P Platon Veteran Apr 24, 2013 #21 (((interference))) said: It's amazing how much of a failure the Wii U is turning out to be, it's selling 28% worse than Gamecube! And this is coming off the back of the Wii, which was vastly more successful than the N64 and the game market is bigger than 10 years ago too. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/04/report-wii-u-vita-continue-poor-us-sales-performance-in-march/ Click to expand... I wonder if Gamecube was in any way supply constrained or not, most consoles usually are quite supply constrained the first few months...
(((interference))) said: It's amazing how much of a failure the Wii U is turning out to be, it's selling 28% worse than Gamecube! And this is coming off the back of the Wii, which was vastly more successful than the N64 and the game market is bigger than 10 years ago too. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/04/report-wii-u-vita-continue-poor-us-sales-performance-in-march/ Click to expand... I wonder if Gamecube was in any way supply constrained or not, most consoles usually are quite supply constrained the first few months...
D dagamer Veteran May 1, 2013 #22 Platon said: I wonder if Gamecube was in any way supply constrained or not, most consoles usually are quite supply constrained the first few months... Click to expand... Considering they had a price drop in May 2002 to $149, I doubt it: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/20/nintendo-price-cut.htm Thing is, the Wii U definitely wasn't supply constrained, so if you actually wanted to buy one, you easily could.
Platon said: I wonder if Gamecube was in any way supply constrained or not, most consoles usually are quite supply constrained the first few months... Click to expand... Considering they had a price drop in May 2002 to $149, I doubt it: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/20/nintendo-price-cut.htm Thing is, the Wii U definitely wasn't supply constrained, so if you actually wanted to buy one, you easily could.
