ViperVisor
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I think Nintendo held off on Pach's Wii HD advice 3 years ago cause it would of been a bizarro NES and killed the industry by being too successful.
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Pachter: Wii U will sell out for months (through April 2013)
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JoshuaJSlone
Member
Michael had some more predictions on Twitter today. This my favorite:
There was also
A division not unlike this generation, really, except everyone smaller and Nintendo would need the headstart to achieve it rather than earning it with monster sales the first few years.
Lack of supply will lead to record-breaking launch sales (going by that 7-million-through-March thing), which will then fall away completely.
There was also
So playing out the theoretical, what if his percentages were accurate and the extreme case happened of losing all the casuals to Zynga and Gameloft? So Wii U does 50% as well as Wii, Durango 85% as well as X360, and PS4 65% as well as PS3? Assuming they'd launch a year after Wii U, through the end of 2017 things would go something like
A division not unlike this generation, really, except everyone smaller and Nintendo would need the headstart to achieve it rather than earning it with monster sales the first few years.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
yepMichael had some more predictions on Twitter today. This my favorite:
Lack of supply will lead to record-breaking launch sales (going by that 7-million-through-March thing), which will then fall away completely.
There was also
So playing out the theoretical, what if his percentages were accurate and the extreme case happened of losing all the casuals to Zynga and Gameloft? So Wii U does 50% as well as Wii, Durango 85% as well as X360, and PS4 65% as well as PS3? Assuming they'd launch a year after Wii U, through the end of 2017 things would go something like
A division not unlike this generation, really, except everyone smaller and Nintendo would need the headstart to achieve it rather than earning it with monster sales the first few years.
So playing out the theoretical, what if his percentages were accurate and the extreme case happened of losing all the casuals to Zynga and Gameloft? So Wii U does 50% as well as Wii, Durango 85% as well as X360, and PS4 65% as well as PS3? Assuming they'd launch a year after Wii U, through the end of 2017 things would go something like
A division not unlike this generation, really, except everyone smaller and Nintendo would need the headstart to achieve it rather than earning it with monster sales the first few years.
People continually underappreciate what Wii did with surpassing 360 in < 1 year and almost being > PS360 in the U.S. at one time all while launching a year later than 360. The year headstart they're getting, even with substantial declines from last generation, is just huge.
metalslimer
Member
I think they will sell out in Japan for a while through the holidays. I don't see interest remaining extremely high unless Nintendo has something up their sleeves around February we don't know about. That doesn't mean it won't sell well just not sell out levels
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Nothing up their sleeves. The front pocket, though!
shinobi602
Member
I foresee a bright future ahead of you here.
so what exactly did Wii do for Nintendo?
Anyway, he is trolling Wii U since selling only 1m/month would be pretty damn bad for Nintendo.
KojiKnight
Member
Someone is trying to set someone else for an over 9000 joke.
So that's why we're not getting Pikmin 3 yet... Miyamoto has special plans in his pocket for them
The Spoony Hou
Member
Well, maybe he'll be wrong in the sense that Nintendo will produce more than a milliion consoles per month and won't get into supply problems.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I'd love to see his source on this, because it sure isn't tie-ratio.
Xane
Member
Probably ペックター or パックター。
BibiMaghoo
Member
This fucking guy.
Reads Neogaf - threads of Wiiu selling out.
Makes a prediction - Wiiu will sell out.
Gets paid - by someone presumably.
I would love his job
Reads Neogaf - threads of Wiiu selling out.
Makes a prediction - Wiiu will sell out.
Gets paid - by someone presumably.
I would love his job
LiveFromKyoto
Member
True, true. Mario, Monster Hunter & Dragon Quest in the first few months are cool, but that's not really what Japan goes for.
Phonomezer
Banned
fluffydelusions
Member
So it will sell out till PS4/720 announcement then be available everywhere?
He gets paid even if he said "The PlayStation 4 will be announced next year".
The only "casual" game Activision is putting on the Wii U is Wipeout, everything else is "core"
thehypocrite
Member
Did he analyze something to get to this obvious conclusion?
Guy is a free swinging hack.
Guy is a free swinging hack.
AdventureRacing
Member
Well yeah, because this isn't actually his job as far as i'm aware.
They will sell out during holidays of course, but sales will slow down during Q1-Q2 and then first price drop will be announced to counter upcoming PS4 and Xbox 8 launches.
POWERSPHERE
Banned
Pre orders all sell out
Analyst says console will be a sell out
Analyst drives expensive car listening to Aerosmith laughing.
Analyst says console will be a sell out
Analyst drives expensive car listening to Aerosmith laughing.
Not me. What killer IP's does it have at launch besides a Mario game? What games do we even have to look forward to that were announced besides Pikmin?
Zelda, Smash Brothers, Metroid? Nope? All will probably end up on the 3DS before the WiiU. The 3DS really has a much more solid line up of games for the next year compared to the nothingness that is the WiiU.
AdventureRacing
Member
Definitely happened to me in the last few days.
Metroid Hunter
Banned
The only thing Nintendo has for the 3DS next year is Luigi's Mansion 2 and Fire Emblem (in the US).
fluffydelusions
Member
The only things that I've seen that interests me is NSMBU, Bayonetta 2 (no release date), Wonderful 101. Only NSMBU launches with the system. And is Rayman Legends confirmed exclusive? I still want to know the specs on the thing as well as the online aspect.
This fucking guy.
Reads Neogaf - threads of Wiiu selling out.
Makes a prediction - Wiiu will sell out.
Gets paid - by someone presumably.
I would love his job
Well, to be fair the prediction was made before there were pre-orders.
fluffydelusions
Member
*only things announced?
Just think, what other consoles had this amount of games at launch/launch window?, not much.
And we don't know fully 2013 games yet, just because they aren't announced doesn't mean it's there
.I guess it just depends on what you want. As for myself? I am looking forward to Zombie U, Bayonetta 2 and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Beyond that, the controller has really grown on me with it's hybrid classic controller/tablet design and I am excited to have a new way to play with my games that will feel like an actual next step without doing away with the comfort and familiarity. A hell of a lot more appealing than the Wiimote because I can still play with it like a regular controller, yet it has added features.