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Forums - Nintendo - does anyone else just see the wii u sales as very typical for a new console?

Booyah on 20 January 2013

Quit being so reasonable in all your posts.

 

It's very unbecoming of typical forum posters.

 

Moar outrage and derailment please.



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Barozi on 20 January 2013

Expectations.

Nintendo expects to ship 5.5m units by March 31st and 24m software.
Current numbers (sold to customer): 2.4m HW, 4.9m SW

11 weeks to go.

Using this week's numbers as an average for the next weeks -> 3m HW and 6.1m SW by March 31st.


Rayman Legends, Lego City Undercover and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (US & European version) better be huge.



benji232 on 20 January 2013
Barozi said:
Expectations.

Nintendo expects to ship 5.5m units by March 31st and 24m software.
Current numbers (sold to customer): 2.4m HW, 4.9m SW

11 weeks to go.

Using this week's numbers as an average for the next weeks -> 3m HW and 6.1m SW by March 31st.


Rayman Legends, Lego City Undercover and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (US & European version) better be huge.

Ummm, the wiiU is sitting at 2.55m HW and 5.15m SW.



Predictions for LT console sales:

PS4: 120M

XB1: 70M

WiiU: 14M

3DS: 60M

Vita: 13M

Barozi on 20 January 2013
benji232 said:
Barozi said:
Expectations.

Nintendo expects to ship 5.5m units by March 31st and 24m software.
Current numbers (sold to customer): 2.4m HW, 4.9m SW

11 weeks to go.

Using this week's numbers as an average for the next weeks -> 3m HW and 6.1m SW by March 31st.


Rayman Legends, Lego City Undercover and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (US & European version) better be huge.

Ummm, the wiiU is sitting at 2.55m HW and 5.15m SW.

Not when using the weekly/yearly charts (which I think most of us here do)



HappySqurriel on 20 January 2013

I could be wrong but I think a large portion of the Wii U "doom" (for lack of a better term) is retaliation for critical comments about the PS-Vita's sales ...



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newwil7l on 20 January 2013
HappySqurriel said:
I could be wrong but I think a large portion of the Wii U "doom" (for lack of a better term) is retaliation for critical comments about the PS-Vita's sales ...


Probably

DanneSandin on 21 January 2013
archbrix said:
DanneSandin said:
archbrix said:

If by this time next year the console is only around 6m WW, then we'll talk about the console flopping. Personally, I believe it'll be way more than double that.

What are you basing that number on? I used o think it would hit 10-12m units this year, but I'm not at all sure right now...

I look at it this way: The 360 was at about 8m globally at the end of 2006 after its second holiday. Vita numbers won't have reached 5m by the end of March, which will mark it's one year anniversary of release globally. That's only one global holiday for Vita but it's two holidays in Japan, which is the strongest market for portables. Therefore, if WiiU is only at around 6m on January 1st, 2014 it will be somewhere between those Vita and 360 numbers. This won't bode well for WiiU at all.

However, unless Nintendo completely screws up this year/holiday and instead delivers, most importantly, some big holiday games combined with a price drop (for the sake of affordability and to counter the new consoles), I believe we'll see a repeat of what happened with the 3DS.

My guess is that we'll see WiiU bounce back very nicely and amass around a 15m install base by this time next year. I just hope they play their cards right.

I see the potantial for Wii U to get 10-15m units sold by this time next year, but as it's looking now it'll probably sell less than 10m. They're being too secretive imo. They can't wait for e3 to announce all their games for the rest of the year because the PS720 will steal a great deal of the attention and Wii U will struggle to get a spot in the light...



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Jumpin on 21 January 2013

I think they're at 1/3 to 1/5th the amount I expected this month, but launch month sales were good in te US and Japan, below expectation in Europe.

I really think Nintendo needs to act and announce something huge for the fall, and some interesting hold-off games for the next 6 months.



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superchunk on 21 January 2013

Mostly yes. But the January numbers thus far a bit disconcerting.

I don't think it will meet Nintendo's goals through March31. I'm thinking Nintendo will have to reduce its estimates during its quarterly briefings.



archbrix on 21 January 2013
DanneSandin said:

I see the potantial for Wii U to get 10-15m units sold by this time next year, but as it's looking now it'll probably sell less than 10m. They're being too secretive imo. They can't wait for e3 to announce all their games for the rest of the year because the PS720 will steal a great deal of the attention and Wii U will struggle to get a spot in the light...

The way things are looking now, I agree.  But keep in mind that the 3DS sold poorly after its launch for several months until its price drop, then with a couple of big games for the fall it was pretty much back on track.  Nintendo doesn't need to worry so much about Microsoft and Sony's launches being strong; they won't be able to affect the fanfare they will receive.  What they need to focus on is making WiiU look like a must have item despite the competition, with great games and a good price.

No doubt Nintendo will absolutely need to bring its "A" game this year as it's of critical importance, but I'm sure they know how bad the sales are this last week.  It can still be turned around; it just remains to be seen if they have prepared to do that.