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teigaga on 07 June 2014
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justinian said:
teigaga said:
I think people underplay Mario Kart. Its not just a "big game", its the biggest card they have up they're sleeves. Nothing compares sales wise or in terms of audience outreach; not smash bros, not zelda, nothing with wii in its title

The system has a solid line up ahead and a smash bros+Mario Kart bundle will do wonders this holiday. I can see it selling on par with Xbox One till the end of the year.

I think most people see Mario Kart for what it is, a game that score huge on top of the Wii tidal wave. Of those 35m people that bought MK Wii, I will be surprise if 85% came back for MK8 on the Wii U. They were casuals that bought it because it was cool at the time. They are not coming back.

Of the 11m that bought SSBB on the Wii, I expect at least 40%+ to come back. Whereas Mario Kart is a casuals game, SSB is a Nintendo fans and "hardcore" gamer's game. Reading gaming forums it is not MK that many xbox and PS gamers would buy a Wii u for, it is SSB.

The casual Wii era is over and MK won that. This is now the Wii U era and I predict SSB to win this time around or at the very least equal MK.

Lets wait and see.

Well its definitely not a casual only title, its simply a title which appeals to everyone hence the 1.2m it sold in its first week. Also I've seen first hand the amount of interest MK8 has generated and I can say it will probably win some casual gamers back too. I personally think smash bros has no chance of meeting it in sales despite having a more loyal following but time will tell....