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Wii U peak>GameCube peak?

Yes, 11 games next year= high sales 124 57.94%
 
No, Wii U(nderperformer) 90 42.06%
 
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PwerlvlAmy on 14 December 2014

it all depends on Nintendo's game pacing in 2015. So far in 2013 and 2014,everytime they've gotten momentum,they've killed it by having game droughts and delays.

If they can keep a good steady pace of games coming throughout the year, then 2015 will be Wii U's peak year by far



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Slarvax on 14 December 2014
KyleeStrutt said:
Can't agree with you there, 2014 was the peak year of WiiU, I expect it to end with around 5m.

That 6m-8m is a really crazy figure, you really expect WiiU to nearly double it sales next year?

Hey, it will double retail releases!



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fatslob-:O on 14 December 2014

No dice ...



Angelv577 on 14 December 2014

Hard to believe when the 2 best system sellers are already out and didn't do much for the system. If I were you, I would have lower my expectations.



Skullwaker on 14 December 2014
AnthonyW86 said:
Skullwaker said:
The interesting thing about the Gamecube is that it wasn't selling half bad in its first couple years due to many important games coming out early in its lifespan. After that though, it tanked. The Wii U is a different beast in that its first year was almost nonexistent. I think it's still possible for it to outsell the GC lifetime, especially with so many flagship titles left to come out. It depends.


The only difference in games is that Gamecube got a Zelda game early and Wii-U hasn't yet. What Smash has proved however is that a lot of people that are interested in these titles already own a Wii-U. I really don't see Wii-U ever catching up to Gamecube. 

It also had Metroid, F-Zero, Animal Crossing, mainline 3D Mario, WaveRace, etc. plus high profile big-sellers like Resident Evil 4, which was exclusive for a short time. I still think we need to see the after effects of Smash to see if it really made an impact. I can see Wii U sales going either way, but I prefer to be optimistic about the situation.



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Skullwaker on 14 December 2014
PwerlvlAmy said:
it all depends on Nintendo's game pacing in 2015. So far in 2013 and 2014,everytime they've gotten momentum,they've killed it by having game droughts and delays.

If they can keep a good steady pace of games coming throughout the year, then 2015 will be Wii U's peak year by far

Exactly. The droughts killed the momentum after the holidays. Since there's about 11 (more or less depending on region and if you count Project Giant Robot/Guard) retail exclusives coming out for the system, they're able to spread them out more equally which can make the lows not-so-low. Plus there are the effects of MK8 and Smash that will inevitably linger. It all just depends on certain variables. 



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Ninsect on 14 December 2014

Eh 2014 will be the peak with around 4m. Next year it should start declining a bit (3-3.5m) and the year after it should decline even more (~2m) to being discontinued in early 2017. Yes, that's another 6-6.5m to WiiU's totals giving it ~14m lifetime sales



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TheGoldenBoy on 14 December 2014

Depends all on price. If they decide to give it a price drop at E3, I could definitely see it happening, or else it's highly unlikely.



Mystro-Sama on 14 December 2014

I really hope so.



johnsobas on 14 December 2014

I'm gonna say maybe, but more importantly I think it will not die out as fast as the GC did. That is entirely up to Nintendo though, it's all about how long Nintendo keeps the games streaming out. The Wii U library is looking solid now and next year's lineup is also looking good, add in a price cut and things look pretty decent. With the financials turning around now there's no reason to stop anytime soon.



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