NPD December 2012: Wii U on low Vita

[RobertR1]

Lifetime Sales:
-Just Dance 3 (Wii) - 5 million
-NSMB2 (3DS) - 1.45 million
-NSMBU (Wii U) - 580K


Hardware:

Xbox 360: 1.4M (-17.6%) ["More than double the amount of the second place console in the U.S. in the month of December."]
3DS: 1.25M (-21.8%)
Wii: 475K (-55.2%)
DS: 470K (-25.4%)
Wii U: 460K [The Wii launch was 604K]
Vita < 250k
PS3 ~ 625k

Wonder book LTD < 40k

 

[AlphaWolf]

Didn't expect 360 to dominate that much.

 

[BRiT]

This puts the Wii-U at around 890K sales in the US for November and December.

The Wii U seems to be in stock everywhere you look, so the low sales points to low demand instead of low supply.

 

[RobertR1]

Demand constraint.

No way of changing it either. People don't care that it exists. Vita finally has company.

 

[Dave Baumann]

What are the current estimates for life-to-date WW sales for XBOX 360 at the moment?

 

[RobertR1]

ooooh! A Dave post in console forum

Best estimate we'll get for WW LTD will be a in a few weeks when financials are released.

 

[JasonLD]

Where did you get the Vita numbers?

 

[RobertR1]

Leaked on Gaf by a regular who has been vetted.

 

[JasonLD]

360 number is really impressive.
3DS still looks fine.
Vita definitely needs the price cut and support.
Was bit worried about Wii U's being available everywhere during December and it showed.
PS3 should have kept that Black Friday special bundle all December and it would have sold more than a million.

 

[babybumb]

Wii U tracking over 300k behind Gamecube and not supply constrained at all. December should be huge for Nintendo HW

Gamecube went from 550k to 60k in first January when priced cheaper

 

[RobertR1]

Wii U tracking over 300k behind Gamecube and not supply constrained at all. December should be huge for Nintendo HW

Gamecube went from 550k to 60k in first January when priced cheaper

...what?

 

[zed]

Well I guess sony/MS arent in any rush now to launch next gen based on the apparent lack of a threat from the wii u.

 

[Rangers]

Leaked on Gaf by a regular who has been vetted.

except i thought it was vita between 200 and 250k, not over 250k...

Well I guess sony/MS arent in any rush now to launch next gen based on the apparent lack of a threat from the wii u.

Sony might, as ps3 sales are pretty bad imo...

i'm sure their plans are laid in stone anyway. ms for sure late 13 and sony most likely.

 

[Rangers]

What are the current estimates for life-to-date WW sales for XBOX 360 at the moment?

was at 70 milllion shipped as of end september.

end dec quarter will likely be at least 6-7m, so 76-77m is likely, maybe a tad more. ms will release those numbers with their financial report around the end of january.

 

[Rangers]

Demand constraint.

No way of changing it either. People don't care that it exists. Vita finally has company.

pretty much. i see zero hope for wii u.

imagine how bad it's going to be overshadowed by ps4/720 at e3. just imagine.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

360 is getting pretty close to the Wii LTD in the US.

 

[Deleted member 13524]

This is US only?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Yep. NPD.

 

[RobertR1]

360 is getting pretty close to the Wii LTD in the US.

360 will certainly pass the Wii in the US at some point. Likely this year.

 

[RobertR1]

except i thought it was vita between 200 and 250k, not over 250k...
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Fixed. Thanks for the correction. Also added Wonderbook ltd of less than 40k.