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Originally Posted by mcg75 
Doesn't matter what it's sales are compared to the others. What investors will judge it on is performance vs the original.
And that comparison will mean the Wii U will not be a success.
The original Wii didn't sell because it was revolutionary, it sold because it was simple to use. So many people I know who aren't even close to being a gamer bought a Wii. They won't be buying a Wii U.
Doesn't matter what it's sales are compared to the others. What investors will judge it on is performance vs the original.
And that comparison will mean the Wii U will not be a success.
The original Wii didn't sell because it was revolutionary, it sold because it was simple to use. So many people I know who aren't even close to being a gamer bought a Wii. They won't be buying a Wii U.
Perhaps I'm confused but how is the Wii U hard to use?
Plug it in (standard for any console), power it on (standard), put in disc (standard), play game (standard)... Not even trying to be sarcastic? But what makes this system hard to use? If anything, being that the mass consumers have adopted tablet based devices it should be rather easy for most people to pick up and use.
For those saying it's not going to do well, do any of you actually own either? Again, not sarcasm, just curious. I've got one in my living room and the only thing i'm dissapointed in is the somewhat slow OS (going to be fixing that soon) and lack of games. These are hardly unexpected though on a brand new console.
Give it time.
Investors understand and don't always expect to make as much if not more. The Wii was a fad at the time, this only boosted sales. If the Wii U is not a success while surpassing sales of the other two (hypothetical of course) then do tell, what is?
The console market has a lot more competition from other devices these days. In 2005/2006 we did not have a huge uprising of tablets, angry birds, etc.
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