Why Nintendo won't drop the price of Wii U this year

[OneTwoThree]

DevilRising said:

OneTwoThree said:

(...) First smash hit is Mario3DWorld in december, after DK has a moderate chance in november (but reception was lukewarm).

Reception was lukewarm from your average internet forum user like the people who frequent in here. That doesn't imply, however, that reception from the masses will be as lathargic. DKCR sold over 5 million copies. It was Retro's most financially successful game to date. And this game looks a lot better, all around. It's the smartest move they could have made. Mario tends to sell itself (...)

Just saying – DKCR sold over 5 million copies, granted. But NSMBWii sold 27 million copies, and that didn't save NSMBU from selling a mere 1,8 million up to now. If we extrapolate that...