Even If Nintendo Quits Consoles, They Will Not Go "Third Party"

[Mr Khan]

KylieDog said:

Mr Khan said:

Gotta stop you there. It did not "sell on Wii because it was on Wii", no, no, no. Games like Mario Kart Wii and NSMBWii *sold* Wiis.

Don't tell me you honestly believe those sales were all system selling sales, for one thing NSMBW is easily the most budled SMB game since original SMB.  The only thing stopping it getting bundled more were Mario Kart, Wii Fit and Sports Resort bundles which were the only bundles you'd ever find at retail for years.  For another it was people who owned a Wii with a lack of third party games needing something to play, those 10m it sold in first 10 weeks were not new Wii owners.

NSMBU shows how much of a system seller the series really is, 2.2m in a year, counting people who didn't neccarily buy a WiiU for 2D Mario.

Wii system sellers were motion controls and Wii Fit.

Revisionist history at its finest. NSMBU's sales went as they did because it was oversaturated with 3 NSMB titles in as many years. Wii sales went back up for a time after NSMBWii released. When used right, 2D Mario is the most consistent system selling franchise that exists.