The Wii U will outsell the GC with just America

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Dream_While_Awake said:

oniyide said:

but you expect growth, youve already conceded that the new versions wont do the numbers that the WIi ones did, for their to be growth their has to actually be...growth. that means a rise in numbers not decline.

I said growth since the GC days. I don't expect the sales to fall to below those levels with Wii U. It'll obviously fall in comparison to the Wii.

Most of the traditional Nintendo franchises saw little to no growth on Wii compared to N64/GC. Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, 3D Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Fire Emblem, Metroid, Zelda, Battalion Wars all sold roughly what they did in previous generations despite having 5x the install base.

Look at the traditional Nintendo games that did see major growth on Wii. Smash Bros, Mario Kart, NSMB, Mario Party. What do these games have in common? 4 player simultanious multiplayer, thats what the Wii thrived on and these games fit right in with Wii Sports/Play and the entire Wii philosophy of easy to grasp games that are fun to play with a group of friends/family.

Now that Wii U no longer has the casual crowd these games will likely revert back to what they sold in previous generations. Smash Bros 5.5-7m, Mario Kart 7-10m, Mario Party 2m. There was no 2D Mario on N64/GC so we dont know how to gauge that one but as u can see its not going to come anywhere close to the Wii version.