Which 8th gen home console will sell the most in 2014?

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ikenNoAce said:

zorg1000 said:

HikenNoAce said:

If NSMBWiiU sales can be down from 30 or so million to 2M, I think it's safe to say that Smash sales will drop by more than 2-3M. By how much did the Wario game's sales fall from the Wii one, btw? Must be by more than 50%.

Holy fuck this is the dumbest post I have ever seen.

NSMB Wii didnt sell 30 million in 9 months and Wii cost $199 when it came out with an install base of over 50 million and already had Wii Sports/Resort, Wii Fit/Fit Plus, Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, Smash Bros, Mario Kart at the time it released.

On the other hand NSMBU launched with the console whixh cost $299/349 and has no other major titles to accompany it. NSMBU will continue to sell alongside Wii U for the next 4-5 years, it wont sell anywhere close to the previous installments numbers but I would be shocked if it sisnt sell at least 10 million lifetime.

So, when are you saying exactly that Wii U sales will pick up?

I dont think any one title will cause a change but rather a combination of titles at the right price. Nintendo has stated they will start a new advertising campaign when the games start releasing starting with Pikmin 3 and thats when I think the turnaround will slowly begin. At that point we have a quality exclusive coming every 2-3 weeks until the end of the year.

Pikmin 3 will boost sales for a couple weeks, Luigi U & Wondeful 101 will keep sales from dropping and Wii Party U/Wind Waker/Sonic Lost World will boost sales in Oct. That will slowly build momentum for Wii U leading up to the holidays.

During the holiday season DKC Tropical Freeze, Mario & Sonic Olympics, Wii Fit U and Mario 3D World release which are all from series that have traditionally sold over 5 million. That in addition to holiday deals/bundles like Wii U Basic-$199 or Wii U Deluxe w/extra game-$299 will ensure a healthy holiday.

Q1 2014 should be up YoY by a large amount due to the successful holiday and quality existing library. I think in April Wii U will get a price cut alongside the release of Mario Kart 8 and possibly a bundle. A $299 Mario Kart 8 bundle would sell very well and keep the Basic bundle around at $199 for entry level buyers. That will likely give a strong boost for the spring. After that im guessing Smash Bros will be the big summer title and release sometime around August then the holidays could have Zelda/Wii Sports combo. Sprinkle in games like Yarn Yoshi, Bayonetta 2, X, SMTxFE and maybe a couple more smallef exclusives in between the big sellers and u have a very well rounded and consistant relaease schedule of quality exclusives.

For the record I dont think Wii U will win this generation, I just think it will do very well later this year and in 2014-2015. Im guessing PS4 and One will both pass it in lifetime sales but I dont see those two consoles truly taking off until 2015 when they will likely have there first price cut, have a strong selection of big exclusives and PS360 support dies down.