Seece said:
Zero999 said:
Seece said:
With an extra 90% time to achieve it, when you compare the holidays YOY it'll be down.
DK won't push many consoles, Smash and Kart are the two big ones. Zelda isn't confirmed is it? Bayo and X ... I don't need to tell you they won't do anything. Then again you though Sonic would do some damage as well and look how that turned out.
PS4 is (for real) supply constrained, I don't know how that's hard to understand given it's sold 2.1m in such a short space of time, much faster than WiiU did.
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zelda is confirmed untill nintendo says otherwise. mario kart and smash are huge, donkey kong is very big. bayo and X are not AS BIG as the previously mentioned titles, but there are people who will buy the console for them and their combined appeal adds value. there are also many games that will be announced next year, as well as already announced games being confirmed for wii u.
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Right, so it isn't confirmed, gotcha.
DK is about as big as 3D Mario, actually if you look at last gen it's about 50% less. If Mario 3D is failing to shift consoles on a decent level (in November no less) DK in February isn't going to get the numbers you're hoping for. Bayo and X will be a drop in the ocean in terms of consoles bought for them.
What other great games are coming? What else is confirmed that is going to shift hardware?
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Bayonetta 2 will be lucky to see 300k lifetime, look at the current sales of 3rd party software, most of it hovering in the 100k area or well below, a single third party title has brached the 500k barrier so far.
Donkey Kong is certainly smaller than Mario and Zelda is unconfirmed (which means confirmed in topsy-turvy land), X is a complete joker, could be big could be almost nothing. That leaves Mario Kart and Smash, both of which are undoubtedly huge but their combined might, hell the combined might of all these titles will not drive several hundred percent yoy increases.
I don't see how 2014 has such a "stellar" (Reggie mode engage) line-up, it's the usual suspects plus some specks of dirt on the radar. I would not be surprised if both the other two 8th gen consoles had caught and passed the Wii U in software sales by the end of Q2 2014 at this rate.
