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Azzanation said:


Not with Mario 3D World coming out.


Yeah I admit I overlooked this.

The game releases on the same day as the PS4 so it will give the Wii U a fairly good boost on that week Id imagine. Looking at the numbers again, with SM3DW in mind, the Wii U is likely to be over 190k in the UK come PS4 release Week.

I dont think the PS4 will outsell the Wii U in a Week. By the end of the Year though I think it can happen, if supply is there.



                            

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RolStoppable said:

No.

People like to look at past launches and draw the conclusion that it is easily possible. However, the most recent PlayStation product, the Vita, featured the same price as its predecessor, the PSP. and was agreed upon to have a significantly better launch lineup. Thus people were expecting a good launch, but in reality the PSP beat the PSV roughly 4:1.

Now that the PS4 is cheaper than the PS3 and also has a better launch lineup, people figure that the PS4 launch should be the same or better than the PS3 launch. Not going to happen with the current economical conditions. Besides, the PS4 is just like the PSV in that it lacks the brand strength of the PS3 and PSP. A lot of people bought Sony's seventh generation machines based on blind faith, this isn't going to repeat.

Number time: The PS4 won't sell more than 120k units during its launch week and won't pass the Wii U by the end of 2013.

Dont worry I have my "PS4 FAILED" threads waiting. ;) I've been waiting all year for this! 



Carl2291 said:
Azzanation said:


Not with Mario 3D World coming out.


Yeah I admit I overlooked this.

The game releases on the same day as the PS4 so it will give the Wii U a fairly good boost on that week Id imagine. Looking at the numbers again, with SM3DW in mind, the Wii U is likely to be over 190k in the UK come PS4 release Week.

I dont think the PS4 will outsell the Wii U in a Week. By the end of the Year though I think it can happen, if supply is there.

That also depends when Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros U comes out aswell.



I think it will.



Azzanation said:

That also depends when Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros U comes out aswell.


Theyre both 2014 releases. MK8 in Spring and a while later for SSB, but who knows, they may push Wii U back in front of PS4 (or hold off the PS4 completely).



                            

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RolStoppable said:
Mummelmann said:

Wasn't there an Austrian guy and a bunch of other folks who used to employ this tool to show that the Wii would outsell the PS2 easily, some time back in the day? Maybe my memory is shot.

That was taking sales that had already happened into account. It was a fact that the Wii was tracking ahead of the PS2 while for this topic it's simply assumed that the PS4 will have a better launch than the PS3 in the UK.

Fair enough, but isn't your 120k first week prediction equally worthless based on that very premise?



It could do it worldwide, but not in one week.



Bump bump.

The Xbox One sold 150,000 units in the UK in its first Week (48 Hours). With the PS4 being a more wanted product, if supply is there, I wouldnt be surprised to see 200,000 PS4's sold on Friday/Saturday.



                            

Well, it happened.



                            

Damn even I was pessimistic and said 2 weeks lol. It outsold Wii U in 2 days.