Nintendo's console sold just over 57,000 units in January, managing to increase that number to over 64,000 units in February. It has been a rough start of the year, with the console having one of the worst recorded sales of the new year compared to current-generation consoles (Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3). In comparison, the Xbox 360 was at top of the hardware charts with 302,000 units sold.
At the time of the launch the Wii U sold over 3 million units by the end of December, a decent launch that outpaced others in recent history, but sales have since fallen significantly as the console has suffered from a lack of new releases.
Overall hardware sales are down 36% compared to where they were last February in the U.S. due to many people waiting for the new generation consoles.
I've never personally used a Wii U, but from the pictures I have seen, it looks like the "controller" is too big for the average hand. And most people cannot adjust to change.
Jigee To be totally honest, releasing this console was horrible planning. From the time they announced this console there had already been rumors that the big consoles were moving into the next gen this year. The reason this was the death of this console is Nintendo is only 'just' now moving to the current gen and everyone else is already moving to the next gen, Nintendo is just catching up and 8 out of ten people are saving their cash for the next gen consoles. If Nintendo was smart they would have kept engineering this console and prepare it for the next gen of consoles as opposed to releasing this out-dated box.
I agree. They seem to be one step behind the rest.
Jigee To be totally honest, releasing this console was horrible planning. From the time they announced this console there had already been rumors that the big consoles were moving into the next gen this year. The reason this was the death of this console is Nintendo is only 'just' now moving to the current gen and everyone else is already moving to the next gen, Nintendo is just catching up and 8 out of ten people are saving their cash for the next gen consoles. If Nintendo was smart they would have kept engineering this console and prepare it for the next gen of consoles as opposed to releasing this out-dated box.
Very true , but you never know, they may be preparing something big.....
To be totally honest, releasing this console was horrible planning. From the time they announced this console there had already been rumors that the big consoles were moving into the next gen this year. The reason this was the death of this console is Nintendo is only 'just' now moving to the current gen and everyone else is already moving to the next gen, Nintendo is just catching up and 8 out of ten people are saving their cash for the next gen consoles. If Nintendo was smart they would have kept engineering this console and prepare it for the next gen of consoles as opposed to releasing this out-dated box.
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