Wii U rides on Mario Kart

[Nirvana_Nut85]

ps4tw said:

Nirvana_Nut85 said:

ps4tw said:

The Wii was also the biggest selling console of last generation...Casual gamers do not give a flying fuck that another Mario kart is coming out. No chance will it hit 70k weekly unless something crazy happens to Japanese sales. The majority of Nintendo fans have a Wii U already, so all the games from here on in are just picking up the stragglers. 

Not trying to be rude but your logic is flawed. Most people who purchase consoles are casuals. There are only a handful of devoted fans for each brand. Most people will flock to whatever system is popular and Mario Kart is one of those games that will attract them to the Wii U. Will it have Wii sales? Obviously not, but to think that it will obtain only a marginal hold of 40K weekly is just not using common sense.  

No they aren't. The average console gamer, going with games sales, is a CoD/GTA playing teenager. They are your average gamer. However, the Wii owners, the "casual" gamers, are the ones who consider gaming to be angry birds whilst taking a crap. That audience, which is the vast majority of Wii owners, doesn't care about the Wii U because their iPodroid is doing just fine. I can guarentee that casual gamers and average gamers, will not go out to buy the Wii U ever, not even for Mario Kart. 

This is a console that is doing terribly. It's killed Nintendo's stock, and is selling much, much slower than the Dreamcast. Thinking one game, a karting game, will save it when karting games on the other consoles (which are selling just fine) will save it? Won't happen. 

Mario Kart 8 will attract the casual market, just not nearly in the droves that went to the Wii. I believe your assesment of what the casual market is and how it is defined is completely off. Using the angry birds analogy is simply absurd as well. There weren't 80 million people (approx diff in gamecube vs Wii sales) who were all ipod , angry bird gamers.  Marketing also plays an important role and social media. Mario Kart 8 is starting to garner quite a bit of attention in that manner. It will drive a fair amount of people who would not have purchased the Wii U to it.

I'm not sure what your definition of saving a console is but stabilizing weekly sales to 70k is not that drastic.