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KHlover on 29 December 2012

Is this post real? 3DS numbers seem FAR too low, but of course I have no insight whatsoever. But seeing how the 3DS has outsold the HD consoles for the past few weeks I can't imagine them suddenly outselling it 6:1

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OceanJ on 29 December 2012

Sent 100k Wii U's back to Japan? I'm calling BS.

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leo-j on 29 December 2012

But the leo-j thread is legit

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Carl on 29 December 2012

Given that you're a hardcore Microsoft fan I'll take this with a massive scoop of salt.

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sethnintendo on 29 December 2012

How did the Neo Geo X do?

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think-man on 29 December 2012

Leo-j's thread actually had some backbone, if you read it he's hardly taking sides even though I know he's a sony fan.

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dahuman on 29 December 2012

you sure they didn't ship the Wii Us back to China? ......................

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man-bear-pig on 29 December 2012

dahuman said:
you sure they didn't ship the Wii Us back to China? ......................

Nope, japan. I PUT THEM ON THE BOAT MYSELF...

My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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man-bear-pig on 29 December 2012

LBP : karting sold so badly that we HAD TO GIVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE to make room for XBOX 360 EXCLUSIVES...

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Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

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PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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dahuman on 29 December 2012

man-bear-pig said:

dahuman said:
you sure they didn't ship the Wii Us back to China? ......................

Nope, japan. I PUT THEM ON THE BOAT MYSELF...

but but