Some Wii U vs Wii launch comparisons (Sales)

[HappySqurriel]

bananaking21 said:

HappySqurriel said:

bananaking21 said:
4 million black ops 2 on the WiiU? no way in hell

Yeah, it won't sell to that level at retail, maybe 750,000 to 1.25 million at full retail price (over the next year) and another 250,000 to 750,000 at discount prices over the rest of the generation; and to get the high sales at discount prices, both consumers and publishers have to be willing to use the eshop like Steam, and see "sales" or discounts to a level where a 3 year old game that has already seen 2 sequels released in a highly attractive purchase ($5 to $10).

you know this is activision were talking about right?

I know, and it is unlikely that it will get close to the 2 million range because it will be too expensive, but I was just trying to state what I think is a plausable range with the conditions listed to explain the upper range. The most likely range is between 1 Million and 1.5 million, but there is the possibility that it could surpass that if Activision wanted it to.

Unfortunately, outside of increasing revenues from a game, the main reason to lower the price to the levels necessary probably doesn't apply to Call of Duty. If you sell a high quality game with a limited userbase for a discounted price you encourage people to play your game who otherwise wouldn't and (hopefully) increase sales for the sequel.