Wii U rides on Mario Kart

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ps4tw said:

Kasz216 said:

ps4tw said:

Who cares how much it sells when the console its selling on is dead...Anyway stop reframing the argument. The title of the thread is "Wii U rides on Mario Kart". The point is can Mario Kart can save the Wii U? The average person doesn't care for it, so it won't save anything. 

Mario Kart Wii has sold nearly 35 Million copies.

If average people care about ANY videogames, Mario Kart is surely among them.

What competition did the Wii offer to Mario Karts if you wanted a competitive, social (easy to pick up) game? The majority of people didn't buy MK because it was MK but because it simply had no competition and therefore was the best choice. Otherwise how can you explain the sales of MK on the GC? Same goes for SB on the GC. Nintendo has a dedicated following, but that following is not growing so 1st party titles will have a high uptake but the games will not boost sales of the console for any extended period of time. 

Wii didnt have other competitive, social (easy to pick up) games? 

Wii Sports, Wii Party, Wii Play, Mario Party, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario & Sonic Olympics, Just Dance, Guitar Hero, all these games fit the description u gave.

With that said I agree that games like Mario Kart & Smash Bros wont change Wii U's fortunes by any drastic measure, of course they will sell well to current and future Wii U owners but wont cause sales to skyrocket outside of possibly a few weeks at launch.