Global HW UP! USA SW UP! 28th September 2013

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happydolphin said:
The thing you're missing sight of is that holidays and mario go hand in hand, it's not one or the other. Proof is the cube went not too far during the holidays either. So what Mario's become via Mario Kart and NSMB's late success is something that goes hand in hand with the holidays. If the holidays never existed, maybe those games would never do so well, and maybe the holidays wouldn't affect Nintendo's success so much if those games didn't exist. So it's not one or the other, but a product of both factors working in tandem.

As for where the U will be while the twins get their marketting storm? It will be exactly where it always has been, as an alternative to the HD twins. People have and always will want Mario. They simply can't find that on the twins. That alone makes the U a commodity.

Why do you assume I'm missing it? I sure am not and you can read it in my posts. I'm just saying that Christmas will have a bigger impact than these games (as in - 75% of the boost due to Christmas, 25% of the boost due to games). Do you think it's going to be other way round? If so - please argue why. I know they both work together, but the Christmas boost is going to be pulling most of the load allowing these new games to sell big time, not the other way round. It was the same way round with Vita. ACIII:L was released last Christmas and it sold 750k, it is the third best selling game on Vita. On the other hand Killzone: Mercenary, which is a much better game, was released in September and sits at a humiliating 70k (though I hope NPD will correct this... cause it just can't be correct). I'm sure it would sell much more had it been release in the midst of a Christmas frenzy. Maybe there still is hope for this game and it'll start moving this November? It sure needs legs.

Yeah, it will be where it has always been - in a cold grave, cause it sure won't get any more shelf space and that is the problem. So far it isn't an alternative to anything. Vita is more of an alternative to 3DS than Wii U is to PS360 or PS4One. People always wanted Mario and still GCN happened. Nothing is guaranteed in this business, even though I'm certain that Wii U will start selling a bit better than GCN, I can't see it a runaway success and it will need something more than this 3D Mario to become relevant again. So I repeat - it needs Mario Kart to start selling better than GCN, thankfully it's gonna get it soon.