Pach Attacks! Best WiiU can hope for is 20M lifetime.

[mii-gamer]

Carl2291 said:

Mr Khan said:

I would say the floor, unless the damage to consoles is across-the-board this gen. They have broader appeal now with competition that's going to be less all-conquering. The robust lineup for 2014 does hinge on there being a substantive middle, but Smash Bros could indeed carry that weight (maybe with help from Bayonetta 2 which would be a good summer game), then roll into an end with Zelda and X and a few other second-string games. If the rumors of Nintendo beefing up development capacity are true, Wii U could buck the trend that haunted the GC and Wii of strong starts and painfully slow endings for their consoles and see more of its power towards the end, similar to the SNES.

There are a lot of variables there, but Nintendo's base appeal isn't really one of them.

The damage to consoles shouldnt be across the board, it should be primarily with Nintendo. They expanded the market with Wii then totally abandoned them with Wii U, they arent coming back anytime soon simply because we dont have a Wii-like system this generation. Things are gonna shrink back to normality and the expanded audience will continue the shift to mobile devices and social media games with nothing new and exciting for them popping up to replace the Wii. I think we will see a similar userbase over PS4/Xbox One as were gonna see with PS360 - 175 to 190 Million units.

The Smash Bros effect is gonna be a lot lower than it would normally be, simply because the game is also launching on the 3DS. Providing they launch day and date with eachother I honestly wouldnt be surprised to see the 3DS version as the best selling version. Hell, we might not even see the game in 2014 at the rate Nintendo seem to be delaying things on Wii U. Bayonetta isnt going to do anyting for hardware neither, its gonna be another W101 or Sonic Lost World. The Bayonetta IP simply isnt that strong.

As for Zelda, I highly doubt we will see it releasing in 2014. Theyre averaging a new Zelda game every 2 Years, and were getting two Zelda games this Year.

Phantom Hourglass - 2007
Spirit Tracks - 2009
Skyward Sword - 2011
Wind Waker HD - 2013
Link Between Worlds - 2013

I remember Aonuma saying he had already started development of Zelda Wii U  around the middle of 2011. The game will be detailed in e3 2014, so 2014 holiday release is possible, 2015 is the latest