curl-6 said:
Michael-5 said:
If that were the case then why are 3DS sales also struggling? 3DS is selling about 50% as well as the DS did. WiiU is worse at 20%, but still.
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IMO WiiU sales are hurt by the GamePad which takes away from gaming as much as it gives, the lack of Wii Sports, and the same games Wii had, just HD. I mean look at it
NSMBU + SLU= NSMB Wii
Wii Party U + NintendoLand = Wii Party + Mario Party 8 & 9
Donkey Kong FP = DKCR
MH3U = MH3
Plus upcoming you have:
Mario Kart 8 = Mario Kart Wii
Smash Bros = SSBB
X = XenoBlade
Just Dance 2015 = Just Dance 1-4
etc. Bayonetta 2 and Pikmin 3 are nice and all, but they have a small audience, don't boost sales much.
3DS is suffering the same problem, more Pokemon, Mario, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, etc. Nintendo needs new IP's, or at least vastly different iterations (e.g. Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube).
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3DS isn't struggling. It's lower sales compared to DS are due to Smartphone competition, but it is still selling well.
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3DS is doing alright. It's selling less then the GBA did in the same time period so I wouldn't say that's particularly good.
Do you disagree that franchise fatigue is not one of many reasons for WiiU/3DS's lower then predecessor sales?
