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hershel_layton on 14 May 2016

Suppose the Wii U didn't fail as badly as it did. Instead, it simply was 50-50. Not too bad, but anything memorable. 

How many sales would it have needed to reach? Currently, the Wii U is at 13 million. It trails the Xbox One by 8 million, with the PS4 twenty-seven million units ahead.

I'd have to say that selling 30-50 million units would have been considered the line between success and failure. It's legacy would be mixed, but overall positive because it would be a potential sign for nintendo's home consoles to turn around.

Besides the Wii miraculously bringing in 100 million units(fyi the chart is outdated, but it still works), Nintendo's home consoles are decreasing in sales.

 

NES: 62 million

SNES: 49 million

N64: 32 million

Gamecube: 21 million

Wii: 100 million

Wii U: 13 million

NX: ?

 



 

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Darwinianevolution on 14 May 2016

For the WiiU, 30m would have been more than acceptable, considering the high attach ratio of Nintendo games, and the 3DS being able to hold rather well despite mobile.



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Teeqoz on 14 May 2016

30 million I think is the line for Nintendo home consoles to reach. The N64 did alright.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 14 May 2016

Above gamecube numbers imo



                  

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ktay95 on 14 May 2016

You would have to ask Nintendo that question. I don't care about how well it sold, only it's game library which didn't live up to any previous Nintendo home console. That's why I consider the console a failure.



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Ultrashroomz on 14 May 2016

Anything above GameCube would've been good enough in my books, but 30M was probably the minimum needed for the Wii U to be considered a success.



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Dr.Vita on 14 May 2016

Around 30M would have been the borderline for Wii U imo.




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Rain2 on 14 May 2016

They would be going from the Wii, anything below 50 Million would look bad..that's half your sales gone

Now going from Wii U, NX won't need as much to be considered successful



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hershel_layton on 15 May 2016
Rain2 said:
They would be going from the Wii, anything below 50 Million would look bad..that's half your sales gone

Now going from Wii U, NX won't need as much to be considered successful

Not necessarily. Remember Nintendo's devices have large attach rates. Also, the wii was cheap- the wii U is more expensive.

 

Not saying they won't lose a bunch of money, but it'll still be good enough for no damage to be caused.



 

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Carl on 15 May 2016

I think anything over 30 Million would be a moderate success, providing that Nintendo actually makes money on the machine itself over a generation.

Can sell a lot of games on 30 Million units of hardware. Doesn't have to break records to be a success.