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Forums - Nintendo - To Wii U "Haters": Why Do You Think Wii U Will Sell On The Same Level Or Worse Than GameCube?

oniyide said:
lmao. so youre a hater if you use data and common sense. People have already tore this apart using data. and no its not ahead of ps360

Pay attention. I said it USED to be ahead of the PS360. The huge sales drop on Wii U caused PS360 to eventually get ahead.

Edit: Also, there's a reason I wrote "Haters" instead of haters. It means they're not actually haters.



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Wii U's second November is more comparable to the Vita (210k) and Dreamcast (190k) than X360 (511k) or PS3 (440k).

The PS3 in all honesty was in a much better position than the Wii U was, by its second November sales had at least started to stabilize and reach a respectable point and they also had the full backing of the third party community. 



Might want to change your title to "Wii U non-sympathizers", we don't necessarily hate the system, we just laugh about it's embarrassing performance.



For further comparison:

GameCube Year 2 (Nov 19, 2002 - Nov 19, 2003):

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Wario World
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
F-Zero GX
Mario Party 5
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!


Wii U Year 2 (Nov 19, 2013 - Nov 19, 2014):
(speculative)

Super Mario 3D World
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros.
Bayonetta 2
X
Yarn Yoshi
Steel Diver: Sub Wars (maybe)
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem (maybe)

Wii U has the edge in terms of system sellers for its second year compared to the Gamecube. While also having more potential buyers coming from the 30M Mario Kart fanbase. Anyone who denies this will be surprised.

(credits goes to randomengine for making the game list)



Not a hater, I'm a realist. I see things as they are....

WiiU will sell around 30 million, but does that mean it's doomed? Well that all depends on who you're talking to.

I plan on buying one either way.



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Soundwave said:
Yeah certainly I expect a pretty ugly collapse for Wii U sales from Jan-March this year even with DKC.

Probably like 30k for Jan, 35k for Feb, and 30k for March for the US market.

I can see some logic in Wii U selling GameCube level, even if I think it'll do better. But this is either a sad excuse for trolling, or an unlogical prediction. 



Pillow said:
For further comparison:

GameCube Year 2 (Nov 19, 2002 - Nov 19, 2003):

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Wario World
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
F-Zero GX
Mario Party 5
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!


Wii U Year 2 (Nov 19, 2013 - Nov 19, 2014):
(speculative)

Super Mario 3D World
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros.
Bayonetta 2
X
Yarn Yoshi
Steel Diver: Sub Wars (maybe)
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem (maybe)

Wii U has the edge in terms of system sellers for its second year compared to the Gamecube. While also having more potential buyers coming from the 30M Mario Kart fanbase. Anyone who denies this will be surprised.

(credits goes to randomengine for making the game list)


This chart is kinda biased tilted towards the Wii U. If you're counting the previous November, then Metroid Prime should be on the GCN side. Resident Evil 0 also came out that November/December if I recall. 



@Everyone
I know you're not haters. I wrote the word haters because that's what an only Nintendo gamer that hates Sony and MS would say.



Nintentacle said:
@Everyone
I know you're not haters. I wrote the word haters because that's what an only Nintendo gamer that hates Sony and MS would say.

No mention of PC ?



Nintentacle said:
Soundwave said:
Yeah certainly I expect a pretty ugly collapse for Wii U sales from Jan-March this year even with DKC.

Probably like 30k for Jan, 35k for Feb, and 30k for March for the US market.

I can see some logic in Wii U selling GameCube level, even if I think it'll do better. But this is either a sad excuse for trolling, or an unlogical prediction. 


I'm tired of Wii U apologists saying stuff like with nothing to back them up. You guys have been dead wrong *all year long*, talked a big game all year long about how this fall was going to change everything, and labelled anyone a troll for making predictions that in many cases actually were higher than what the actual numbers turned out to be.

Some humilty is in order, IMO. There's nothing unreasonable about my predictions.