fallen said:
Lets see GC finishecd up around 22m, Wii U is at just <6m and losing steam fast...with now XBO and PS4 upon it. |
Final sales will be almost entirely dependent upon Nintendo's core market for their own IPs.
The reason why sales are trending at an all time low is because of the entry of of the PS4 and the XB1, paired with the fact that Nintendo really hasn't offered anything to offset this (which would have failed) in terms of their main IPs other than Donkey Kong, which frankly, couldn't have realistically been expected to sell many consoles.
I won't go so far as to say MK or SSB will "save" the Wii U, but those, along with other major Nintendo IPs (Zelda, Metroid) will result in a catalog that most who have an interest in Nintendo games will eventually pick one up.
It's really just a question of how large the market is for a full catalog of Nintendo games on what may be a $199 console by the time the catalog fills out completely. There are more casual Nintendo fans than core fans.
