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NPD January 2013 Sales Results [Up7: Wii U 57K (CNET), Vita ~35K, PS3 201K]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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shinra-bansho
Member
Could it be revenue rather than unit?
Correct, but seems too low to be true. :s
Graphics Horse
Member
Doesn't Pachter always overshoot by like %100?
Pachterballs
Banned
And its 5 weeks.
so 55/5 = 11k/week.
nobody wants a wiiU.
so 55/5 = 11k/week.
nobody wants a wiiU.
CosmicQueso
Member
That is indeed the ballpark... now just wait for that other handheld to get brought up...
Looks right.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
If WiiU seriously sold 55k.... I don't believe it. That would be INSANELY bad.
The Hermit
Member
55K?!
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Wow
That would be even worse (impossible?) because the WiiU is 50/100$ more expensive.
About that . . .
Hilarious reactions to both extreme numbers!
I still can't believe 55k though, that's nuts.
He said Fuse would sell 5 million copies. In that case he might have had a 1000% overshoot
Calamari41
41 > 38
Nintendo proves that the general public had to know that a product exists in order for demand to exist.
agree, honestly with not note worthy releases for january i expected much less
Snowden's Secret
Banned
Those numbers don't even make sense. What would cause such a massive drop? (roughly 80%)?
Pachterballs
Banned
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I really wonder how much worse the Vita could have possibly done.
Alcibiades
Member
55k while sad doesn't seem far fetched. There doesn't seem to be a vast paid TV marketing campaign like usually accompanies a console launch.
Zeouterlimits
Member
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That hypothesis has already been brought up, yeah.
I'm just theorizing on the assumption it's units.
shinra-bansho
Member
Then I have no idea what's going on. Because 55K is beyond ridiculously low.
Megadragon15
Member
If that 55k number is true, Nintendo will probably keep silent. Sad.
pieatorium
Member
and this is why only giving data in percentages of weird metrics is fucking stupid
people should really catch up with the thread before they post...
metalslimer
Member
Reggie is getting fired if that number is true. Its that unbelievably bad
They are obviously going to wait and see how it does when they release big games.
I would honestly blame NOJ more than NOA.
Hold the fuck on, we're seriously looking at 55k in a 5-week month? 11k a week January after launch?
I mean, we all kind of laugh about the Wii U or whatever, but holy goddamn fucking shit. I can't believe that's actually true.
Don't we already know it's a million shipped worldwide? Given that's not a super high bar and we know it can't possibly past that, do the specifics matter?
I mean, we all kind of laugh about the Wii U or whatever, but holy goddamn fucking shit. I can't believe that's actually true.
Don't we already know it's a million shipped worldwide? Given that's not a super high bar and we know it can't possibly past that, do the specifics matter?
Baconsammy
Banned
55k WiiUs in a period that is counting an extra week is fucking horrible. That can't be right.
BadAss2961
Member
No excuses though. It's not like the series is known to be advertised well.
It's far from dead, as it's going to receive new games for another 4-5 years. But its status as a failure relative to the Wii is cemented.