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Smear-Gel on 17 July 2014

I'm uncertain. Xbox One hasnt been taking off as much as it would like, while the Wii U is getting tonnes of positive press. Having multiplats wont mean as much if you can get better versions on PS4 then play Ninty exclusives on Wii U.

It's VERY telling that so many people say "PS4+WiiU is best combo."

And it doesnt matter that the Xbox One was out earlier, all the Wii U needs to do is continue selling at a similar rate to Xbox One and it will stay ahead.



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fatslob-:O on 17 July 2014
Smear-Gel said:
I'm uncertain. Xbox One hasnt been taking off as much as it would like, while the Wii U is getting tonnes of positive press. Having multiplats wont mean as much if you can get better versions on PS4 then play Ninty exclusives on Wii U.

It's VERY telling that so many people say "PS4+WiiU is best combo."

And it doesnt matter that the Xbox One was out earlier, all the Wii U needs to do is continue selling at a similar rate to Xbox One and it will stay ahead.

Don't be so sure just yet ... The next main installment to Halo hasn't being released compared to Nintendo pulling out 3 of it's biggest hitter. 



Nintentacle on 17 July 2014

I'd bet on Xbox One and Wii U having similar sales.



Spade on 17 July 2014

I believe it will. I mean Wii U just had one of it's biggest titles launch in Mario Kart 8, while MS hasn't launched a single true exclusive killer app. I'd wait until Halo comes out and then see what the sales do. I firmly believe it will be like Xbox One is solid 2nd place overall.
*While Titanfall did help provide a small boost it won't be anything compared to Halo 5.



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Snoorlax on 17 July 2014

I'm trying to help XB1 outsell WiiU, already bought 3 Xbones from my neighbors.



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BuckStud on 17 July 2014
fatslob-:O said:
The Xbox One will undoubtedly push past the WII U and anyone not seeing that are in denial about it ...

I highly doubt the WII U is even going to pass the vita for crying out loud.

I'm not picking sides or really care, but reading your comment, It looks like you're the one in denial.



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MoHasanie on 17 July 2014

Yes for sure. Might take more than a year though for it to catch up to the Wii U.



    

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fatslob-:O on 17 July 2014
BuckStud said:

I'm not picking sides or really care, but reading your comment, It looks like you're the one in denial.

How so ? Explain yourself ... BTW the X1 just outsold the WII U according to NPD ...



Scarphish on 17 July 2014

I am fairly certain that it will outsell it eventually.



Experimental42 on 17 July 2014
LudicrousSpeed said:
Experimental42 said:
This isn't just about Nintendo being successful though, this is about Sony's efforts to completely snuff out the competition. Destiny is going to be a huge multiplat, and we know that it won't be as good on XB1. Sales of this will be telling, because if the XB1 gets trounced as badly as it did with the WD release, it's just going to inspire Sony to get more exclusive content in those releases, and third parties will have no reason not to indulge them.

Except the same reason they give Sony exclusive content, str8 cash homie.

Also, lol. Did the Wii U have an amazing June or something? Didn't it sell like 60k in May?

Lastly, I don't get the logic of the article. So it's no big deal that MS has a Halo game coming just because it doesn't outsell Call of Duty? Yet Nintendo is catering to Japanese with some games. Wow?

They'll see better sales on the PS4 version, so they'd likely get more cash by providing the extra exclusives to Sony.  Unless you're saying MS is willing to pay them the difference they'd lose in sales by catering to the lesser of the two plus the price Sony is putting on their exclusive content.

The Wii U did just come off the best its done in a long while, but it currently sells in more markets, has more appeal to the Japanese market, has a lot of good press at the moment, and has an ace up its sleeve with mass appeal. They don't have to go gangbusters to beat out the XB1 if Sony continues throttling MS, they just have to do better than they were, which isn't hard.

A Halo Remaster is still a remaster, it probably won't sell as well as the the originals. The franchise is also no longer THE game of the FPS genre. It simply isn't as big a deal as it once was considering the changing landscape. Yes it will help the XB1, especially Halo 5, but but it's not going to be enough.

The Wii U is suffering because it currently doesn't have support. That could change. The XB1 already has third party support, and it's not helping it at all. In fact that's what's killing it: Third parties do way better on the other machine. That's just making the situation worse with every release.