AnthonyW86 said:
Soundwave said:
AnthonyW86 said:
Soundwave said:
MohammadBadir said:
I think they're gonna have to release MK8 in March now |
They're going to need a MK8 sized title like for every month starting like yesterday at this rate.
Honestly if they couldn't come close to sniffing a profit this year with Pokemon X/Y, Animal Crossing (Western release), Super Mario 3D World, Zelda: LBW, Monster Hunter 4, 2DS release, Pikmin 3, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U, Wii Sports Club ... they probably are going to lose money again next year too.
3DS looks like it's already peaked sales wise and Wii U is a disaster that's going to require another $50 price drop at least ... which will probably mean they have to incur more losses.
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MK8 would be lucky to break 5 million at this rate.
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I think MK8 will do fine though its sales will be much closer to Mario Kart on GameCube than the Wii one, but I think Smash Bros. is going to stun some people with it's relative non-impact. I just don't sense the same frenzied hype around this one as the build up to the Wii one (remember when people went nuts over the Solid Snake trailer?), it just seems like "oh ... another Smash Brothers game". It doesn't even look that great graphically to be honest, and I think it being on 3DS also is going to dilute its impact (just NSMBU/NSMB2 did).
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I agree, especially with the Smash part. There just isn't much insentive to buy a Wii-U for these games, they are not story driven games and you might aswell play these games on the Wii. I know several people who like to play ''Mario Kart'', but they really don't care that it's on the Wii or Wii-U. In fact, you could even play the Wii versions of these games on a Wii-U.
And Gamecube sales levels of Mario Kart will be a massive dissapointment to many people here.
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One thing I think that could be hurting Wii U sales is that its too similar to 3DS.
Nintendo 64 vs Gameboy Color-huge graphical and gameplay differences
Gamecube vs Gameboy Advance-huge graphical and gameplay differences
Wii vs DS-huge graphical and gameplay differences
Wii U vs 3DS-graphics gap has closed drastically and now both have motion/touch controls and the games are very similar
NSMB2 vs NSMBU, DKC Returns 3D vs Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 7 vs Mario Kart 8, Smash Bros U vs Smash Bros 3D, Ocarina of Time 3D vs Wind Waker HD
