Wii U is 'definitely more powerful than 360 and PS3' - Scribblenauts dev

[theRepublic]

lilbroex said:

theRepublic said:

You have to be joking.

Smash Bros sold 7 million on the Gamecube.  It sold 11 million on the Wii.

Mario Kart sold 7 million on the Gamecube.  It sold 32 million on the Wii.

And you somehow think "Smash Brothers on the other hand brought a lot of first timers to the system."  How can you think that?

Here is some more.

Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus combined to sell 43 million.

Wii Sports sold 79 million.  It did 3.77 million in Japan where it was not bundled with the console.  It is the second best selling Wii game in Japan, only behind NSMB Wii.  Wii Sports moved consoles.  Worldwide.  End of story.

Speaking of NSMB Wii, it sold 25 and a half million.

Wii Sports Resort sold 30 million.

I love Smash Bros.  It is my most played game on the Wii.  But what you are saying is ridiculous.

The game selling a lot and people buying the system because the game are two different things.

Killer app does not equal game with the highest sells. It equals the software that made people buy some hardware when they would previously have not even considers. A game that is so good that it drives them to get the system.

Yes, a game that is so good it drives them to get the system for that game.  Which means they buy the system and the game.

Then why did so few people buy Smash Bros?

(As compared to the other killer apps I named.  Mario Kart alone would be at least 3 times the killer app.)