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Surprising jump in Wii U sales, according to VGChartz

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The VGM Lover    194

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Check this out! 

http://www.vgchartz.com/#graph_menu

This is surprising, considering that (based on my continued observation) at the beginning of the year, the Wii U only stood at 9 million, and gently climbed to 10 million by the summer, but jumped by early December to 11.4 million, and then another 1 million by December 26, for a comparatively amazing 3.5 million units sold this year. 

What do you guys think of this amazing jump in sales? Will it last through this year? Will the Wii U finally change from a failed console to a competitive one?

P.S. Also, side note, that's 12.4 million, only around 500,000 units below the almost-abandoned PS Vita. Do you think by this year, the Wii U might finally overtake it?

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Dr. Orange    1554

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44 minutes ago, amcintyr9998 said:

Check this out! 

http://www.vgchartz.com/#graph_menu

 but jumped by early December to 11.4 million, and then another 1 million by December 26, for a comparatively amazing 3.5 million units sold this year. 

What do you guys think of this amazing jump in sales? Will it last through this year?

Sales went up in December.
I wonder why!?!?

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The VGM Lover    194

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In 2014, I'm pretty sure it never cracked the 3 million mark in December, despite Smash and Mario Kart!

EDIT: Ok, so it did, according to this:

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly/2014/Global/

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Dr. Orange    1554

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Wait I though we were talking about 2015, not 2014.

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The VGM Lover    194

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We are. I just didn't do enough research to think this was gonna be a very uninteresting topic. 

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