Does Wii U have ANY system sellers this holiday?!

[Osc89]

TruckOSaurus said:

Osc89 said:

zorg1000 said:

Well DKC 3 is the only title in the series to not pass 5 million. Every 3D Mario have passed 5 million. Wii Fit is a sequel to a game that sold over 20m, it wont sell nearly that well but 5m isnt out of the question. Pikmin, Wind Waker, Sonic all have potenial to sell 2m+.

There is plenty of potential, but I wouldn't say any of those games are guaranteed right now. The Wii U is selling so badly, and the competition is doubling, so I would only really be sure of their most consistent ones. That would normally be 3D Mario as well as Kart and Smash, but the reception hasn't been that great for 3D World.

We've got a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation here. Some people think the holiday titles won't sell well because Wii U sales are so low, while others (like me) think Wii U sales are so low because they don't have those titles out yet.

As I said before, apart from the most devoted fans it takes more than 1 or 2 games to justify the purchase of a brand new console. The end of year lineup will provide those additional games for people on the fence and then Wii U will do just fine.

I would say that is normally true, but I'm not sure these titles are the ones to push people to buy the console. I think the timing is off; they should have had these titles over the summer to build up the library, then Kart and Smash to have a strong holiday.

As it stands most of the informed buyers will have a Wii U (as the price has dropped so low we know Nintendo won't sell it cheaper for at least a year), and the uninformed (who don't know much about the consoles or which they want) will be swept up by the PS4 and XB1 launches. If Nintendo couldn't explain what a Wii U was before, how can they now there is more competition? They really need Smash and Kart to get the message across.