Comparison of Launch Statistics Between Wii U and other Consoles

That was not expected at all tbh. Considering how little coverage it got in the genera media (TV advertisements, promotional posters, etc), especially in the UK, I honestly wasn't expecting it to do so well. 1.8 million copies? Jesus.

Also, is it slightly racist I read that all in an aussie accent?

I was wondering whether this might be related to the fact that the Wii U launched closer to the holiday season than the other two HD consoles. But I checked in out, and the release dates almost match up for each region perfectly in the relevant year. So yeah, I'm surprised too. There was clearly a lot of worry about how the thing would sell at launch; whether more casual gamers wouldn't understand it was a new console and all that. It's great to see Nintendo managed to pull through again.

quote bbb7002004

Nope, still doomed.

certainly good news for Nintendo, but I think e3 this year will be most telling for the consoles future.

It's sad but with the release of X Box Next, and PS4 pending I can't help but agree.

quote XxSkelterXx

The console sold that much because people erroneously thought they where going to buy a next generation console. All they got was a xbox360 with an hd mario game, and a screen on it's controller...Once the true next gen consoles release, the sales will slow down.

Except it is a next gen console, it's not tech what determines next gen, but release, by your idea the wii isnt a next gen console to the GC because it isnt HD, if by so the SNES then wasnt a next gen console because it was still 2D.

As a side note the sales already made the Wiiu a success, nintendo earnt a decent profit from the consoles, they are making a stable fan base for the Wiiu so it is still not doomed.

quote Symphonic Abyss

I'm a bit surprised in all honesty. I didn't actually think sales were doing all that well anyways - it just felt like nobody had one. Apparently everyone but me has one though! It's kind of strange haha. I thought most people hated this thing at first.

Yeah based on all the hate this console has received in general I didn't expect this.

Ram jump between PS3 and Wii U is the same as between PS2 and 3. It has a lower clockspped CPU with a more advanced architecture. People will buy a Wii U vs a PS whatever for the same reason any console sells, because it has games people want.

But hey, that's all been said before, so just keep running around calling people fanboys. That's your only argument, afterall.

quote Thrawn

quote bbb7002004

Nope, still doomed.

certainly good news for Nintendo, but I think e3 this year will be most telling for the consoles future.

It's sad but with the release of X Box Next, and PS4 pending I can't help but agree.

When was this announced? I didn't hear anything about this