I was wrong: Wii U will sell < GC

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Yakuzaice said:

 

How much do you expect those 4 games to sell?  Even if we're optimistic they probably won't be higher than 20m combined.  So assuming zero current Wii U owners buy them, and zero people buy more than one game, that means the Wii U would still need to sell 55m on the backs of other games.  So far it has managed 6.4m with 1.5 years and quite a few formerly massive franchises.

You missed the point where I said once it becomes affordable enough to be a 2nd system to go back and play those 1st party games. Face it, the Wii U is overpriced, was since launch. They had crappy titles until 2014. Don't count on Just Dance etc, this is not a casual gamers system. It's going to take well done, "core gamer" games to spark interest. THey went from blue ocean to red ocean strategy for unknown reasons.

Does this mean the games they make will be bad? Hardly, going by Mario Kart 8. XB/PS fans are looking over at what Nintendo's doing, but won't drop the cash at this stage. It won't be until another 2-3 years down the road before it picks up the slack, when the price drops down significantly. Add on games like Fatal Frame, Bayonetta 1&2, and other pots Nintendo has it's hands in right now, there will be enough reason for gamers to want to play WIi U games down the road. Again, this won't happen without a significant price drop, which won't happen for a bit yet.

I know it goes against sales logic, trust me, I get it. But there's something that leads me to think it'll have decent numbers in the end, and with that, all we can do is wait and see.