TheJimbo1234 said:
Handhelds and consoles are two different markets, lumping them together is the same as lumping every car together, eg family saloons, sports cars, super cars etc...which would be retarded. Oh I'm sorry, but at what point do you think I should write the WiiU off then? When its sales are a histroic low for a new console? Check. Shops stop stocking it? Check. When all of the above happen yet market conditions were perfect for it to thrive (and that is about to end)? Check. So yea, I think writing it off is in fact common sense at this point as all the evidence would back that up. It's exlcusives will only sell to the hardcore nintendo gamer who unsurprisingly already owns the WiiU. Also that Nintendo gamer will tend to buy all the exlcuives rather than a set few as the library is so limited. Take racing games on the Wii. Mario Karts sold so well as that was about the only racing game on it. You didn't have the variety of the other consoles eg. Forza, GT, CM Rally etc. You just had that. Want an rpg? Well it is Zelda or...Zelda. Also where the hell did you pull 15-20mill from? Thin air? Ah yup - that's the one. You have the facts on this very website yet you some how think its sales will magically quadruple when other consoles come out. That is just crazy. |
If anyone here is crazy, it's the one who is accusing Mario Kart of selling so well simply because Nintendo fans have nothing else to buy. Those who underestimate Mario Kart tend to eat crow.
You also seem woefully ignorant of Zelda's genre (it is not an RPG, and never was except for elements of Zelda II), beyond the fact that there were a fair deal of exclusive RPGs on the Wii.
Wii U's sales also have nothing to do with how well or how poorly the competition is doing, much like how Wii's sales had nothing to do with the ebb and flow of PS360 sales. The heightened numbers are expressed because the Wii U has a lot of important, mainstream software coming in the pipe, like Wii Fit U, 3D World, Tropical Freeze, Smash Bros, and Kart 8, which are games that people buy Nintendo systems for (because where else are you going to get *good* Karting, or a 2D platformer on the caliber of Donkey Kong Country?)
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.