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akuseru on 31 October 2010
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Pavolink said:
NYANKS said:
Raze said:
Carl2291 said:

The Wii used to outsell PS3 and 360 combined during most weeks.

Now.

Now it struggles to outsell ONE of the 2 consoles.

 

The domination is gone, but it will still sell really well.

 

Next year, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Wii finish in 2nd or 3rd for the year.

you underestimate the fact that the new Zelda game will be out in 2011. The series is like GOLD for whatever system it comes out on, Im sure Zelda alone will be able to push the sales to stay afloat of the competition in 2011.

I dunno, I never thought of Zelda as on the level of Mario in terms of pushing sales.  Or even close actually.  Can anybody help with this?

Zelda dont push sales like Mario, but Twilight Princess push the Wii at launch and Nintendo recognize as one of the most greatest launch titles. I dont remember exactly, but they said that for each two (or three) Wii consoles sold at launch they sold one Twilight Princess copie. :D

I was one of those! One of those who were MEGA hyped for Wii and Twilight Princess (I even 'MOCKED' my best friend for getting TP on GC and not Wii, because of amazing motion controlling). However the (for me) novelty faded quickly, and it also turned out to be my biggest disappointment this gen, no, EVER in gaming. I even ended up buying TP on GC (ironic, heh). Now, 4 - 5 years later, this disappointment (including others) have made me buy only 7 Wii games, 4 of which are Nintendo games (Galaxy (best game this gen imo), Paper Mario, Metroid: Prime and the (god awful) Mario Strikers). Coming from this (my anecdotal evidence ;D) I don't feel TP on Wii is a good measurement on how Skyward Sword will sell.

In comparison I have bought 58 PS3 titles (all played and enjoyed), 46 PSN titles, 13 PSP games, 12 DS games and even about 15 PS2 games in a shorter/same timeframe. 

What I'm trying to say is: I am one of those who made TP that GREAT launch title and been an avid Zelda fan since... well, since forever, but I won't buy Skyward Sword. I'm not even hyped... Not even a little bit...

It's also the same thing for most other Wii titles: DKC Returns (own all 3 on SNES, completed multiple times, my fav SNES games), M: OM, Kirby (Looks EPIC though), SSBB (Melee was my most played game BY FAR last gen), MKWii (MK:DD is my 2nd most played game last gen and MK64 is my 2nd most played game on the 64, behind Goldeneye), NSMBWii (I got ALL classic 2D Mario games from NES --> GC) and the WiiSeries. No hype at all (except SSBB. I had massive hype, and it was an even BIGGER disappointment than TP), no interest, Nintendo killed all the interest I had in their games with the Wii. So as you can see, I am one (of many) Wii owner(s) that don't really contribute to the console anymore.