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NYANKS said:
Are people surprised at the badness? This seems normal, things go down at the end of a gen.

Agreed. People seem to forget here that eventually sales are going to slow to a near halt, yes even the mighty PS3 that people claim will never die.. We are approaching that now with the current consoles. Well, Wii hit that a year or two ago, now the other consoles follow.



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TheSource said:

Anyone want to lay odds on Wii outselling Wii U in the US this year?

I'm fairly sure Wii will perk back up to 200k - 250k in Nov / Dec, so it should be around 1m this year (it's already 100k ahead of Wii through March). Not entirely convinced that Wii U will get to 1m. I mean, if they price cut in October, it does maybe 50,000 a month for 9 months, 100,000 in Oct, 200,000 in November, and then 350,000 in Dec?

Mario Kart is probably the only really big game coming to Wii U this year - I could see it being pretty close. 

I think that's a pretty safe bet.  And Nintendo will most likely only cut the Wii U by $50.  To have any real impact, I think they would have to cut it by ~$80-$100.  Especially if the PS4/NeXbox launch for only $399.



3DS
so 130k was the highest platform OVERALL



TheSource said:

Anyone want to lay odds on Wii outselling Wii U in the US this year?

I'm fairly sure Wii will perk back up to 200k - 250k in Nov / Dec, so it should be around 1m this year (it's already 100k ahead of Wii through March). Not entirely convinced that Wii U will get to 1m. I mean, if they price cut in October, it does maybe 50,000 a month for 9 months, 100,000 in Oct, 200,000 in November, and then 350,000 in Dec?

Mario Kart is probably the only really big game coming to Wii U this year - I could see it being pretty close. 


naa, i see WiiU outselling the Wii this year in the USA



Soleron said:
3DS < 130k also per NPD release (according to GAF)

so 130k was the highest platform OVERALL


damn it. Time to bed lol



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Edit - never mind 



bananaking21 said:
does anybody have the numbers from april last year?

They are in the OP



Eh, I need these crazy leaks. Speculation is all well and good, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Wii U- 30k



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Player2 said:
bananaking21 said:
does anybody have the numbers from april last year?

They are in the OP

ohh didnt see the links, i checked the charts and didnt see any, my bad. thanks!



Soleron said:
3DS < 130k also per NPD release (according to GAF)

so 130k was the highest platform OVERALL

The 3DS should be rising, but it's right there, following 7 year old consoles.Wii U probably isn't the only thing Nintendo is worried about.