Wii U - Buy now or wait? - Page 2  

"I got the Denon 1713, plugged it in, ran through the setup, and wow, what a huge difference."

MultEQ is pretty rad, huh?

If anybody is looking to buy a Wii U, my advice is to check your local Craigslist. Where I live, I can buy a brand new, factory sealed basic for $220. I've seen brand new factory sealed deluxe versions for about $260. When you consider the fact that you're not paying any tax, it's pretty tempting...

the wii u has outsold the ps3 and 360 at launch. over 2 million sold in 5 weeks. that's huge. ps3 sold only 500000. the reason you see so many? Nintendo wasnt going to let a shortage happen.

460K sold in December. OUCH.

Based on what I found online, PS3 in Dec of its launch year was about the same number. Anything less than whacked out Wii sales numbers are gonna seem like a failure on paper. I'm betting Wii U & Ninty will be just fine, Debby Downer.

Oh noes! Nintendo only sold $150,000,000 worth of their new console in a month!!!1 Better start writing out Reggie's welfare check right now, right? Oh man, and every one of those was profitable upon the first sale of software, instead of at a $300 loss like the PS3 was, or the ~$100 loss of the launch 360. O' woe is Nintendo...

To be clear, the Wii U is still a mess in terms of it's OS, but it is selling just fine regardless of how hard Anthony wants us to believe otherwise. Can anyone else here figure out why he is pushing this false narrative of the Wii U's failure so hard? 'Cuz I sure as hell can't.

I saw a Wii U in every store I went to in Dec., based on that alone I don't think it was a success. You can post sales numbers till the cows come home, but when it's sitting on the shelf right before my eyes, well there you go. Just my two cents.

Just so we are all on the same page here: Every iteration of the iPad is not a success. Why? Because I can walk in to any store I choose in the first month of availability and they are sitting there ready for me to purchase.

That is what you just said, right Amber? The iPad. A smash hit by every metric except for Amber Ale's Gut-Mark 2012.

Yes, both Nintendo and Apple have made the dire mistake of managing their supply channel well enough to meet demand upon launching a new product. Ooooh.
Edited by darklordjames - 1/10/13 at 7:10pm

Even if the launch was slow and I think that's far from a fact, I would think people would've learned from the 3DS.

That seemed to get off to a slow start. Heck, it probably got off to a slow year. Yet things are ramping up, sales are increasing, publisher support is on the rise, and the library is quickly growing with worthwhile software that has the interest of consumer's.

Not sure why people insist on being a Doubting Thomas here (Or for that matter, even giving the sales performance during the first few days of its life a look at all). Even if the launch was less than perfect, it's still just the console's launch. It's all but meaningless for the future. What matter's is what happens down the road, not the sales numbers during the opening 6 weeks or whatever of sales.

Come back a year or two from now if you want to discuss how things are shaping up. It's far too early one way or another to gauge how successful this will be (It's certainly not going to be a failure).
Edited by Leo_Ames - 1/10/13 at 7:14pm

I'm going to have to agree with dlj on this one. Just because Nintendo was smart enough to have ample production to supply the demand for the wiiu doesn't mean it was a terrible debut, it just isn't the original Wii, which was ridiculous.

Going to shut this down as it's turning into a 'he said, she said' discussion. The sales figures are out there. Nuff said.