The Wii U will struggle to outsell GameCube tally of 22 million. It needs to recover to sell over 20 million sales.
Just for reference sake Nintendo had shipped just a hair under 10 million GameCubes at the equivalent same point in its lifespan (March 2003), Wii U will be under 6 million, so it's well behind the GameCube right now.
| Soundwave said: Just for reference sake Nintendo had shipped just a hair under 10 million GameCubes at the equivalent same point in its lifespan (March 2003), Wii U will be under 6 million, so it's well behind the GameCube right now. |
With its best software still ahead of it, again. It's the same awkward little fact there. GC was far more front-loaded and had its severe problems in legging it out.
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So to show how it could go down:
2012 + 2013 = 5 million (already sold)
2014 = 5 million (peak year)
2015 = 4 million
2016 = 3 million
2017 = 2 million
That'd put it's lifetime around 19 million. Pretty lame, but that's life!
Mr Khan said:
With its best software still ahead of it, again. It's the same awkward little fact there. GC was far more front-loaded and had its severe problems in legging it out. |
The GameCube wasn't quite as front loaded as people like to make out, even if it was more front loaded.
Mario Kart: Double Dash, Resident Evil 4, Zelda: Wind Waker (US/Euro release), Pikmin 2, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, Viewtiful Joe, F-Zero GX, Metroid Prime 2 were still waiting to be released ... that isn't miles removed from the Wii U's impending 2014/2015 with Mario Kart 8, Zelda U, Smash Bros. U, Bayonetta 2, Yarn Yoshi, X, Hyrule Warriors, Fire Emblem x SMT, etc.
23 million- Gamecube had the games from the get go, so had a flying start then stuttered to a standstill. Wii U has a lot of high quality software to come, so has every opportunity to finish stronger. Both systems sales wise will meet somewhere in the middle with Wii U finishing slightly ahead. Add to the 80 million 3DS sold, this gen will still have been kind to Ninty profit wise.....you heard it here first :D
In a world where sales = quality, the Wii U has already oversold.
Thankfully for Nintendo, we don't live in that world.
| Einsam_Delphin said: So to show how it could go down: 2012 + 2013 = 5 million (already sold) 2014 = 5 million (peak year) 2015 = 4 million 2016 = 3 million 2017 = 2 million That'd put it's lifetime around 19 million. Pretty lame, but that's life! |
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Its only sold about 2/3rds the GC has and falling behind month after month. 16m MINIMUM? Okay, this thing could sell 14m if trend holds. In order to sell as much as the GC that means it needs to start outpacing it. The longer it falls behind the more unlikely it gets.A year and a half on the market to start selling is too late.
| Max King of the Wild said: Its only sold about 2/3rds the GC has and falling behind month after month. 16m MINIMUM? Okay, this thing could sell 14m if trend holds. In order to sell as much as the GC that means it needs to start outpacing it. The longer it falls behind the more unlikely it gets.A year and a half on the market to start selling is too late. |
It almost certainly will not beat GameCube's 2003 ... even with Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros.
2003 was the GameCube's best holiday season, it even almost sold past the PS2 for a month or two if I recall.
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