So what you're saying is you are more concerned with console specs than the games? Really?
Well .... I'd advise you to stick exclusively to PC in that case.
I'm fairly certain that he'd be speaking about the US. The real question with the numbers in my mind, was whether the 45% held true (particularly during Xmas period).
I take your point about time period. The sales of Wii U in the North American region appear to be 1.3MM units unless this chart is on a financial year - may be ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik.....
That would put US/North American sales in December at 700,000 units based on last years NPD sales numbers in the US of 500,000 units.
As the US/North American sales account for approximately 45% of worldwide sales, that means worldwide sales in December were approximately 1.5 million units.
PowerPC is a far more modern and efficient chip. The few (and there are very few) who laugh are fairly ignorant, and all they recognize is x86 that they are more familiar with and more horsepower.
Doesn't lend itself well however to customization, increases power consumption, and means Nintendo may as well just put their software on a PC .... what is the difference?
What do you have against PowerPC? Just shrink the current 48nm PowerPC chip, add a few more cores, and it blows an X1 or PS4 away.
Most likely the x86 is for Steam
All my gaming is by downloads. I don't own a DVD player (or VHS or Beta ... or 8 track for that matter) having moved to Netflix and dropping cable some time ago.
The ONLY reason to buy a console, any console, is the games. So those amazing 1st party titles matter ... the console really doesn't if they run on it.
Unfortunately not Lego City Undercover - the only one that interests me.
This is actually one of the few times that VHchartz is "likely" to have gotten it right.
Doesn't mean they did, but highly probably .... for a change.
Oh .. that started some comments :)
@Jughead - "main problem with the Wii U is its lack of games" I'd disagree with you. I have almost too many really good games at the moment. Few third party titles just Deus Ex and AC4, but with 2 Bayos, Smash, MarioKart (which kills time!) and a discounted Darksiders2, seriously - I'm out of time at the moment. I think compared to PS4 and Xbox1 there is more content at the moment. My PS3 meanwhile sits idle.
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@Jughead3416 He could very well be insinuating that the Wii U will overtake the PS4 and Xbox eventually. Not saying it will happen, but history could always repeat itself. Just take a look at the PS3.
By the end of 2008 most people were writing the PS3 off due to its dismal sales, yet in the end it won.
I'd also point out that Nintendo can also bring a Wii U plus to market, basically the Wii U on an 8 core Expresso core with 12nm silicon, using the exis...
I agree - xbox site. You can say all you want about game of the year but when none of your runner-ups in any category are Nintendo games .... and it is generally acknowledged that Nintendo had the best library out this year ...
... you know you're reading marketing material.
Okay, lets put "sold horribly" in context.
Bayo 2 sold about 450,000 on a base of 7MM Wii Us - or about 6.5% of the base.
That is a pretty high attach rate for a "mature" game.
@Sevir - the 3.1 million was over what time period? But even saying it was 6 months, you need to consider the install base too. rior to Bayo 1 launching there were 35 Million PS3's and Xbox 360 was over 50 Million. Lemme see .. (3.1/(35+50)...
Not only is it close to $30MM in sales (I suspect higher), a lot of those sales were through the E-shop, which meant they were more profitable.
Saying Bayonetta 2 would have sold better if it were multi-platform is like saying Halo or Last of Us would have sold better if ported to the Wii U.
They would have sold better, but that wasn't the point, was it.
To your "only really has interest for Zelda next year" I'd simply respond with Xenoblade and Splatoon
I'm not into racing games either but ... MarioKart is something else. Seriously fun, and you can pick it up or put it down so you don't have to spend serious time on it.
I picked up Darksiders 2 ($8 for an 85 rated AAA game - who wouldn't), and I'd highly recommend Deus Ex Directors Cut if Dad wants an FPS type game. Also for Dad - Bayonetta 2 (two great games as it includes Bayonetta 1)
MarioKart though is the best - you can pick it up and put it down fast.
Our other faves were Zelda WW - my 8 yr old daughter would sit VERY happily and watch me play and help solve, and SuperMario 3d.
Better buy a US...
The studio has to be working on something - I'm going with a new game.
That being said, it is also what I want for Christmas ;)
It did win the last generation - for about .. ohh .. 2 years? Then the wheels fell off, and I was on a PS3 as were many others (who weren't on an Xbox).
I'd also point out that the PS3 was the dog those first two years.
The worm can turn :)
I have almost the same, minus Captain Toad and Hyrule Warriors, but I'd add Darksiders 2 (at $7.99 on Eshop now, it's great value) and Deus Ex ... best ever on Wii U. I haven't touched Bayonetta 1 yet.
Sheesh.... I have too many "good" games.