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Forums - Sales - WiiU first year sales compared to PSV's (Underdog wins)

FrancisNobleman on 14 December 2013

Nothing beats the battle for the 2nd place last gen.

It was like, being second was more important than being 1st.



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vivster on 14 December 2013

What I think is most refreshing about this is that Sony's Vita fails because of Nintendo's 3DS and Nintendo's WiiU is failing because of Sony's PS4. Only in part of course but you get my point^^



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Kongfucius on 14 December 2013

Interesting to see what the figures are like for next year, Vita had respectable boosts in Japan in particular with price cuts, software (Soul Sacrifice, Toukiden and God Eater 2) and new HW (PSV2K), but still struggled in the west, especially in NA, although EU could've been worse

WiiU however did well with Zelda WWHD and SM3DW, plus it seems to be enjoying a strong Christmas. I think it will edge it in 2013, but there is still a question mark over whether it can maintain any 2013 momentum in the new year once 4Bone get over their stock issues.

Personally, I think both are unlikely ever to take off in any huge way, but they will soldier on and attract a reasonable audience. I expect WiiU to overtake PSV launch-aligned eventually, PSV may do better lifetime though as it should have the usual Sony legs and it has already shown it can survive against its opposition (3DS)



Play4Fun on 14 December 2013
vivster said:
What I think is most refreshing about this is that Sony's Vita fails because of Nintendo's 3DS and Nintendo's WiiU is failing because of Sony's PS4. Only in part of course but you get my point^^


Wiiu is failing because of Nintendo. Nothing to do with PS4 or Sony really.

Same can be said of Vita to a lesser extent.



ethomaz on 14 December 2013

pezus said:

My prediction? :O

Did you make a thread about it? PS3 outsell the Wii U bye twice or something like.



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BloodyRain on 14 December 2013

lol battle between the two fails



dsp333 on 14 December 2013

The Vita outsold the Wii U all along this year as well...

It should definitely have an overall better second year than the Vita, but I'm starting to get worried it'll never catch up with it...



Soleron on 14 December 2013
pezus said:
spurgeonryan said:
What kind of thread is this?

How did the wiiu do better in Japan when the vita is doing well there now?

1. Sales thread

2. Sales can increase and decrease with time

owned



Mummelmann on 14 December 2013
Aielyn said:
pezus said:

I'll use launch aligned sales in Japan+USA+Europe - a year from launch.

Region WiiU PSV
Japan 1.26m 1.07m
USA 1.53m 1.24m
Europe 0.94m 1.57m
Total (J+US+EU) sales 3.73m 3.88m

WiiU does better in Japan and USA, but PSV does significantly better in Europe and makes up for the difference and then some.

The "other" regions are missing, but if history is anything to go by I think it's safe to say PSV did similar or better than WiiU there so the results would essentially be the same.

So much for Japan being "handheld territory".


The Vita is a problem on its own. Japan is very much handheld territory (did you read the report stating that Japan had surpassed the US in revenue from mobile/tablet content/apps?), the Vita is the problem. Some of it is explained here;

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5891174