Wii U game sales 'far behind launch levels for Gamecube and Wii'

[ninjablade]

MDMAlliance said:

ninjablade said:

MDMAlliance said:

I think you're missing the point that the Wii U just launched and previously Nintendo games were $50 rather than $60, which probably put off a lot of people who were used to buying $50 games.  

I very much doubt this, it might put off a few very cheap people but  not a lot of people, samething happend xbox to 360 and ps2 to ps3, yet games sold better then ever.

I don't doubt that it had a strong influence on software sales compared to the Wii and Gamecube.  If we can say console price contributed, why not game price as well?  3 $50 games vs 3 $60 games is a $30 difference in price already.  

Back when the PS3 and 360 launched, the economy was kind of the opposite of what it was today as well.  People are cheaper now than before, because when the economy is bad (and/or perceived as bad), people spend LESS money.  Some things don't go down, but I am pretty sure this is a thing that went down.

consoles did get more expensive, however 20% increase is different then a 100%  increase like the ps3. gamecube launched at 199$, wii was 249$