DucksUnlimited said:
MDMAlliance said:
DucksUnlimited said:
I know! But I thought the same about a lot of the Wii U's software so far, and look how that's turned out. I don't exactly have a lot of faith at this point, even with DK and MK being as big as they are. |
Let's be honest about this year's software for Wii U. There was almost nothing for the first half of the year. Wonderful 101 was a new IP. Pikmin has a really small userbase and never had a big opening week. Wind Waker HD is a remake of an existing Zelda game that was on a system that didn't really sell amazingly either. 3rd party userbase on Nintendo systems has historically been lower than its competition. 2D and 3D Mario platformers are games that sell over time, and even then they DID sell a decent number of systems (meaning I think that without New Super Mario Bros U, the Wii U would be even lower), and Super Mario 3D World only recently released. While it didn't do amazing numbers, all things considered, it didn't really do poorly. Japan's numbers for 3D Mario platformers are low on opening weeks anyway.
However, Mario Kart is slated for an early 2014 release. If it does so, it will have time to (at least slowly) rack up the hardware sales. Given the userbase for Mario Kart games, there's no doubt it would move more hardware weekly for 2014 than 2013. Then each other game releasing for Wii U will give at least a relatively substantial boost, moreso than the other games for 2013. Of course, I say all of this in hindsight, but there is much more to support that the Wii U will sell much better 2014 than it did this year. Plus, December should be a relatively big month for the Wii U.
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While most of the games that have released so far aren't huge sellers, it's still crazy to me that a console with all of them combined is looking to barely scrape past 2m sold in an entire year. I have no doubt that the Wii U will do notably better in 2014 than 2013, and I never suggested otherwise. |
Yeah, it is surprising exactly how low it is. However, 5m for 2014 is also extremely low. I don't see how it is unreasonable (not talking about you, referring to someothers in here) for me to think that 5m minimum with the games I mentioned (plus more that will undoubtably come) is guaranteed. The 3DS can easily do over 12m in a year and still be considered only "so-so." 5m is less than half that, even 8m in a year would be considered a flop. I think those who think 5m in a year for Wii U isn't guaranteed with MK8, DK, SSB4, X, Bayo 2, + all the other 1st, 2nd and potentially 3rd party games that can release throughout the year in 2014 are the unreasonable ones. Of course, as I said before, this is under the assumption that those games indeed release this year and don't get delayed until 2015 or late 2014.
