naruball said:
I love how you completely dismiss his argument as hater talk, when he simply raises some good points. You can call it an excuse, but it is also a fact. Gamecube didn't sell that well with similar games that wiiu is getting. Whether this point is brought up by people who don't like Ninty or WiiU is irrelevant as their point still stands. You also seem to ignore the impact that motion controllers had as a novelty and the hype that helped wii take off. As mentioned by others, you simply can't compare handhelds with consoles, as the vast majority of ninty handhelds have sold very well, while quite a few ninty consoles have had disappointing sales. A game that sells well on a handheld does not necessarily sell as well on a home console. There are too many examples to ignore, but most importantly Pokemon. It was the reason many kids bought a gameboy as their first handheld and its success seems to be helping Ninty handhelds to this day, while Pokemon games on consoles sell mostly siginifcantly less, hence the great number of pokemon games on handhelds and the very limited on ninty consoles. You do have a point that just because gamecube didn't get that much of a boost despite similar games, it doesn't mean that wiiu will have the same fate, BUT all things point to that, i.e. sales around 40m LT which is a far cry from wii, but still better than gamecube. |
Saying no nintendo console will never sell good because one specific nintendo console didn't is NOT RAISING A GOOD POINT, it's lack of logic to the extreme. It's not the "same" games, only a few same FRANCHISES and wii u is getting some unique exclusive franchises that gamecube didn't. the market was different, the main competition (ps2) had a headstart and was selling gangbusters already. It's just ridiculous to say "gamecube didn't sell even with nintendo's franchises so no nintendo console will ever succeed".
p.s. technically there are no pokemon games on home consoles, just spin offs.
