Why so many Wii U haters???

[lucidium]

curl-6 said:

lucidium said:

curl-6 said:

Viltgance said:

 Is it because the 100 million people that bought the original Wii feel ripped off because it sat on their shelves most of its lifespan? 

The "everyone bought a Wii, played it once, then it gathered dust" is a myth, as evidenced by its continuing software sales over a year after its replacement.

the sales performance isnt in keeping with the 100m install base, though, its barely in keeping with a 10m install base.

eg, with 100m install base just dance 2014 has, as of this week, a 2.6/100 attach rate, compare that to the megaflop known as knack at 9.1/100.

See the post above this one.

Also, attach rates in the early days of a console's release are always inflated. Knack will end up with a vastly smaller attach rate than it has now.

Then you would be comparing a launch title with a miniscule install base with a large one, where as Just Dance 2014 is for a console that has a MASSIVE install base, either way it doesnt compute.

the attach rate for currently sold wii titles does not reflect the notion that its still a well used and popular console, the numbers for titles are just inflated from the install base, the games themselves are actually doing poorly when the install base is taken in to account.

so to counter your point, i say "total sales for games on high install base consoles will be inflated", the sales are for most titles mediocre at best compared to consoles with much lower install bases, so using said game sales to bolster the point of the system not, for the most part, being sat lifeless on shelves does not work, at all.