Mario 3D World sales predictions

[Mythmaker1]

fatslob-:O said:

Mythmaker1 said:

fatslob-:O said:

Mythmaker1 said:

fatslob-:O said:

Hint: The WII U is selling worse than the gamecube as of now. I hope that helped re-evaluate your prediction.

I'm aware. But at the same time, the Gamecube came out over a decade ago. Direct comparisons between consoles so far-removed are troublesome, at best.

Hint: The WII U is still more expensive than gamecube at the time even with inflation accounted for plus this economy is shit so don't expect it to be nice towards to what looks like a dreamcast 2.0 or gamecube HD.

If it was a matter of simple economics, that might be the case. However, there is more at play than a simple numbers game. The console industry has undergone a massive shift over the past 10 years, and many of the factors that led to the Gamecube's underwhelming performance don't apply here.

Also, I'm not overly fond of your patronizing tone.

The console industry hasn't changed a whole lot, it will always be the games that sell the hardware and the WII U hasn't proven anything so far like the WII did. Your overcomplicating the factors when the simple answer is that nintendo opted for red ocean instead of blue ocean. BTW I despise the shit out of gamecube and dreamcast together since their god awful consoles that nobody would own seeing as how everbody voted the PS2 with their wallets and if those consoles were good then why on earth did they get rejected so harshly ? 

You only need to look at the relative install-bases to see how much has changed; when exactly did Microsoft reach near-parity with Sony? For that matter, when did touch-screens and motion controls become standard features in virtually every console now on the market? When did online console gaming, and everything that came of it, rise to prominence? When did the ability to control your TV and video-conference using a gaming console become selling points? These are all big changes that have taken place over the past 10 years.

And the reason for the woes of the Gamecube and Dreamcast are well-known, and only circumstantially similar to the Wii U. Some issues remain the same, but not for the same reasons, and many of the same factors still apply, but don't matter. And while there are obviously similarities, it's far from 1:1.