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Angelv577 on 30 August 2013
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JWeinCom said:
chapset said:
Being the superior version with no delay didn't help splinter cell much, what's the excuse now


Numbers are about what expected.  I think the 360 has an install base about 40x the size of the Wii U in the US.  About 20X for the PS3.  So, it makes sense to expect numbers to be lesser for the Wii U.  Maybe not 40x less (since a higher percentage of Wii U owners should be active users), but significantly less.  The sales on the Wii U were about 1/20 of the sales of the 360.  We'll see how the sales figures play out, but the numbers make sense.  Percentagewise about .4% of XBox 360 owners bought the game and about .5% of Wii U owners bought the game.  You'd like the Wii U number to be higher (since the XBox 360 install base number is inflated by replacement units and such), but I really don't find the Wii U numbers terrible considering the install base.

Fanbase is also a factor.  Naturally, the Wii U's audience skews less towards TPS games than PS360 does or PSOne will.  On the other hand, we saw Disney Infinity have a nice opening this week.  33K for the Wii U compared to 88K for the XBox 360 is pretty good considering install bases.  So that's about 2.2 of the Wii U audience buying the game as compared to .02% of 360 owners.  Hopefully this will bode well for games like Sonic Lost World, Skylanders Swap Force, Yarn Yoshi etc.

Big problem is just the install base.  I think Splinter Celll Blacklist sold about as well as it should have considering the amount of systems out there and Nintendo's fan base.  The numbers obviously are not great, but I don't think they're horrific either.  I think that if the Wii U base expands it will be a viable place for these kinds of ports, and I do think the base will expand significantly over the holiday.

The point is, we don't know the amount of time developers are willing to wait in order to sell decently on the console so if this port doesn't make the amount of return they're expecting, there won't be any support in the near future, in other words, the try and error won't last long if this sales keep the same pace.