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oniyide on 27 April 2014
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*Sound Of Rain said:
oniyide said:

ill bite, heres the thing with your statement. These party games and platformers where the BIGGEST games on Wii. Period. They were the ones that were moving consoles. Now you say there isnt variety on WIi U i would argue how is it different from Wii? Hell 70% of that library was shovelware. Now with that being said, why would games that traditionally dont do much for HW all of a sudden start moving some? MK8 is the only potential big mover I see, but even then i dont think it would do that much.

This is true. The Wii games that dominated sales were platformers & party games for the most part. Here is what's wrong with your view. This thread isn't comparing it to the Wii. I'm not expecting it to even sell 40% what Wii sold. This thread is comparing it to the GC which is Nintendo's least selling main system ever. When we looks at the biggest GC & N64 games, only 6 of the Top 20 were either Platform or Party games for both. As you can see, before the Wii, those games weren't top dog, even on Nintendo systems.

It's obvious as to why party games sold so well on Wii, platformers are also pretty simple, which is why they did so well on Wii. The Wii U isn't going to attract the Wii crowed, and if they do, it certainly won't be with party and platform games. It'll be something "new" that does it instead. In 2014, I'd wager platformers are on the down in popularity. With powerful tech (Yes, Wii U too) people expect more. Platformers & Party games might sell to current owners but won't sell consoles anymore IMO.

that actually makes alot of sense. I still dont think it would pass GC. I say that because we have seen a decline for Ninty consoles since...hell since SNES. It seems to me that gen on gen people were losing interest, Wii not withstanding. Probably for the same reasons you mentioned, people expect more and IMHO I dont see much difference in the upcoming games than what we've seen before. One could make the same argument for the others but they are flying off teh shelves so its something about them that the populace likes.