WiiU will sell better than Gamecube.

[Osc89]

Zero999 said:

Osc89 said:

zorg1000 said:

But look at the number of high quality 1st/3rd party exclusives each console had at this point.

Wii U-NSMBU, Nintendo Land, ZombiU, Lego City

Gamecube-Luigi's Mansion, Wave Race, Smash Bros, Rogue Squadron, Super Monkey Ball, Resident Evil, Pikmin, Mario Sunshine(might be wrong on this one)

Also GC was $200 compared to XB/PS2 at $300, Wii U is $300-350 compared to PS360 at $200-300.

Once Wii U big exclusives come out and its no longer the most expensive, it will sell much better than it currently is.

But if these games didn't make the Gamecube a great seller why will they make the Wii U better than Gamecube? Obviously more games means it will sell better, but why assume it will sell better than Gamecube?

Also out of all the games they both had by this point, NSMBU is from the best selling series by far. The only thing bigger Nintendo has is Mario Kart, and Gamecube didn't get that for a while.

because the situation of both systems and the market for each period has changed, unless you think nothing changed  in the past 12 years.

and hey, what did ps2 get that ps3 didn't? nothing, then why did ps3 only sold half of what ps2 did so far?

let's see some differences: ps2 had a head start and big selling point as a dvd player ang gaming console that was cheaper than dvd players, leading to an almost monopoly in that gen gardware sales. now wii u is the one with a head start even if it wasn't used to the fullest. nintendo franchises have grown in popularity and it's audience has grown in number. third parties don't have the option to simply "skip" a platform anymore since they can no longer profit in one platform, like they did on ps2. heck, even two platforms make them struggle to profit now.

got the message?

Yeah exactly. The Wii U has managed to undersell the Gamecube every month despite the other next-gen consoles not even being out yet.

And if the third parties don't have the option to skip a platform someone should tell them that. Right now they seem very comfortable with it.