Wii U Now as Old as the Dreamcast When it was Discontinued, and Sold Half as Much by This Point

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MCV writer Ben Parfitt has tweeted that the Wii U is now the same age as the Dreamcast was when it was taken off the market by Sega. The Wii U has in fact sold half the number Dreamcast had by this point. The Sega Dreamcast completed its global roll-out by November of 1999, and then was officially discontinued in March of 2001.

“DreamCast completed it’s global roll-out by November 1999 and was discontinued in March 2001. Technically it was released a year earlier than that in Japan, but even when you remove Japanese DreamCast sales altogether (2.8m out of 10.6m) Wii U sales still lower.”
 
I think part of the reason Nintendo is still holding strong is because it isn't in massive debt like Sega was. Plus Nintendo is still profiting a lot through 3DS sales.
 
I agree with Impulse, but Nintendo really need to step up their game. It's the same 3 things they haven't fixed; marketing, 3rd party and showing developers how to use the gamepad effectively.
 
I agree with Impulse, but Nintendo really need to step up their game. It's the same 3 things they haven't fixed; marketing, 3rd party and showing developers how to use the gamepad effectively.
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Yes you are right with the first two, they still need to really fix there marketing, and now they are loosing Ubisoft too as a third party developer. I don't even know if they have any left, can you even name one?

I really don't care if they make good use of the gamepad or not with the game. All I care about is the actual game.

I can't believe they sold half as much as the Dreamcast
 
All of this is going to be irrelevant by the end of next year. :panda:
 
All of this is going to be irrelevant by the end of next year. :panda:
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I hope, at my school the people think the Wii U is either: lame, pricy, overpriced, or they have no idea what it is. I think that it is possible for the Wii U to turn around it's sales numbers but I wish third party developers would help push them to the front of the show. Too bad barely any support them anymore.
 
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