a spin on things by saying that a new console is being outsold by it's competition? That's what the figures show, and as you have said, releasing a new, expensive console now isn't the brightest of ideas....

Spinning: "It's not doing well" <- It's almost selling as well as Wii, and doing much better than PS360 at launch...

Spinning: "It's being outsold by older systems - not good" <- We've already established that this isn't unique for Wii U and that it's quite normal in the beginning of a gen. Viper1 established that both the PS2 and DS was outsold by older systems at launch, and that turned out to be pretty bad for both of them in the long run... Oh, wait...

That's what I call spinning. But I know that I won't change your mind. You will for ever think that Wii U was a failure at launch, and nothing I can say or do will change that.



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

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

DanneSandin on 21 December 2012
S.T.A.G.E. said:
This will be the core Nintendo console just like the 64 and the Cube. They threw the casual installed base out the window when they changed the control scheme and dropped the marketing. They thought that just because they got the same core multiplats that people were playing on their rivals consoles that they would jump ship. Nintendo has got it all wrong.

So casuals don't understand how to use a touch screens... Well, I guess they're pretty dumb, so maybe... BUT they DID keep the Wiimote, and what's to say they won't make games that take advantage of those later on?



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

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

Mazty on 21 December 2012
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
DanneSandin said:
Mazty said:
It's not doing well....it's being outsold by much older consoles and developers aren't developing for it....Other then the die hard Nintendo fans and console collectors out there, I can't see it having a bright future.

So then I guess you thought the launch of PS360 sucked even more? You know.... since Wii U is outselling them both combined??

Why compare the Wii U's launch to what happend 6 years ago when the economy was very different? The Wii U also is directly competing against the 360 and PS3 - the PS3 and 360 where not directly competiting against the PS2. The Wii U is being outsold by it's 6-7 year old rivals, showing that people are more interested in the old then the new right now. As we are approaching the holiday season, that is even more concerning.

You are right that the economy is very much different, as I said in a post before - which you disregarded. The economy is much, much worse now than in 2006-2007 - at least in Europe. So is it really strange that people like the cheaper option? You really do like to spin things as much as possible, don't you? Let's see how the Wii U is doing next x-mas, and how it compares to PS720.


How have I put a spin on things by saying that a new console is being outsold by it's competition? That's what the figures show, and as you have said, releasing a new, expensive console now isn't the brightest of ideas....

Spinning: "It's not doing well" <- It's almost selling as well as Wii, and doing much better than PS360 at launch...

Spinning: "It's being outsold by older systems - not good" <- We've already established that this isn't unique for Wii U and that it's quite normal in the beginning of a gen. Viper1 established that both the PS2 and DS was outsold by older systems at launch, and that turned out to be pretty bad for both of them in the long run... Oh, wait...

That's what I call spinning. But I know that I won't change your mind. You will for ever think that Wii U was a failure at launch, and nothing I can say or do will change that.

 


No, no & no. You completely fail to understand the Wii U's place in the market. Unlike other consoles at launch, the wii u is DIRECTLY competing against the PS3 and 360. All that can be gathered right now is that the Wii U, a new console, is being outsold BY THE COMPETITION. How the fuck you translate that into "the wii u is doing well" is completely beyond me, more so if you consider the poor performance in Europe.

Not doing well =/= failure. Nice strawman bro.