Kresnik said:
This was a pretty interesting way to revisit that old thread, indeed.
It's pretty crazy to think how people were over-shooting Wii-U's success at the beginning. Even if we ignore game droughts which have undoubtedly plagued the system (although would Pikmin 3 & Wii Fit U releasing sooner really boosted it ~ 2m?); the infamous NeoGAF thread about "how can Wii-U fail in Japan?" springs to mind. Their argument was that it was getting 2D Mario; Monster Hunter & Dragon Quest; therefore it was a lock in the region. That didn't turn out so great (I notice Phenom; Soundwave & Chandler using some of that logic in this thread).
I mean, I do understand it if you look at those games in a vacuum; it is quite an impressive lineup. But, they weren't the entries in each series that the console needed (minus Mario I guess; but he had a lot of legwork to do on his own).
I won't make my own prediction, because threads like this always resurface :P
Bodes well for PS4 launch though, seeing similar cockiness ("all hail to the King" with Kaz instead of Iwata photoshopped onto Walter White, right?)
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To be fair, two of those are ports. One of which has been ported over and over again and the other being one of the less popular titles in the series.
