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PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 New Super Mario Bros. U WiiU 2012 Action Nintendo 2.18 1.04 1.24 0.28 4.74
2 Mario Kart 8 WiiU 2014 Racing Nintendo 2.07 1.26 0.98 0.29 4.59
3 Nintendo Land WiiU 2012 Action Nintendo 2.27 0.91 0.45 0.27 3.89
4 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS WiiU 2014 Fighting Nintendo 1.86 0.69 0.64 0.28 3.47
5 Super Mario 3D World WiiU 2013 Platform Nintendo 1.55 0.77 0.64 0.20 3.16
6 New Super Luigi U WiiU 2013 Platform Nintendo 1.20 0.57 0.17 0.15 2.09
7 Wii Party U WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.30 0.41 0.82 0.08 1.60
8 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.74 0.38 0.13 0.10 1.35
9 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze WiiU 2014 Platform Nintendo 0.52 0.35 0.14 0.08 1.08
10 Hyrule Warriors WiiU 2014 Action Nintendo 0.46 0.29 0.13 0.07 0.95
11 Lego City Undercover WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.43 0.30 0.12 0.07 0.92
12 Pikmin 3 WiiU 2013 Strategy Nintendo 0.36 0.22 0.28 0.05 0.92
13 ZombiU WiiU 2012 Action Ubisoft 0.44 0.30 0.05 0.07 0.86
14 Mario Party 10 WiiU 2015 Misc Nintendo 0.37 0.18 0.14 0.05 0.74
15 Bayonetta 2 WiiU 2014 Action Nintendo 0.38 0.19 0.08 0.05 0.70
16 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker WiiU 2014 Adventure Nintendo 0.33 0.16 0.15 0.00 0.64
17 Monster Hunter Tri WiiU 2012 Role-Playing Nintendo 0.20 0.15 0.22 0.03 0.61
18 Wii Fit U WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.23 0.14 0.20 0.03 0.60
19 Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games WiiU 2013 Sports Nintendo 0.28 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.58

 

Notice out of the top 19 games, 18 are Nintendo published games.



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That about sums it up...



And only 9 of the top 19 games sold over a million in their first year of release...



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That may be one reason on WiiU, but the 3DS gets enough 3rd parties to keep its userbase happy for the most part, and both Wii and DS had the 3rd party that their audiences wanted. Even if Nintendo gets half of the total software sales on their consoles, 3rd parties would go if they saw an oportunity to make a profit. A bigger problem is that the A and AA games of the past have dissapeared from the home console market, or they have become indie titles. Nintendo always managed to get good support from those, but those have really dissapeared. And because AAA need more than a million per platform to be sustainable, big publishers don't really care about Nintendo systems that much. And those A and AA games survive very well on handhelds (look at the Vita, it survives thanks to small niche titles that make good enough on the loyal userbase).



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That's pretty depressing for third parties if even the best selling third or second party game doesn't sell over a million units



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar

the reason the list is like that is because there is no third party support on the WiiU. if nintendo are the only ones releasing games on the system then its only logical that nintendo games dominate the top selling charts.



Nintendo makes more than enough profits with their own games than Sony or MS and thats why dont even care about 3rd-party support.



The reason Nintendo systems can't get third party games is because their first party games are so dominating? Or, perhaps it is that the reason Nintendo systems have such strong first party sales is because they can't get thirs party games?

It's a vicious circle and it's probably easiest to just accept that Nintendo systems are for Nintendo games.



 

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I guess 3rd parties need to try harder, huh? ; )



 

              

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