Augen on 21 October 2013
| ash3336 said: The reason Mario games have had legs for 3DS, Wii and DS is because the sales of the console naturally were high and the install base were very high. With Wii U's install base not even at 4 million, legs will not be the same level as they were for the previous consoles. I was utterly disappointed at this holiday's lineup for Wii U exclusives as it was Nintendo's one chance to shine before the next-gen consoles arrive. |
We are assuming Wii U continues to see tepid sales. Legs for Nintendo rely on people in 2016 buying a Wii U and grabbing the Mario games still. By the end of this generation conservatively the Wii U will be another GameCube meaning this Mario could still sell 3-4 million copies.
I will say that Nintendo did miss an opportunity this year to build any momentum and 2014 will see how viable they will be against two competitors. If each month they are finishing third next year they will really need something speical to turn the tide (is Kart and Smash enough? Shall see.)
