bananaking21 said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
kitler53 said:
wiiU and gamecube share the most important characteristic to wiiU's future: the shape of the sales curve.
"I would have every reason to believe that Nintendo has learned what sells and what does not, and Wii U will be receiving Wii-like titles that are system sellers."
if that were so wii wouldn't be sitting at ~1/5 of the currently weekly sales of ps3 or 360. if that were so wiiU wouldn't be sitting at less than vita's weekly sales (aligned for launch). |
The sales are currently weak, that's for sure. But the point is, the games that Nintendo released for Gamecube were not system sellers. The games they released for Wii were systemd sellers. I would expect the games for Wii U to be more like their Wii counterparts when they come. And other than sluggish sales, there is almost nothing similar between Wii U and Gamecube, in look, design, function or games. Their plights are very different.
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actually there is, its the target audince that nintendo wants, the market they want to sell to, which is the core audince. the adult males who been playing video games for decades. and there comes a problem with one of your points. mario galaxy1 and 2, Wii sports and the games you listed were system sellers, but to who? the "casual" crowd, the new market the Wii sold to, not the market of gamers who bought the xbox and ps2. the question is, are those games going to be system sellers to the adult gamers or "core" gamers?
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I would say Wii U is targeted at a broad audience, the Wii crowd and the PS360 crowd. The tablet is an attempt to capitalize on the mainstream popularity of tablets and phones. WiiU is also a web browser and media player. Gamecube...I'm not sure of it's target market but it was strictly core gamers, and by it's design I would have to guess strictly children, though I don't know that was their intention.
Wii Sports was a mainstream and new customer focused title, but I wouldn't say that about Galaxy at all. It is a core title. That and Zelda:TP are the main reasons I bought a Wii. A lot of core gamers bought Wii's. If MarioU and ZeldaU look as impressive as Galaxy and TP looked in their day, a lot of core customers will pick up a WiiU. If MarioU is Sunshine2 and ZeldaU is a cartoon, many will skip those titles, and the system altogether.
