i think we've already flown past the "early signs" and are firmly into "early symptoms".  i got laughed at by almost everyone on this site (minus kowenicki, euphoria and like 2 others) that smartphones and tablets are serious forces in the games industry starting like a year and a half ago.  well who's getting the last laugh now?!?

**note: yes i can laugh through my tears.

ADJUSTMENTS IN PREVIOUS WEEKS

@kowen... seems like ioi fixed the Vita sales you talked about in another thread.

That would be bad. Smartphones and tablets have by far not the same prices for games as consoles. That is OK for remakes of old games and simple games, but epic games with big worlds, storyline, different musical tracks, polished textures and models cannot be paid with the prices you get for smartphone-games. Yes, you sell more (but not enough, as epic games already reach most of it sales-potential) and you cut some costs as it is only download. But if there is a serious move to smartphones next-gen, when I expect shorter and less polished games and generally less games with an big storyline.

Wii U is behaving good for your regular console. But the european number are a bit worrying and also strange. It`s Christmas season and sales keep on falling? Even Vita, which was doing worse than anyone else is rising.

Here in Portugal there`s a special campaign for PS3, Vita and Wii U where there`s a special price until the end of year.
Just recently it was announced you could get a Wii U (any pack) and get Mario for an extra 5€.
PS3 and Vita seem to be following those steps where a game is offered or you only pay a little more for a game.

I think that next year, for Portugal, Spain, Greece and even Ireland, Wii U sales are not going to be that good.
My guess is people are really taking advantage of promotions.

There is no such race, even severely handicapped, the Wii U performs better than the PSV

Edit: forgot to mention that this graph is global but with wii U handicap. 444 for PSV and 432 for Wii U. SO the blue line will go up steeper than this when all numbers are in.

Edit2: I also want to mention that the Wii U sold more units in it's fourth week in the US alone (164.000) than Vita did globally in it's respective fourth week (100.708, 4th week US + 4th week JP + 4th week EU). I know, holiday season. Part of the strategy.

I would say 360 and PS3 being so close is not good news MS fans once adjustment time comes knocking. And don't want to hear this domination during holiday time......

In Europe there is. And if WiiU keep biting the dust Vita will have sold more over a whole year launch aligned.

it's not having stellar sales to be the successor of the mighty wii. that's the whole argument behind the wiiu having poor sales.

i don't know about the whole of Europe, but in my family we don't give christmas presents more expensive than about 150 euros at the max, so i don't really see why it should sell more during Christmas than any other time, or it might be my family who does not go all out on Christmas gifts.

I am Talking about the Wii U just for clarification.

Yes you did my friendly! :^)

I was hoping for lower, like in the 150s.