W101 is going to be a gargantuan flop

[gergroy]

curl-6 said:

gergroy said:

curl-6 said:

Most gamers don't subscribe to only one genre or style of game. I don't find it at all hard to believe that a gamer could be interested in both. GTA5's appeal is so vast that it's almost inevitable it would overlap with a fair bit of Wii U's userbase.

But gta 5 isnt on the wii u.  Its isnt competing with other wii u games!  

Now, you may think that a lot of wii u are multi console owners.  Ok lets say 80% own some sort of console or consoles from the last gen.  Now, of that 80% i would imagine at least 60% probably only owned a wii, and the other 40% owned either 360, ps3, or some sort of combination.  Now, since we are talking about nintendo, these are probably family focused systems, so lets say gta probably has a crossover appeal of about 20% .  Now, these are just percentages im pulling out of my behind, but I think they are probably more generous than reality.The end result is this would only be an issue of choice for bout 200k wii u owners.  Nintendo doesnt have a large audience for mature games, as you can see with the sales figure of any mature title on their systems.

I think you're seriously underestimating the number of Wii U owners who have a PS3 or 360.

Or you are overestimating.  Early adopters are generally fans of the company, pegging 360 and ps3 ownership at roughly a third of the userbase is pretty generous I would think.