IGN article - WiiU outselling PS4 in Japan

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tbone51 on 15 March 2014

bubblegamer said:
Didn't IGN, along with all western video game journalists, hate Nintendo?

Colin (this editor) is still trying to redeem himself for one of the most biased article ever made

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tbone51 said:

bubblegamer said:
Didn't IGN, along with all western video game journalists, hate Nintendo?

Colin (this editor) is still trying to redeem himself for one of the most biased article ever made

Bad journalism is not the best way to fix bad journalism.

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HokageTenshi on 15 March 2014

holiday season vs non holiday...

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AshKetchum1992 said:
I agree with the OP, the comparison is unfair because the WiiU was released during the Holiday season in December.

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HokageTenshi said:

holiday season vs non holiday...

nobody complained when it was vita (Holiday) vs 3ds (Feb) Launch #s

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MyCodenameIsIan on 15 March 2014

Since when did Japan celebrate Christmas?

Christmas is a time for couples in Japan, if anything retail sales spike closer to Chinese new year there.

If you know anything about IGN and the editor Colin Moriarty, he almost exclusively covers Playstation and he has been accused of being Playstation biased on multiple occasions.

His article makes a fair point, that the PS4 is not shifting units at the rate people expected. Whilst not a train wreck, he also pointed out the cause and that being the lack of Japanese centric software.

Don't worry, you'll get to sit back and laugh once Microsoft launches.

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MyCodenameIsIan said:

Since when did Japan celebrate Christmas?

Christmas is a time for couples in Japan, if anything retail sales spike closer to Chinese new year there.

If you know anything about IGN and the editor Colin Moriarty, he almost exclusively covers Playstation and he has been accused of being Playstation biased on multiple occasions.

His article makes a fair point, that the PS4 is not shifting units at the rate people expected. Whilst not a train wreck, he also pointed out the cause and that being the lack of Japanese centric software.

Don't worry, you'll get to sit back and laugh once Microsoft launches.

You should take a look through the weekly chartz from previous years on this site, you might get a pleasant surprise

Hint: consoles going up by a good maargin in japan during the month of december, well you don't have to look at the chartz anymore I spoiled it for you

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tbone51 said:

HokageTenshi said:

holiday season vs non holiday...

nobody complained when it was vita (Holiday) vs 3ds (Feb) Launch #s

Really? it sure seems like you're complaining now!

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DucksUnlimited said:

tbone51 said:

HokageTenshi said:

holiday season vs non holiday...

nobody complained when it was vita (Holiday) vs 3ds (Feb) Launch #s

Really? it sure seems like you're complaining now!

Oh Damn Really?? O.o I didn't even notice lol!

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ninetailschris on 15 March 2014

chapset said:

MyCodenameIsIan said:

Since when did Japan celebrate Christmas?

Christmas is a time for couples in Japan, if anything retail sales spike closer to Chinese new year there.

If you know anything about IGN and the editor Colin Moriarty, he almost exclusively covers Playstation and he has been accused of being Playstation biased on multiple occasions.

His article makes a fair point, that the PS4 is not shifting units at the rate people expected. Whilst not a train wreck, he also pointed out the cause and that being the lack of Japanese centric software.

Don't worry, you'll get to sit back and laugh once Microsoft launches.

You should take a look through the weekly chartz from previous years on this site, you might get a pleasant surprise

Hint: consoles going up by a good maargin in japan during the month of december, well you don't have to look at the chartz anymore I spoiled it for you

the thing is nintendo boost around christimas. Sony is around the new year and golden week. if you check media create you would know this.

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