Hmmm.... We are still in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Europe is hanging by a thread. U.S. may be going through another recession period since the fiscal cliff has yet to be resolved. Yet, the Wii U still managed to outsell the HD twins during times of economic prosperity.... Indeed a flop.

Well it's official, Wii U is not a flop.


According to your poll, the VGC community has voted in favor of Wii U not being a flop, nor a major flop.

JayWood2010 said: Euphoria14 said: Wow, where were all these people for the PSASBR flop thread Rol made? Sony said it was selling to expectations and nobod cared since the VGC community expected more. I believe that thread was made well before sony stated that, and I'm pretty sure he made that thread because of the ridiculous predictions by a few posters.  On top of that it wasn't a well recieved game.

I would need to check but I am sure Sony stated that before the thread was made, just like how people would shit on Ass Creed Liberation sales (claiming it sold well due to bundles) even though Ubisoft said they were "happy" with the sales.

Also, a score In the mid to high 70s isn't bad. Especially since many reviews gave low scores because they spent 50% of the review bitching about how it wasn' Smash Bros.

Either way, WiiU sales are fine right now, even if Eu sales could use a pick me up.

Don't forget the sold out for months comments.

Anyway if this helps you feel better by all means enjoy yourselves! Post me when WII U really is a flop! One million off and its a flop! Just Woooow!

Btw this was posted just now by Joh Harker at Gaf

"sales are below expectations :("

He is one of the members who give data/info about hardware/software sales. iirc from NPD info

You cutted out the quote I made. The guy I quoted was saying that the comparison isn't holding because of price of the PS3 and the supply-constraints of the Wii (and both for X360). Also he said, that PS3 launched later in europe. While I don't think the crap about price and supply-constraints are important (both the fault of the device-maker and part of the planning of a launch), I agreed on the importance of the later launch of the PS3 in europe. Therefore I only took the data for PS3 in comparison, to show that even if you take the later launch into account, the WiiU outsold the PS3. In my earlier thread I included also the XBOX360 and the Wii, look there for more comparisons: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=151739&page=1

I'm still wondering what is "below expectations"...Overall? Compare to the Wii? Compare to the HD consoles? Either way the real opinion that matters is the Nintendo one, which we will know in March.

forgot thats a bad word! Not really knowing all this! I like how the poll says yes and no its a major flop. Crazy stuff Not giving an answer of not a flop but instead other.

Don't think he is allowed to give us any clear answers. But he is a well trusted source of info. Guessing the next few NPDs will be very telling.