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Nintendo slashes 2014 sales forecast for Wii U from 9 million to 2.8 million
engadget.com ^
Posted on 01/17/2014 2:09:29 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
It's not even financials season yet, but Nintendo is trying to lower expectations in advance. In a statement today, it's announced that it's reassessed unit sales for its flagship Wii U console, shaving hacking it down from 9 million for April 2013 - March 2014 to just 2.8 million -- less than a third of the original estimate. It's also less than the number of Wii Us that Nintendo sold in its launch year. That was 3.45 million, if you're counting.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; obama; recession
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That is quite a difference for an economy which is supposedly booming.
To: Red in Blue PA
In a statement today, it's announced that it's reassessed unit sales for its flagship Wii U console, shaving hacking it down from 9 million for April 2013 - March 2014 to just 2.8 million -- less than a third of the original estimate. Meanwhile, PS4 sales are exceeding expectations.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:12:28 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Alex Murphy
How is the NSA Microsoft One Box doing?
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:14:07 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Memories of the good old days of home video games. A time when you didn't need to take a course to understand how to play the damn thing.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:19:58 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:20:40 PM PST
by
GOPJ
("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
To: Red in Blue PA
Nintendo slashes 2014 sales forecast for Wii U from 9 million to 2.8 million
Slashes? More like they nuked it..............
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:20:50 PM PST
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2014 and the Crusades 2014?)
To: ETL
The Wii U isn’t a bad console. The Wii U is also not revolutionary. Maybe they should have called it something that didn’t make it sound like their old machine with add-ons.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:21:31 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: ETL
Memories of the good old days of home video games. A time when you didn't need to take a course to understand how to play the damn thing. You must have not seen my parents try to play an Atari 2600 to think there was any such time.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:23:13 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:23:31 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
bring back the DreamCast!
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:25:37 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: GeronL
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:29:00 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Alex Murphy
It was ahead of its time.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:32:32 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: GeronL
I think they should have pushed the horsepower envelope a good bit farther. More importantly, they should get more damn games out the door. Make it the first priority to get 3rd party developers excited/involved. I think they depend too much on Mario and other tired tent pole titles.
Overall, they come off very much like BlackBerry in the final years. Malaise oozing from every pore.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:33:46 PM PST
by
catbertz
To: ETL
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:38:53 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Red in Blue PA
I didn’t understand the concept anyway
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:39:37 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: Alex Murphy
We bought our son a PS3 for Christmas. They are cheap now.
The PS4’s are about a year from having games that can take advantage of the power of that unit. IIRC the PS3 was the same way.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:40:32 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: catbertz
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:41:01 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: EEGator
Yes, they were very simple back then. But fun and easy to play. Today’s games are almost as realistic as the real deal, only you have to devote half your life trying to figure out how to play the darn thing.
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posted on
01/17/2014 2:50:47 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: GeronL
Bring back PacMan and the game with the Battleships.
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posted on
01/17/2014 3:10:46 PM PST
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Grams A
lol
You can play pac-man online these days and battleship clones are everywhere...
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posted on
01/17/2014 3:12:09 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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