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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TaigaAisakaPosted:

slapshot101
YIGLobbies
-Tenth- I knew from the launch they would not get good sales with the Wii U.


The Wii is falling apart. It will come to an end very soon.
I don't think it will come apart very soon they have some of the classic games that everyone loves coming out here, we should be hearing more about Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and many other classics for the Wii U during E3.


A new Super Smash Bros, Star Fox, and Legend of Zelda(Like a new Ocarina of Time type game) is what will bring the Wii U on top for a little. So many gamers have been waiting for those games.

slapshot101Posted:

YIGLobbies
-Tenth- I knew from the launch they would not get good sales with the Wii U.


The Wii is falling apart. It will come to an end very soon.
I don't think it will come apart very soon they have some of the classic games that everyone loves coming out here, we should be hearing more about Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and many other classics for the Wii U during E3.

NasyrPosted:

-Tenth- I knew from the launch they would not get good sales with the Wii U.


The Wii is falling apart. It will come to an end very soon.

ChiPosted:

Ha!
Can't say that I didn't see this one coming..

ZahnePosted:

I just feel that the wii are a bit pointless now .....

DemonSurferPosted:

Monster-Munch
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


They invented the D pad( NES,Fmmicom),shoulder buttons (SNES),the analogue stick(N64),the a,b,x,y button layout,rumble packs(N64),motion sensing(Wii),hand held consoles (Game and Watch,Gameboy,the home console as we know it and countless gaming styles,genres etc just to name a few things and yes the Wii is the best selling console ever and still selling.Next you'll be saying Microsoft invented consoles and internet.Too bad you have no idea what your actually talking about,ever heard of Google?

DemonSurferPosted:

Gossip This is embarrasing, the only reason the Wii did good was because nobody had ever seen a system like that but now with kinect and eye its garbage


Lol yeah i use my PS Move all the time,well that's when i'm not using my Kinect all the time,i just wish there were more hours in the day so i could use them more,or even make some really over priced DLC so i can use PS Move and Kinect togther.The Wii is the best selling console ever btw and if it was so bad why did Microsoft and Sony try so hard to copy it and fail so bad?

GossipPosted:

This is embarrasing, the only reason the Wii did good was because nobody had ever seen a system like that but now with kinect and eye its garbage

SCOPosted:

Vlif
Requirement This system will just keep declining.


its Nintendo... they went down hill after the N64


Well i liked the old wii with Wii Sports, that wasnt really down hill

PoonPosted:

Requirement This system will just keep declining.


its Nintendo... they went down hill after the N64