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Heavenly_King on 16 January 2013
babuks said:
Can't believe those numbers for WiiU. Thought Nintendo's franchises had appeal to mass people.

remember the gamecube?



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cannonballZ on 16 January 2013
dsgrue3 said:
Wii U - LOL, and people think that will sell over 50m units????


I'm pretty sure it can reach 50 mil. Its only been 2 months. Still, those numbers are pretty bad.



Kresnik on 16 January 2013
crissindahouse said:

hey the numbers in the tools changed a little bit, seems like ioi put media create and/or famitsu numbers in consideration but i won't change it now until we get front page numbers. you can look for yourself:

http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_date.php

some consoles are even lower now (wii u as example) and psp/vita are little bit higher now.


Thank for doing this by the way, Criss.  Even if they're not entirely accurate, it's given people 33 pages worth of conversation!



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Pavolink on 16 January 2013
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Pavolink said:
1. TLOZ Wind Waker
2. F-Zero
3. Super Mario Sunshine
4. Mario Kart DD
5. Super Smash Bros Melee

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I think they should give Xenoblade HD to Ambassadors too, see if it can't build some audience for more Monolith RPGs. 

Even my wishful list of GC games are to much for ambassadors, and you ask for Xenoblade?

We'll get 10 NES games. Again.



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Makaha on 16 January 2013
sales2099 said:

1.6 million gap.

PS3 outselling 360 by 50 k each week on average.

7-8 months is 1.8 million. Thats around August 2013. Unless MS does a LONG OVERDUE 360 price drop.

Best case scenario for PS guys is August 2013. Worst case is after November.



I don't think the PS3 will continue to outsell the 360 by 50k per week.  I think all consoles will drop even more per week.  I suspect the PS3-360 gap will shrink to maybe 20k per week.  I think eventually the PS3 will overtake the 360, but it might be just as the next Xbox is released or maybe a little afterwards.

But in the end, overall, both the 360 and PS3 did well this generation (considering the PS3 almost was given up for dead in the beginning, with that ridiculous price point)



 

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Makaha on 16 January 2013

so what is happening with the WiiU?

Is it because the entire video game industry is shrinking??

Or is it a design flaw?



 

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MonstaMack on 16 January 2013
Makaha said:
so what is happening with the WiiU?

Is it because the entire video game industry is shrinking??

Or is it a design flaw?


I'm going to chime in one more time before I go to bed but I think it has to do with a few things

 

1) Price - The Wii was $250 when it came out. Yes i realize the Wii U is more next gen and has a higher price tag because of this and also comes with a game but people still see the price tag and don't agree with it.

 

2) The Casuals ran the show with the Wii. Non-Gamers bought the Wii in droves, and the same can't be said for the WIi U... yet anyways. They need a killer title like Wii Fit (please don't laugh, the Wii Fit sold like crazy.).

 

3) It just came out and needs better marketing. Nintendo needs to prove that the tablet controller is bad ass and people out there (at least that come to my store) aren't even fully aware the Wii U exists. Hell, some people think the Wii U is some sort of software upgrade lol.



It's just that simple.

platformmaster918 on 16 January 2013
Makaha said:
sales2099 said:

1.6 million gap.

PS3 outselling 360 by 50 k each week on average.

7-8 months is 1.8 million. Thats around August 2013. Unless MS does a LONG OVERDUE 360 price drop.

Best case scenario for PS guys is August 2013. Worst case is after November.



I don't think the PS3 will continue to outsell the 360 by 50k per week.  I think all consoles will drop even more per week.  I suspect the PS3-360 gap will shrink to maybe 20k per week.  I think eventually the PS3 will overtake the 360, but it might be just as the next Xbox is released or maybe a little afterwards.

But in the end, overall, both the 360 and PS3 did well this generation (considering the PS3 almost was given up for dead in the beginning, with that ridiculous price point)

Last of Us, GoW, and price cut to $199 will give PS3 spikes.




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VGKing on 16 January 2013
MonstaMack said:
Makaha said:
so what is happening with the WiiU?

Is it because the entire video game industry is shrinking??

Or is it a design flaw?


I'm going to chime in one more time before I go to bed but I think it has to do with a few things

 

1) Price - The Wii was $250 when it came out. Yes i realize the Wii U is more next gen and has a higher price tag because of this and also comes with a game but people still see the price tag and don't agree with it.

 

2) The Casuals ran the show with the Wii. Non-Gamers bought the Wii in droves, and the same can't be said for the WIi U... yet anyways. They need a killer title like Wii Fit (please don't laugh, the Wii Fit sold like crazy.).

 

3) It just came out and needs better marketing. Nintendo needs to prove that the tablet controller is bad ass and people out there (at least that come to my store) aren't even fully aware the Wii U exists. Hell, some people think the Wii U is some sort of software upgrade lol.


1. Price should be fine, but you can't charge that high for a Nintendo console. I think Nintendo learned that with the 3DS.

2. They need some unique selling point. I don't think a Wii Fit U will be enough. I think Miiverse could be this killer feature once word spreads about it.

3. Yeah. They should have named it Wii 2 or Wii HD as it makes it easier to understand that this isn't an add-on.



Soleron on 16 January 2013
crissindahouse said:

hey the numbers in the tools changed a little bit, seems like ioi put media create and/or famitsu numbers in consideration but i won't change it now until we get front page numbers. you can look for yourself:

http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_date.php

some consoles are even lower now (wii u as example) and psp/vita are little bit higher now.

Him not touching the other numbers with this also confirms they are not mistakes.

Can't believe there was an adjustment, but it lowered Wii U.