Amazon UK Wii U sales rank jump by 875% following Xbox One reveal

[Tanakh]

Haha, was an avid gentoo user back in 2003, when was at college. Now using ubuntu and win because fuck if they think I'll spend a week making drivers work.

 

[pejhmon]

The Xbox One will probably be a better prospect to Americans than to the rest of the world where those set top box features might not amount to much and MS has a track record with the 360 for been selective with Live features.

As a Brit I have no need for a set top box, when we've got freeview and Sky.

But if the set top box feature were to work within the UK wouldn't that mean that mean it could potentially replace the Sky or the Virgin (presumably whoever gets the contract deal with Microsoft first) box, meaning you wouldn't have to pay the box, satellite (for Sky) and installation fees?

 

[Demolition_Human]

I feel that with this news, this image is relevant:

OT: I don't think Nintendo could have done a better job at selling the WiiU than what Microsoft did with their Xbox None reveal. So congrats Microsoft, you single-handedly gave the WiiU (and PS4) the upper hand they needed.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

This thread cracks me up. Bad sourcing by the OP along with the usual Nintendo fans bragging while not acknowledging the blatant inaccuracy of the OP's article.

875% in ranking. On Amazon. That's still a very low number of sales. And the 875% number is not oven a legit number.

OP, please edit the Title of this thread as well as the info in the first post. Too many people are being misinformed here.


Captcha: murphy's law


Yeah, that's about how I feel about the Xbone AND the Wii U at this point. And I'm not too too excited about the PS4 either, but at least Sony's marketing GAMES right now instead of mobile app compatibility and being able to watch LIVE SPORTS TV if your internet passed its Gestapo style check in the past 24 hours.

 

[EstrogenicMuscle]

These memes just keep getting better and better.

I love my Wii U so much right now. It works even when it isn't connected to the internet. Fancy that.

And now that sales are up, is more likely to start getting more games. All aboard the Nintendo Wii U hype train!

 

[hooglese]

Since I kind of liked the 360, not a hell of a lot but halo was fun with friends, I was looking forward to the XB three (I'm calling it that because what am I going to call my Xbox 1?), but after seeing that "ad" I'm thinking PS4 or Wii U depending on the game line up.


If nintendo make a Super Smash Bros and a nintendo wii compatible gamecube controller, I may pick one up. The classic is too thin.

If Sony releases a bunch of new cool games, i may pick one up.

If Sony says PS4 will be fully backwards compatible and stops being totally fucking retarded about that subject, I will defintely get a ps4. Seriously, fuck off game industry and hating backwards compatibility, I know it takes more effort to do and costs more to do, but it just makes the console that much more worth it.

 

[GrimHeaper]

Technically, its the sales ranking on Amazon UK that jumped by 875%. No, I'm not exactly sure what the difference is either. Also, Amazon cut the price of the Wii U by a bit, so I'm sure that's helping numbers as well.

But yeah... I'm guessing a lot of people were waiting until all three consoles were on the table before making a move. Now that the Xbone has shown itself to be a catastrophe in a box, it's down to Sony and Nintendo. Hope Iwata capitalises on this, or at least gives Microsoft a thank you in the next Nintendo Direct. Xbone or price cut, a jump in sales like that is only a good thing. What's even better is that software sales have also spiked. Zombie U, Monster Hunter and NSMBU have all had a massive sales spike.

Hopefully the next Direct will be what really gets things going for the console. If the rumour of Retro working on a Star Tropics II is true... jesus.

It wasn't due to a price cut as it was low for a large time before and didn't sell.
The xbob event made people decide to actually look and think instead of being lazy asses.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

It wasn't due to a price cut as it was low for a large time before and didn't sell.
The xbob event made people decide to actually look and think instead of being lazy asses.

Yeah, I think the price cut had been in effect for a couple weeks and this jump only happened recently

 

[Quellist]

If only i could draw i would create a cartoon of Mario tebagging Steve Ballmer right now, this is awesome news and as the success of the Wii U is probably tied into the likelihood of the Xenoblade sequel thingy i'm doubly delighted!

 

[jnixon]

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WiiU is still a crap console like the Wii was. No titles apart from the obvious5 or 6 nintendo ones. Rest was shovelware. People are moaning about playing games on the xbone, but wait till E3, thats where they show the games, stop moaning about games until then. After E3, if MS show zero games, then i shall moan along with you.

Surely they should of announced the games when the console was announced, presuming it is actually a GAME console and not a very very expensive sky box? Nintendo don't have many titles yet that's true but at least they focus on games and to be honest i'd rather have the nintendo's marios and metroids than another Call of duty, or gears of war judgement :') (if that even deserves the title of a video game)

 

[Auron]

So they sold 5 Wii u's?

I think Microsoft can still realize their terrible mistake before their gaming department goes the way of the Bluth company.

 

[Snowblindblitz]

To the guy saying there is a market for the xbone due to not wanting to buy a tv, why would you buy a console that adds a subscription wall to using your other subscription and non-subscription services that will up the cost of everything? That potentially locks you out of the second hand game market?

If money is an issue, it makes no sense to buy a device artificially rising the price of your other services and games. That's why there is a comparison to it being a rich folks machine.

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

So apparently the XBone is at £600 for a pre-order on Amazon.co.uk right now. They do admit the price could possibly change, though.

 

[Dastardly]

Isn't it too early to tell? I'm no console gamer, but to me the Xbox One doesn't look as bad as people make it out to be. WiiU sales were pretty bad at the start but as we can see they picked up, I think we should give all machines a chance, they may bounce back with that must-have title.

Possible, but hardly likely. The old idea of, "If we have a few killer games, they'll buy us instead," doesn't work anymore for several reasons:

1. There aren't as many exclusives, because publishers and developers often don't want to limit their client base. (Time was, there were tons of exclusives because of the huge disparity between console capabilities, but that gap is closing, too.)

2. People are increasingly unwilling to drop a few hundred dollars on a console in order to have the right to then pay $60 for a game that might be as awesome as they think. Exclusives won't sell a console.

3. Each console company has basically used up all of its good will. Nintendo disappointed many with their treatment of the Wii and the gimmick and price of the WiiU. Microsoft is getting a lot of bad press as they try to take a bite out of the used game market, and a shoddy reveal didn't help. Sony has the Vita, the PSN debacle, and insanely high pricing to answer for. Each company has a lot more to prove now, and they're less willing to do so.