I'm guessing there have been some adjustments already since this was first posted, because Vita sure as hell isn't more than double Wii-U anymore.

I also suspect European sales on the whole are a bit too high on the whole. Nonetheless, it's going to be interesting to watch how PS3 does over the upcoming months.

It's going to be bleak for both Vita and Wii-U for Q1 though, unless something drastic happens for either of them.

Vita has a relatively nice (by Vita standards) schedule for Q1 in Japan and I expect it to sell fairly well from the week beginning February 28th through to the end of March. If it got a price cut in April, then it could even start building some momentum (provided there's some other stuff coming in Q2-3 to compliment God Eater 2).
In the west however it's just a bit of a disaster. I can't see anything giving a sales boost aside from possibly Persona in Europe briefly, so whatever it sells in Q1 is pretty much the bottom level of where sales are going to be.

Wii-U, on the other hand, has a couple of releases that are going to help in the west but literally nothing in Japan. I reckon Rayman Legends will do well in Europe. Origins did quite well over here, on Vita in particular. Lego City Undercover + Wii Fit U could be the games for USA too, although for the price of the console I'm not sure they're going to be system sellers. Perhaps, I guess we'l see.
For Japan though, there is literally nothing until Dragon Quest X gets given a firm release date. Even then, it's an upscaled Wii game and I believe the Wii version can be played on Wii-U anyway, so the difference may be negligible (or not, DQ is still massive in Japan). But until then, Fist of North Star + Need for Speed aren't gonna tide anyone over.

Meh. Troublesome times, three 8th generation systems launched and all of them off to horrific starts. 3DS has turned it around nicely. I'm sure Wii-U can do the same with the right games and price cut at the correct time, but as things look now, it's pretty bleak.

Didn't Dreamcast get off to a pretty good start?  Until PS2 hype killed the sales.  I seem to remember reading various pieces about how Dreamcast actually had a really successful launch and sold well for a while.

3DS, NDS, PSP, PSV aren't consoles though, that's why I didn't mention them.

Also technically you'd also need to include serious hardware upgrades, as I doubt that anyone is playing recent games on a 7 years old PC.
Maybe even include Laptops if they are used for gaming.


Also I don't know anyone here over 20 that has a handheld (and actively uses it).
Sure my gf has a PSP but she bought it when she turned 19 and never used it in the (at least) past 2 years. (She's 23 now).

the first half of the year is Sony's.  They already have 6 big exclusives coming out in LoU, GoW, Sly, Beyond, Ni No Kuni, and Puppeteer (some bigger than others obviously).  If they drop price or bring the 12gb one to the US then things will really skyrocket.  Remember no price drop last year and $199 is a BIG price drop for any conole that PS3 hasn't reached yet (I'm assuming they can afford it with the cheaper remodel).

It may have had a good start, but it wasn't good enough for the Dreamcast to survive the PS2's launch.

I'm not saying the Wii U is going to be discontinued. But to say any sales are acceptable just because the PS4 & 720 haven't released makes no sense at all.

Every week we have these same silly arguments. Don't we ever get tired?.........OFF TOPIC.....The ps3 is awesome

But using the country that is the least affected by the Euro crisis and extrapolate their trends to other parts of Europe might not be the right thing to do if you want to receive meaningful results.

Well, I play most recent games on a 4yr old PC with middle-high settings. Praise the console ports. Games these days aren't very demanding, only some minor exceptions like The Witcher 2 (minor like in not many games) 

PS3 double Wii U sales and almost double 360 sales. Better get used to it for the rest of 2013.

BELIEVE.

This... I really think once the Ps4/Xbox720 hype train starts, then the Wii-u will be under alot of pressure. Lets be honest, Nintendo *SHOULD* have given the Wii-u more power. We can claim every sale from the Wii-u is one sale above PS4/Xbox, but I feel its a current gen console... ball game changes *if* the next set of consoles show they have the hardware and content, which i think they will.