DKC Tropical Freeze lifetime sales predictions

[Kasz216]

zorg1000 said:

Kasz216 said:
1.5 Million to 2 Million.

Feeling really pessimistic on it.

If it does better... i'd be happy for them.

Though I feel like the DK brand has been on a decline, Wii U userbase sales aren't too high at the moment and that it will end up being overshadowed by various Mario like things.

That seems like a very lowball number, even the Gamecube titles were able to sell close to that and they were spinoffs that used unpopular bongo peripherals. A mainline traditional Donkey Kong on Gamecube would have probably sold 3-4m. Donkey Kong also seems to be a series that doesnt rely too heavily on install base, DKC, DKC2, DK64, DKC Returns all sold over 5 million and thats on consoles with install bases of 33-100m. DKC3 is the only one to sell less than 5m.

Just out of curiousity what makes u think Donkey Kong is declining? Wii U lifetime sales would have to be like 10m in order for Tropical Freeze to sel that low.

Donkey Kong Returns only did 3 Million on a giant Wii userbase with a lot of momentum.  They just went to long without "good" Donkey Kong games... for reasons I can't completely fathom.

The Wii U userbase is in the exact opposite situation.

It is a lowball number, but that's what happens when you think things lean towards a worst case scenario.