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Seece on 02 December 2013
Nintentacle said:
Yet Wii U's global sales are undertracked.

Are they? Proof?



 

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Zero999 on 02 December 2013
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:

i think you didn't read my quote. well, i guess that's normal, coming from you.

No I read it, you seem to think they're not reasons people aren't jumping on board (it's obvious they are, amongst others).

By the way how exactly is WiiU going to have 50% marketshare like you claim, when it's already down to about 25% in the UK after 2 weeks??

the wii u isn't expensive for it's specs and the gamepad is confortable = if someone doesn't want a wii u, it's not because of fake reasons. got it memorized?

did UK became the center of the Universe?

In your opinion, like I said the sales speak for themselves.

UK was around 8.5% of Wii's userbase. Not to mention it'll only be a matter of months before the same happens in the US, we're already looking at 1m+ launchs in the US vs WiiU's 1.4m install base there.

it's a matter of ifs and buts if they will outsell wii u. numbers speak for themselves? okay, check the german numbers that just came out.

bolded: only ps4 launched at 1M+ in US and again, you magically assume wii u sales will be frozen in time and that the others will sell like it's FW.

The future is not set in stone, there are infinite possibilities based on the paths we choose. you should be well aware of this notion, for that is how you have always existed.



dsage01 on 02 December 2013

Knack outsold Mario and now this? LMFAO the Wii U's failure is just hilarious.
PS4 1 day > Wii U LTD.
And it looks like Mario is dead for home consoles along with Paul Walker.
RIP Mario (home consoles) and Paul Walker



Zero999 on 02 December 2013
dsage01 said:
Knack outsold Mario and now this? LMFAO the Wii U's failure is just hilarious.
PS4 1 day > Wii U LTD.
And it looks like Mario is dead for home consoles along with Paul Walker.
RIP Mario (home consoles) and Paul Walker

mario > 500k     knack what? 150-170k?   Sure, knack outsold mario.



Seece on 02 December 2013
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:

i think you didn't read my quote. well, i guess that's normal, coming from you.

No I read it, you seem to think they're not reasons people aren't jumping on board (it's obvious they are, amongst others).

By the way how exactly is WiiU going to have 50% marketshare like you claim, when it's already down to about 25% in the UK after 2 weeks??

the wii u isn't expensive for it's specs and the gamepad is confortable = if someone doesn't want a wii u, it's not because of fake reasons. got it memorized?

did UK became the center of the Universe?

In your opinion, like I said the sales speak for themselves.

UK was around 8.5% of Wii's userbase. Not to mention it'll only be a matter of months before the same happens in the US, we're already looking at 1m+ launchs in the US vs WiiU's 1.4m install base there.

it's a matter of ifs and buts if they will outsell wii u. numbers speak for themselves? okay, check the german numbers that just came out.

bolded: only ps4 launched at 1M+ in US and again, you magically assume wii u sales will be frozen in time and that the others will sell like it's FW.

The future is not set in stone, there are infinite possibilities based on the paths we choose. you should be well aware of this notion, for that is how you have always existed.

53k, 107k~ to go, PS4 will easily be above 100k.

You're right! We will have to wait for Black Friday figures, but I think at this point it's pretty obvious both did around or above 1m+. WiiU doesn't look like it set the world us on fire either.

@ bolded, um okay? Is that your line of reasoning these days?? Lets be serious here, we're not gonna have some miracle or divine intervention happen.



 

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Zero999 on 02 December 2013
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:

i think you didn't read my quote. well, i guess that's normal, coming from you.

No I read it, you seem to think they're not reasons people aren't jumping on board (it's obvious they are, amongst others).

By the way how exactly is WiiU going to have 50% marketshare like you claim, when it's already down to about 25% in the UK after 2 weeks??

the wii u isn't expensive for it's specs and the gamepad is confortable = if someone doesn't want a wii u, it's not because of fake reasons. got it memorized?

did UK became the center of the Universe?

In your opinion, like I said the sales speak for themselves.

UK was around 8.5% of Wii's userbase. Not to mention it'll only be a matter of months before the same happens in the US, we're already looking at 1m+ launchs in the US vs WiiU's 1.4m install base there.

it's a matter of ifs and buts if they will outsell wii u. numbers speak for themselves? okay, check the german numbers that just came out.

bolded: only ps4 launched at 1M+ in US and again, you magically assume wii u sales will be frozen in time and that the others will sell like it's FW.

The future is not set in stone, there are infinite possibilities based on the paths we choose. you should be well aware of this notion, for that is how you have always existed.

53k, 107k~ to go, PS4 will easily be above 100k.

You're right! We will have to wait for Black Friday figures, but I think at this point it's pretty obvious both did around or above 1m+. WiiU doesn't look like it set the world us on fire either.

@ bolded, um okay? Is that your line of reasoning these days?? Lets be serious here, we're not gonna have some miracle or divine intervention happen.

1M+ what? ltd?

I figured you wouldn't recognize those words.



Seece on 02 December 2013
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:

i think you didn't read my quote. well, i guess that's normal, coming from you.

No I read it, you seem to think they're not reasons people aren't jumping on board (it's obvious they are, amongst others).

By the way how exactly is WiiU going to have 50% marketshare like you claim, when it's already down to about 25% in the UK after 2 weeks??

the wii u isn't expensive for it's specs and the gamepad is confortable = if someone doesn't want a wii u, it's not because of fake reasons. got it memorized?

did UK became the center of the Universe?

In your opinion, like I said the sales speak for themselves.

UK was around 8.5% of Wii's userbase. Not to mention it'll only be a matter of months before the same happens in the US, we're already looking at 1m+ launchs in the US vs WiiU's 1.4m install base there.

it's a matter of ifs and buts if they will outsell wii u. numbers speak for themselves? okay, check the german numbers that just came out.

bolded: only ps4 launched at 1M+ in US and again, you magically assume wii u sales will be frozen in time and that the others will sell like it's FW.

The future is not set in stone, there are infinite possibilities based on the paths we choose. you should be well aware of this notion, for that is how you have always existed.

53k, 107k~ to go, PS4 will easily be above 100k.

You're right! We will have to wait for Black Friday figures, but I think at this point it's pretty obvious both did around or above 1m+. WiiU doesn't look like it set the world us on fire either.

@ bolded, um okay? Is that your line of reasoning these days?? Lets be serious here, we're not gonna have some miracle or divine intervention happen.

1M+ what? ltd?

I figured you wouldn't recognize those words.

Yeah, launch + Black Friday 1m+ for both, to what extent we're about to find out.



 

Mummelmann on 02 December 2013
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
Zero999 said:

i think you didn't read my quote. well, i guess that's normal, coming from you.

No I read it, you seem to think they're not reasons people aren't jumping on board (it's obvious they are, amongst others).

By the way how exactly is WiiU going to have 50% marketshare like you claim, when it's already down to about 25% in the UK after 2 weeks??

the wii u isn't expensive for it's specs and the gamepad is confortable = if someone doesn't want a wii u, it's not because of fake reasons. got it memorized?

did UK became the center of the Universe?

In your opinion, like I said the sales speak for themselves.

UK was around 8.5% of Wii's userbase. Not to mention it'll only be a matter of months before the same happens in the US, we're already looking at 1m+ launchs in the US vs WiiU's 1.4m install base there.

it's a matter of ifs and buts if they will outsell wii u. numbers speak for themselves? okay, check the german numbers that just came out.

bolded: only ps4 launched at 1M+ in US and again, you magically assume wii u sales will be frozen in time and that the others will sell like it's FW.

The future is not set in stone, there are infinite possibilities based on the paths we choose. you should be well aware of this notion, for that is how you have always existed.

That's where all this falls apart; do you realize that the Wii U could go up by 15-20% yoy in 2014 and still be beaten in lifetime sales before year's end by the PS4 or One even if they only matched the worst year their predecessors had on the market in their lifetime (6-ish million 360 and 7.5-ish PS3)?

That's how dire this situation is potentially looking right now.

And your last paragraph may just as easily be used against your wishes as for them, and it's not like yours or my choices will affect the console race one bit. The future is not set in stone; no, that's true but at this point I would dare suggest that it is carved into relatively hard wood at the very least. Now, even I am shocked by these recent numbers and my expectations were fairly low to begin with and I've been skeptical since 2011, how can you still cling to such an incredibly lofty outlook of the future with all this in mind?

I'm not trying to be mean, I'm trying to understand why, and at which point does the centers for reason and logic finally set in? There should be a limit, even to fantasies.



justinian on 02 December 2013

The wii u is a non entity in the UK. Even those UK wii u sales figures seems too big - but I am not basing that on anything factual, just observation.

The wii u could be had for £199 at some UK online stores for quite some time now so I don't think an official price cut will bear fruit.

If no significant improvement is shown over the holidays it would probably be best for Nintendo to spend their advertising + marketing money in the US and maybe Europe.

Japan and MS clearly shows that spending loads of advertising cash doesn't necessarily bring the desired results.



Seece on 02 December 2013
justinian said:

The wii u is a non entity in the UK. Even those UK wii u sales figures seems too big - but I am not basing that on anything factual, just observation.

The wii u could be had for £199 at some UK online stores for quite some time now so I don't think an official price cut will bear fruit.

If no significant improvement is shown over the holidays it would probably be best for Nintendo to spend their advertising + marketing money in the US and maybe Europe.

Japan and MS clearly shows that spending loads of advertising cash doesn't necessarily bring the desired results.

I don't think Europe is much better, perhaps US and Japan??