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Keegs79 on 05 June 2014
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Slarvax said:
Keegs79 said:
DevilRising said:
Considering that WD is multiplatform, on platforms that have FAR, far higher instal bases than Wii U? And MK8 is only on Wii U, with a still relatively small install base? The answer is yes: MK8's numbers are, in point of fact, more impressive. There really isn't much of an argument to be had on that.



Isn't much argument? A lot of people expected Mario Kart 8 being one of a very few games only possible to help sale the Wii U. Its installed base didn't matter with that into account. Mario Kart is more popular than franchises like Metroid and Zelda and sold millions. How many millions or how popular was Watch Dogs with its history? Zero on both accounts.

Being impressed with Mario Kart 8 is saying they are impressed that one of Nintendo's most successful franchises of all time. How much sense does that make. A great game with a great history sold well. Its like underestimating the popularity of Nintendo's games.

So Wii Sports Club should sell 30 million units? Or 3D World close to 5 million? Or Tropical Freeze around 4 million? And I'm being nice, they're predecessors sold much more than that!

That's why I'm more impressed by Mario Kart 8. It has been proven time and time again that amazing games on th Wii U sell BAD! But MK proved us all wrong!

And don't tell me that you were expecting low sales from WatchDogs. Sure, not 4 million (those are CoD numbers, DAMN!), but it was going to sell incredibly well no matter what.

Wii Sports came with the Wii. Mario Kart sells exceed above 5 million. Double Dash sold almost 7 million and Mario Kart 64 sold nearly 9 million. Your impressed that gamers who love Nintendo would buy a famous highly positive reviewed franchise title? Noooooooo?

Watch Dogs is more impressive because its a new IP. It doesn't matter if it was hyped. It was a brand new title. It was Ubisoft biggest success more so than any other title. It had nearly 1 million pre-orders. It had more pre-orders on the PS4 than Mario Kart 8 had. With all this said, Nintendo games DO NOT sale bad. Third party games sale bad on Nintendo's systems.