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vivster on 05 January 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Is this where it all starts? Is this where people finally sees that the wiiU isn't so doomed? Is this where people finallyyyyy agree that the wiiU is a viable/next gen platform?

The answer to all those are No
The answer to your questions is Probably

Just because it's less doomed than another doomed console doesn't make it undoomed.

Am I doing it right?



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Blood_Tears on 05 January 2014

Outside of 3 or 4 weeks of the holidays, Wii U still hasn't cracked the Japanese code. For all we know, it might drop like a stone again to 3k a week. Even so, X1 will pass Wii U easily. I'm not a huge MS fan but a price cut and/or a new Halo bundle in the states and this comparison is over...period.



jamesmarkus87 on 05 January 2014

I'm assuming that these threads are being made because of Wii U's recent success in Japan. Unlike you guys, I'm pretty sure that Wii U's sales there will go right down the crapper when PS4 is released in that region.



kekrot on 05 January 2014

We'll see. At this rate the Xbox will be ahead in just a few months, but we'll see.



Yep.

magoghm on 05 January 2014

If enough people think Kinect is worth an extra $100 and they do have the money to pay for it, and there is enough brand loyalty for XBox, and the new MS CEO decides to keep XBox as an MS product, and Nintendo keeps having trouble communicating the value of the Wii U then the XBox One will pass the Wii U.

Of course, with video games there is always the posibility that either Microsoft or Nintendo introduces a new game which is a runaway hit and that would make any previous debate about sales trends a moot point.



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vivster on 05 January 2014

I don't think there really is a chance for the X1 to not pass the WiiU.
If the X1 is stuck for too long behind the WiiU then MS will swing their money wand and suddenly it will surpass.
Interpret "money wand" as you will as there are multiple possibilities.



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toastboy44562 on 05 January 2014

Xbox One America sales > Wii U total sales by the end of 2014. You guys are insane if you think the Wii U is still going to be outselling the Xbox One.



FrancisNobleman on 05 January 2014

By summer 2015 maybe, if the sales trend continue to be terrible for the Wii U/



lt_dan_27 on 05 January 2014
spurgeonryan said:

Not unless it cracks the Japanese code.

 

So no.

Maybe if Microsoft immediately dumps the 360 like they did the original xbox.

 

agree? or what do you think mister/misses sales expert?

They dumped the xbox immediately because it was a horrible selling console, and  they could never dream of making a profit. The 360 is still very profitable. The xbox one will overtake the wiiU pretty fast. In just a couple of weeks, it was at half the sales. I don't see the wiiU's current sales being a new trend. I'm betting they die down by the end of January.  The sales being recorded are still from christmas, so I'm betting they drop off pretty sharply afterward. I think the ps4 will overtake the wiiU by the end of January, and the xbox one will overtake the wiiU by spring. 



Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 05 January 2014

The Xbox One is selling less than the WiiU did in comparable time so lol.