kupomogli said:
Super Mario 3D Land didn't sell systems. The price drop is what has been selling systems. As soon as that price drop hit, the 3DS hasn't sold less than 100,000 a week.
For anyone with a PS3 60 or is going to get a PS360, absolutely nothing. Multiconsole titles mean nothing if they're already on consoles people own or consoles that people are going to buy because they waited until the end of the systems life to get one. The only people those games are going to get to purchase a Wii U are Wii owners who don't have or refuse to buy a Nintendo competitor's console. |
Could you explain to me how did you come to the conclusion that 3D Land didn't sell systems despite selling over 8 million so far while being the first Mario platformer on 3DS ? Also, a lot of games were released for 3DS to get to where it is now... Price drops alone don't sell systems. People don't buy things they don't care about just because of being cheap. And you can look at current Vita sales in Japan for an example of a price cut that didn't have a major, sustainable impact without big software to accompany it.
As for the multiplatform games, what makes you think that no one could just compare a WiiU with a PS3 or 360 and end up choosing the former because of having a multiplatform game they want and an exclusive one ? What exactly makes the comparison always favor PS3/360 ? Also, does a similar dynamic apply with PS4/Xbox One ports that are also on PS3/360 ? Not to mention the fact that most people out there don't have the knowledge we do regarding which games release on which platforms...
But hey, if multiplatform games are irrelevant for WiiU because people will always go towards PS3/360 for being cheaper/achivements or PS4/Xbox One/PC for the graphics, then at least we can drop the idea now that the platform is hurt every time it loses one...
