April 2013 NPD Thread!

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Metallicube on 16 May 2013

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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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thismeintiel on 16 May 2013

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.

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Soleron on 16 May 2013

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so 130k was the highest platform OVERALL

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bananaking21 on 16 May 2013

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