Nintendo Fans: what will the WiiU's weekly sales be like once the heavy hitters are out?

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Pavolink said:

Soundwave said:

If NSMB2 isn't ahead of Mario 3D Land yet, it will be soon enough, so that's pretty much academic at this point.

NSMB DS > Super Mario 64 DS

NSMB Wii > Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 combined

People went to buy 3DS 2 holidays ago for price cut + MK7 + Mario 3D Land.

People didn't go to buy as much last holiday with 3DSXL + NSMB2.

People rushed in holidays 2009 to buy a Wii + NSMBWii

People laugh at Wii U + NSMBU

 

The only thing it has been proved, is that the system seller statuts of the NSMB series has gone and the 3D Marios still have. Gamers (mostly the dedicated ones) are going to buy a console/handheld for a 3D Mario, not for another NSMB sequel.

2D Marios need to be diferent to gain back the system seller status.

 

Edit: Damn DietSoap

Either that or Mario Kart 7 was the real sales driver.

What I think is happening with the 3DS too is that every year tablets/smartphones continue to chip away at the handheld market, so Nintendo is fighting just to keep selling the same 15 million 3DS' a year (whereas the DS exploded past 20+ million a year after NSMB hit).

Nintendo's rode Mario too hard the past few years anyway, I don't think 3D Mario, Mario Kart, or 2D Mario will sell as well as their Wii predacessors. Probably not even close.