ps4tw said:
zorg1000 said:
ps4tw said:
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.
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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.
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Blending genres makes no sense. I'm not going to compare Forza to CoD because both have online multiplayer. Racing is a simple concept everyone understands. What karting competition did MK have? Completely agree though that the games will sell very well to existing WiiU owners, just as SB did on GC.
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the post i quoted said "competitive, social (easy to pick up) games", u didnt specifically say racing. But anywho according to vgchartz there were 101 racing games on Wii with combined sales of over 57 million. Mario Kart sold well over half that amount, that game alone vastly oustold the other 100 racing games on Wii. U cant say Mario Kart didnt have competition just because it absolutely dominated.
