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How much is the Wii U going to have sold by the end of 2014?

8 million 46 10.50%
 
9 million 55 12.56%
 
10 million 140 31.96%
 
12 million 149 34.02%
 
OVER 9000!!! 20 4.57%
 
#WEkU GotS nO GaMeZ!! 25 5.71%
 
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DucksUnlimited on 05 January 2014

10.5m. This should be the Wii U's biggest year.



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chris_wing on 05 January 2014
justinian said:
At the very least it should double next year whatever it ends at this year. So taking 5.5m as the end of 2013 total I would guess 11m is the low mark.

I may revisit this thread after the January Nintendo Direct. If they announce some new and interesting stuff for later in the year that can change things.

You seem to be forgeting that the 5.5 million life to date includes two holiday seasons, & so far Nintendo has sold about (quick math in my head) 80-90% of it's Wii U's during the holiday seasons.  So if you are just doubling ltd numbers for a safe guess then that won't work because 2014 only has one Christmas.  However if you are expecting better sales throughout the year you may be correct, if not a bit optimistic with your number.



fps_d0minat0r on 05 January 2014

I guess another 6m, taking the total to 11m which I think PS4 will beat and xbox one will come close to.



fps_d0minat0r on 05 January 2014
chris_wing said:
justinian said:
At the very least it should double next year whatever it ends at this year. So taking 5.5m as the end of 2013 total I would guess 11m is the low mark.

I may revisit this thread after the January Nintendo Direct. If they announce some new and interesting stuff for later in the year that can change things.

You seem to be forgeting that the 5.5 million life to date includes two holiday seasons, & so far Nintendo has sold about (quick math in my head) 80-90% of it's Wii U's during the holiday seasons.  So if you are just doubling ltd numbers for a safe guess then that won't work because 2014 only has one Christmas.  However if you are expecting better sales throughout the year you may be correct, if not a bit optimistic with your number.


its ok to be optimistic.

Nintendo deserve the benefit of the doubt, since this year they didnt react much to the poor sales, so they must have something up their sleeves.

my original estimate was 4.6m, but optimistically I think 6m.



gcube2000 on 05 January 2014

I'd say 11-15million.



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chapset on 05 January 2014

They should do at least 6mill this year so 11mill total



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st0pnsw0p on 05 January 2014

On the plus side, Wii U has more games out this year compared to last year and around 4 possible system sellers releasing this year, with the possibility of 1 more being announced early this year, and it might get a $50 price cut near the holidays.

On the minus side, this year it has to compete with the PS4 and XBOne in addition to the PS3 and 360 (and Vita, Wii and 3DS to a lesser degree) and the fact that it sold so poorly last year probably means its sales this year won't be anything impressive.

At this point, I'd say anywhere between 9.5m and 11.5m sounds reasonable, although I'm personally leaning more towards 10m.



aviggo77 on 06 January 2014

i guess it will sell at 6 million the most.



Dv8thwonder on 06 January 2014

Alot of crow will be eaten this year. That's for damn sure.



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Somini on 06 January 2014

This should be it's peak year, so maybe it'll hit 11 Milion units.