DevilRising on 04 June 2014
| torok said: Mario Kart is a 20 years franchise based on a 30 year classic and iconic character. WD is a new IP. In this case, WD was surely way more impressive. |
Yes. But WD is a super-hyped game, releasing on at least one super-hyped console (PS4), along with one kinda-hyped(?) console (Xbone), and three very high install-base platforms (PC, PS3, 360). How is that impressive, when it's another GTA clone, made by the makers of the uber-popular Assassin's Creed, and the game itself has been (over) hyped for the better part of two years now? Of course WD's numbers were going to far higher. Gamestop's pre-order bonuses alone were going to insure that a couple million of the usual GS pre-order customers were going to get it.
So I'd say MK8's numbers, considering everything that has gone on with Wii U in the last year and a half, has to be considered more impressive.
