Pachter: Wii U sales still in decline; outsold by Wii

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The Wii U sold 55,000 units in the US last month and is still outsold by its predecessor, according to estimates published by Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter.

Wii U sales will be down 19 per cent month-over-month with 55,000 units sold, while Wii sales will be down 16 per cent year-over-year in the month of April, totalling 75,000 units sold.
Meanwhile, Pachter estimates that 3DS sales have increased 46 per cent, totaling 185,000 units sold during April.

Noting the traditionally slow retail performance at the cusp of a new hardware generation, Pachter expects a "negative momentum" across the board until the release of the PS4 and Xbox Infinity.

Still, Pachter expects less dramatic falls for both Sony and Microsoft's consoles, with a 5 per cent year-on-year change for the PS3 and 13 per cent for the Xbox 360. More substantial is the 57 per cent year-on-year sales decline of the Vita, which the analyst predicts has sold 30,000 during April.

The next-generation is expected to commence for each console manufacturer by the end of the year, with new reports suggesting Sony will release its PlayStation 4 globally in 2013.

Microsoft will unveil its new console - expected to be titled 'Xbox Infinity' - on May 21.

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RequirementPosted:

This system will just keep declining.

AdamuPosted:

Snipp
DemonSurfer
generalhunter They might aswell sell Pokemon and Mario to Xbox


Lol Microsoft would ruin it completely,look what they did to RARE.Nintendo aren't exactly struggling for cash if that's what you think.Remeber the 3DS all you XBOX fanboys said would fail? Well how wrong were you,it's selling like crazy and the Wii is still the best selling console in history also Nintendo are the most successful gaming company ever.Wait until they release some quality games then it will sell better,just because you don't personally like it doesn't mean millions of other people don't.You should be greatful to Nintendo for everything they have contributed to the gaming scene.


Yaaa. No. Too bad the Wii isn't the best selling console ever, the PS2 is. Second, they didn't really contribute **** to the gaming scene.


I agree there bro

UrfPosted:

DemonSurfer
generalhunter They might aswell sell Pokemon and Mario to Xbox


Lol Microsoft would ruin it completely,look what they did to RARE.Nintendo aren't exactly struggling for cash if that's what you think.Remeber the 3DS all you XBOX fanboys said would fail? Well how wrong were you,it's selling like crazy and the Wii is still the best selling console in history also Nintendo are the most successful gaming company ever.Wait until they release some quality games then it will sell better,just because you don't personally like it doesn't mean millions of other people don't.You should be greatful to Nintendo for everything they have contributed to the gaming scene.


Yaaa. No. Too bad the Wii isn't the best selling console ever, the PS2 is. Second, they didn't really contribute shit to the gaming scene.

DemonSurferPosted:

generalhunter They might aswell sell Pokemon and Mario to Xbox


Lol Microsoft would ruin it completely,look what they did to RARE.Nintendo aren't exactly struggling for cash if that's what you think.Remeber the 3DS all you XBOX fanboys said would fail? Well how wrong were you,it's selling like crazy and the Wii is still the best selling console in history also Nintendo are the most successful gaming company ever.Wait until they release some quality games then it will sell better,just because you don't personally like it doesn't mean millions of other people don't.You should be greatful to Nintendo for everything they have contributed to the gaming scene.

PoonPosted:

TeamArianaGrande This Console Has Seemed To Have Nothing But Tough Luck Since It Came Out. :(


Caps Lock On The First Letter Of Every Word? But yeah, that's kinda true :s

EvoVIIIPosted:

This Console Has Seemed To Have Nothing But Tough Luck Since It Came Out. :(

SakiPosted:

We told them it was a bad idea, but do they listen? Of course not.

honeydew2Posted:

i think that if a crash bandicute game comes out or just cause 3 the wii u sales will go up because my cousin will kill him self to get a copy of that game

WokzePosted:

Damn, wii just isn't great anymore/

JakesLobbies-Posted:

Wii U is a fail


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