Mr.Squirrel
Tom
After going through the Wii U Launch Sales Age - What went wrong? and the NPD December 2012 Sales Results threads, it seems a lot of posters on here are proclaiming that the Wii U is selling poorly and that the console is doomed. One of the reasons stated is that the Xbox 360 is selling so much better, again proving that the Wii U is not in demand (primarily due to the lack of a real next-gen HW). So I decided to look up the sales data for the 360, PS3, and Wii for the first 6 months of it's life. I also looked up data for the PS2 to compare to the launches of the "next gen consoles" as well.
The Wii U surprisingly is not doomed! Despite the hyperbole shown on the forum, the Wii U is selling quite well and is doing better than the Xbox 360 and PS3 were doing at the same point in it's consoles history. It also shows that the PS2 was outselling the Xbox 360 month to month consistently.
So what do I expect this to change? Absolutely nothing! Those with an agenda will continue to predict the doom of Nintendo as they always have over the decades, despite how well the system sells. I just wanted to at least at some facts to the discussion instead of the usual rhetoric.
Nov 2005
PS2 546,000
Xbox 360 326,000
Dec 2005
PS2 1,463,000 (up 48% compared to Dec 2004. Points back to GAF, link broken)
Xbox 360 281,000
Jan 2006
PS2 317,000 (Down 45% compared to Jan 2005 at 488,000)
Xbox 360 231,000 (50k fewer consoles in Jan than in Dec)
Feb 2006
PS2 300,000
Xbox 360 160,000
Mar 2006 (couldn't find any concrete data)
PS2
Xbox 360
Apr 2006
PS2 207,000
Xbox 360 295,000
Nov 2006
PS2 664,000
Xbox 360 511,000
PS3 197,000
Wii 476,000
Dec 2006
PS2 1,400,000
Xbox 360 1,100,000
PS3 490,000
Wii 604,000
Jan 2007
PS2 299,000
Xbox 360 294,000
PS3 243,000
Wii 435,000
Feb 2007
PS2 295,000
Xbox 360 228,000
PS3 127,000
Wii 335,000
Mar 2007
PS2 280,000
Xbox 360 199,000
PS3 130,000
Wii 259,000
Apr 2007
PS2 194,000
Xbox 360 174,000
PS3 82,000
Wii 360,000
The Wii U surprisingly is not doomed! Despite the hyperbole shown on the forum, the Wii U is selling quite well and is doing better than the Xbox 360 and PS3 were doing at the same point in it's consoles history. It also shows that the PS2 was outselling the Xbox 360 month to month consistently.
So what do I expect this to change? Absolutely nothing! Those with an agenda will continue to predict the doom of Nintendo as they always have over the decades, despite how well the system sells. I just wanted to at least at some facts to the discussion instead of the usual rhetoric.
Nov 2005
PS2 546,000
Xbox 360 326,000
Dec 2005
PS2 1,463,000 (up 48% compared to Dec 2004. Points back to GAF, link broken)
Xbox 360 281,000
Jan 2006
PS2 317,000 (Down 45% compared to Jan 2005 at 488,000)
Xbox 360 231,000 (50k fewer consoles in Jan than in Dec)
Feb 2006
PS2 300,000
Xbox 360 160,000
Mar 2006 (couldn't find any concrete data)
PS2
Xbox 360
Apr 2006
PS2 207,000
Xbox 360 295,000
Nov 2006
PS2 664,000
Xbox 360 511,000
PS3 197,000
Wii 476,000
Dec 2006
PS2 1,400,000
Xbox 360 1,100,000
PS3 490,000
Wii 604,000
Jan 2007
PS2 299,000
Xbox 360 294,000
PS3 243,000
Wii 435,000
Feb 2007
PS2 295,000
Xbox 360 228,000
PS3 127,000
Wii 335,000
Mar 2007
PS2 280,000
Xbox 360 199,000
PS3 130,000
Wii 259,000
Apr 2007
PS2 194,000
Xbox 360 174,000
PS3 82,000
Wii 360,000