| NightDragon83 said: Pikmin 3 isn't enough to boost Wii U sales in the short term, and honestly I'm not sure how much SM3D Land World and DKC Returns 2 will move consoles either... we've already had a sequel to the mega selling NSMB series on Wii U, and people didn't exactly rush out to buy the console for it. And with the upcoming marketing blitz of the PS4 and X1, I don't see how Nintendo starts branching out beyond its remaining hardcore fan base and dwindling casual crowd. |
Nobody is saying Pikmin 3 alone is going to push a ton of consoles but it can give It a decent boost for a week or two and I think thats the plan. They have an exclusive every 3 weeks starting with that game, Pikmin 3-Aug 4, Luigi U-Aug 25, W101-Sept 15, Wind Waker/Wii Party U-Oct (like kely one in the beginning and the other near the end). They have also stated a new marketing puah would accompany these games and that will give Wii U 3 solid months of building momentum going into the holidays. Nov/Dec has 3D World/DKC/Fit U, those 3 games will very likely sell over 5 million and with holiday deals/bundles they will do fine.
As for what u said about NSMBU, its the only major game on the console, of course its not going to sell a ton of consoles on its own. Also every game in tgr NSMB series has released when the console was $200 or under and had a strong library to accompany it.
DS-$129, Mario 64 DS, Nintendogs, Brain Training, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart
Wii-$199, Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Twilight Princess, Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros, Animal Crossing
3DS-$169/199, OoT 3D, 3D Land, Mario Kart, Kid Icarus, Resident Evil, Kingdom Hearts
Wii U-$299/349, Nintendo Land, ZombiU
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