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jlmurph2 on 11 May 2014
Max King of the Wild said:
In fact, with a mere 1m for the holidays would get less than 8m. In order to achieve 10m it needs 2.1m in holidays which means it needs about another 1.8m in next 4 months. Not happening


Sad thing is that even if Mario Kart gives Wii U the 100% boost fans think it will it still wouldn't help. But I very much doubt that it would even do that because the majority of the Wii U's sales comes from the holidays. There's hardly ANY reason for a Wii U to be bought any other time throughout the year.



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PigPen on 11 May 2014

I'm optimistic, whatever you say.



superchunk on 11 May 2014

I certainly hope so and I think its technically possible with the caliber of games coming out. However, I think that realistically there simply won't be that type of stock available as Nintendo has only stated they'd sell 3.6m between the beginning of April until the end of March 2015.

That means they will order a sufficient amount through now and this holiday to meet that goal. Unless MK8 shows dramatic improvement over the summer, I highly doubt they'll increase manufacturing as they will want to be profitable this next year and not have a lot sitting on shelves. Plus retailers are less likely to order that many unless preorders for MK8/SSB show they need to.

So, yes I'd certainly like to see that happen and think it within a realm of extreme possibility. But just at all likely.



ToraTiger on 11 May 2014

If smash comes, then maybe. But It'll probably be its last 10 million



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Lonely_Dolphin on 11 May 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
In fact, with a mere 1m for the holidays would get less than 8m. In order to achieve 10m it needs 2.1m in holidays which means it needs about another 1.8m in next 4 months. Not happening


Sad thing is that even if Mario Kart gives Wii U the 100% boost fans think it will it still wouldn't help. But I very much doubt that it would even do that because the majority of the Wii U's sales comes from the holidays. There's hardly ANY reason for a Wii U to be bought any other time throughout the year.

Erm, there's a pretty big reason comming up in less than 3 weeks!



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Max King of the Wild on 11 May 2014
jlmurph2 said:


Sad thing is that even if Mario Kart gives Wii U the 100% boost fans think it will it still wouldn't help. But I very much doubt that it would even do that because the majority of the Wii U's sales comes from the holidays. There's hardly ANY reason for a Wii U to be bought any other time throughout the year.


If  mk8 gives 500% week of. Small 20% drops for the following weeks for a month. And it settles at a new baseline doubled from what it was... Means it needs 2.25m in Nov and Dec... WHat i laid out is ludicrous... More like 80% drop week after mk8 and 500% would be pretty miraculous considering that would mean they would be pretty supply constraind being as that would be the amount they have on shelves according to v



Max King of the Wild on 11 May 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:

Erm, there's a pretty big reason comming up in less than 3 weeks!


I think he meant a reason to have consistent high sales through the whole year. Like 100k weekly 



jlmurph2 on 11 May 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
jlmurph2 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
In fact, with a mere 1m for the holidays would get less than 8m. In order to achieve 10m it needs 2.1m in holidays which means it needs about another 1.8m in next 4 months. Not happening


Sad thing is that even if Mario Kart gives Wii U the 100% boost fans think it will it still wouldn't help. But I very much doubt that it would even do that because the majority of the Wii U's sales comes from the holidays. There's hardly ANY reason for a Wii U to be bought any other time throughout the year.

Erm, there's a pretty big reason comming up in less than 3 weeks!


Which is why I said "hardly" didn't say no reason. 



jlmurph2 on 11 May 2014
Max King of the Wild said:
jlmurph2 said:


Sad thing is that even if Mario Kart gives Wii U the 100% boost fans think it will it still wouldn't help. But I very much doubt that it would even do that because the majority of the Wii U's sales comes from the holidays. There's hardly ANY reason for a Wii U to be bought any other time throughout the year.


If  mk8 gives 500% week of. Small 20% drops for the following weeks for a month. And it settles at a new baseline doubled from what it was... Means it needs 2.25m in Nov and Dec... WHat i laid out is ludicrous... More like 80% drop week after mk8 and 500% would be pretty miraculous considering that would mean they would be pretty supply constraind being as that would be the amount they have on shelves according to v

Wow...that is crazy.



KoopaKid on 11 May 2014

Yes i predict a huge increase its nintendos top games you cant say it wont have effect and i was meaning 1 million in november and 1 million in december so yes 2 million in the 2 months just my guess you have yours as well