zorg1000 said:
Well by that time there will already be 2D Mario out for 2-3 years and 3D Mario out for 1-2 years so its very likely a large percentage of Mario fans will already be on Wii U and Galaxy 3 would sell primarily to people who already own a Wii U. Also Metroid typically sells 1.5m give or take a few 100k, the original and Prime 1 are the only to pass 2m so Metroid isnt likely to push alot of hardware. As for Zelda its possible that it boosts hardware but I highly doubt it will more than Donkey Kong/Mario Kart/Smash Bros which are all just as big or bigger than Zelda and all releasing this year. |
Honestly, Mario Galaxy wouldn't so much be to convince people "because its Mario Galaxy" as it would be to reinforce the mental image of Nintendo as having the "ultra-exclusives" its popularly considered to have and to ensure one attention worthy game between Zelda and Metroid.
Metroid on the other hand is a very interesting title, I don't see the game itself selling stellar numbers, but I see it having a very strong attachment rate and being an attention grabber to many aware gamers. Its not exactly the most famour first-person games ever, but it is considered one of the best ones. - Presented alongside an impressive enough Zelda I could see it resulting in many sales.
Lastly, Zelda will sell alot of consoles and that is the key. Even if its not as much of a system seller as Kart, I expect it'll sell comparable to Smash and more than Kong.
In my eyes that line-up could, after the PS4 pulls ahead early in 2015, could give the Wii-U a push of enough to neck back ahead. Could is the keyword ofcourse, I am far from confident that'll happen, but the possibility, in my opinion very much exists.
As to if the Wii-U woud STAY ahead again if that happened, I won't even pretend to know.
