Could Wii U still sell more 1st party software than X1 or PS4 in the 8th gen?

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HylianSwordsman said:

wangjingwanjia said:

HylianSwordsman said:

It's only been a year and they're at 10 million with just 5 first party games. And Mario Kart and Smash haven't released yet. The main disadvantage they have in terms of 1st party software is that Wii Sports Club can't be tracked. You can't even really track it digitally because they split it into different sports and made it so you can buy 1 or just pay for 1 day access. That was the 80 million seller last gen, without that they won't reach Gamecube levels, but 50 million should be doable.

I see 1st party software going Nintendo>Microsoft>Sony, while hardware will be the reverse. Sony has always been weakest at selling their own software, Microsoft does okay, Nintendo does the best, and vice versa for hardware.

So Sony has the broader audience, while Microsoft and Nintendo has a narrow audience which all buys the same games?

Yeah pretty much. First party has a much better attach rate on Nintendo, and games in general have a better attach rate on Microsoft.

Yes I think so too. So I feel like a minority since I almost always only buy first party on any system. Second party sometimes but third party very rarely.

On the Wii I think I bought the most third party games, so this makes me even more of a minority haha. :D


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But to leave an actual answer to the question in this thread I do not think that there will be sold more first party on the Wii U than on the PS4. Maybe more than on X1, but not sure. And I base this on my gut feeling that there will just be too few consoles sold for Nintendo this time, so the high attach rate of first party games won't help. If I am wrong however and the Wii U will sell more than I think, then yes, Nintendo will then sell more first party games than the PS4.

X1 I also think will sell less than the PS4, and even though they have a big attach rate for some of their first party, bigger than Sony, I don't think they will surpass PS4 in first party sales. Based on my gut feeling again.