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At launch, the Xbox 360 sold about 1.2 million units in November-December 2005 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2005&end_year=2006

by magoghm 14y ago

At launch, the Xbox 360 sold about 1.2 million units in November-December 2005 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2005&end_year=2006&console=X360 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star... At launch, the PS3 sold about 1.2 million units in November-December 2006 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2006&end_year=2007&console=PS3 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star... At launch, the WiiU sold about 2.3 million units in November-December 2012 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2011&end_year=2013&console=WiiU http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star... That doesn't look bad at all for the WiiU. Of course, it wasn't as successful as the Wii, which sold at launch about 2.9 million units in November-December 2006 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2006&end_year=2007&console=Wii http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star... but I'd say it was still pretty good. Furthermore, we are still waiting for most of the interesting games announced for the WiiU to be released (Lego City Undercover, The Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2), so I think it is far to early to say that the WiiU is a failure. If I remember correctly, many critics also were saying some time ago that the 3DS was a failure!

shardling 14y ago
Critics seem to say every console launch is a failure. I'm actually continually amazed to constantly read the same stories again and again and again. You'd think eventually people would wise up a bit. :(
recoiledsnake 14y ago
Well, as they say, the trend is their friend and the sales fell off a cliff. >Nintendo's console sold just 57,000 units in January, managing to up that number to 64,000 in February. By comparison, the 7.5 year old XBox 360 sold 302,000 and 281,000 in Jan and Feb respectively.
- magoghm 14y ago
  Yes, the numbers for the WiiU in January and February were pretty low. But, I think that it does make sense for a new console with practically no games available to sell less than a mature console with a catalogue of hundreds of games. As I said in my previous comment, I think it is still too early to know if the WiiU will be successful or not. Also, it seems like the numbers you mention are for North America only, were the XBox 360 has been most successful. If you look at the global numbers, the WiiU still sold less than the XBox 360 but no so bad as it looks when looking only at North America: XBox 360 January + February: about 850 thousand units http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2012&end_year=2013&console=X360 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star... WiiU January + February: about 400 thousand units http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2011&end_year=2013&console=WiiU http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star...
- zanny 14y ago
  The Xbox 360 has games people want to play. The Wii U is currently lacking in that department. Every major game console for ~10 years has had this issue, and they never seem to learn, and it is actually really relatable in the HN tetchy startup side of things : if you don't have a killer app, you won't drive adoption. Like how Halo is the Xbox killer app, Mario is the Wii killer app, etc. Same with the 3ds and Pokemon. If you want a new console launch to look spectacular, launch it with a platform exclusive of your killer franchise. If the Wii U, for example, launched with the next Zelda game on release, it would have probably crushed Wii sales.

by magoghm 14y ago

shardling 14y ago

Critics seem to say every console launch is a failure. I'm actually continually amazed to constantly read the same stories again and again and again. You'd think eventually people would wise up a bit. :(

recoiledsnake 14y ago

Well, as they say, the trend is their friend and the sales fell off a cliff. >Nintendo's console sold just 57,000 units in January, managing to up that number to 64,000 in February. By comparison, the 7.5 year old XBox 360 sold 302,000 and 281,000 in Jan and Feb respectively.

magoghm 14y ago
Yes, the numbers for the WiiU in January and February were pretty low. But, I think that it does make sense for a new console with practically no games available to sell less than a mature console with a catalogue of hundreds of games. As I said in my previous comment, I think it is still too early to know if the WiiU will be successful or not. Also, it seems like the numbers you mention are for North America only, were the XBox 360 has been most successful. If you look at the global numbers, the WiiU still sold less than the XBox 360 but no so bad as it looks when looking only at North America: XBox 360 January + February: about 850 thousand units http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2012&end_year=2013&console=X360 http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star... WiiU January + February: about 400 thousand units http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&start_year=2011&end_year=2013&console=WiiU http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_yoy.php?reg=Global&star...
zanny 14y ago
The Xbox 360 has games people want to play. The Wii U is currently lacking in that department. Every major game console for ~10 years has had this issue, and they never seem to learn, and it is actually really relatable in the HN tetchy startup side of things : if you don't have a killer app, you won't drive adoption. Like how Halo is the Xbox killer app, Mario is the Wii killer app, etc. Same with the 3ds and Pokemon. If you want a new console launch to look spectacular, launch it with a platform exclusive of your killer franchise. If the Wii U, for example, launched with the next Zelda game on release, it would have probably crushed Wii sales.