it may drop next week (maybe not globally because it will count 1 day of wind waker in japan) but after that it will be up or flat for the rest of the year.

The point about Origins is that it did not follow any pattern in terms of install base correlating to sales.  PS3 sold the most despite the lowest install base, the Wii the least despite it having the largest(of the initial console release).  The Vita hit way above its weight considering the install base.

Rayman doesn't need to do 15 million first week, but where is the floor on that?  200k, 100k, 50k, 10k?  Origins also sold a substantial amount of its total after it saw deep discounts, which goes back to what I said.

How on earth do my comments about the 360 support your ones on the Wii U?  The point about the Blue Dragon comparison is that the genre that wasn't doing so great on the 360 was still puting up better numbers than a game that is supposedly going to bring third parties to the Wii U.  All five of those games (if we count sonic racing) combined did less in the first week in the US than Splinter Cell: Double Agent on 360.  That isn't even getting into the bigger games like Oblivion, Madden, Call of Duty, and Gears.  Note I am talking about US because a lot of old European data is gone.  Considering I assume you are mostly referring to western third parties, and the Wii U isn't doing so hot in Europe, it probably doesn't make a huge difference. 

Sure the 360 still got a few Japanese games, most likely on the hope that it was the key to break into the American market, but the Wii U also still gets some Western games.  In seven years, I'm sure we'll be able to name a few games the Wii U got despite low sales in the respective genre.  That doesn't mean third parties will be rushing to put Madden and GTA on Wii U because Rayman did slightly less worse numbers than the PS3/360 versions.

it's been more than settled that no one complained about rayman going multiplatform. that raises the question if you're trolling or actually believe those words.

You cant actually believe this. Sales qont start increasing week after week till mid november

http://m.gamestop.com/Stores/Search/StoreAvailability/111373

Btw... i know you love arguing against facts zero999 but you cant argue the zelda bundle was so limited that it couldnt increase sales becaude if people were really interested they can find one if they want. Every store in my area has them availble including online

Zombi U didn't sell as well as Ubi Soft wanted and Wii U hardware sales were weak for Decmeber 2012, that spooked Ubi Soft, but seriously Rayman isn't making a big difference had it been released in Feburary/March versus August/September.

It's a niche title and even kids don't seem to be interested in playing "cartoony" platfomer/action games (see: Puppeteer bombing, W101 bombing, etc.). Nintendo's established IP can weather the storm because they have long established fanbases to bank on, but everyone else is screwed.

So going from sub 9k to 20k (more then double the sales) in TWO days without any marketing is "not increasing sales"? Please think what your typing twice before posting it.

Please read the context of the post before typing. Zero999 said wii u didnt increase more because zelda bundle was so limited.

no price cut in japan.

the only week with no actual release that i remember is 12-19 october.