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TheLastStarFighter on 26 August 2014
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Soundwave said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
I think you over-estimate Nintendo's overall software strategy, and your opinion that Fusion is the future. Zelda will launch and release whenever the team can finish it, and when it can make the most money. Most likely, that's Christmas 2015. If it's delayed, it's because it's not ready. It will have nothing to do with wanting to TP it.


I think if Wii U sales drop back to a poor baseline after the usual holiday bump this fall, I think Nintendo is going to kinda "call it" with the Wii U ... as in it's a dead man walking as a console. 

A smart company knows how to manage its assets properly, wasting the most expensive Nintendo game ever made on the lowest Nintendo userbase ever (outside of the Virtual Boy) is probably not something Nintendo is eagerly keen on. 

If the Wii U looks like a sinking ship no matter what Nintendo throws at it (and they should know for sure after next year's holiday push -- if Mario Kart, 3D World, Smash, and amiibo still can't get it to sell well outside of short burts, then Zelda U sure as hell is not going to), then I think Nintendo will start to look at this as a strong option. 

1.5-2 million even in extra sales is nothing to scoff at, that probably covers the entire game's dev budget, leaving the rest of the sales as pure profit. 

They would, but only if Wii U already had its own Zelda and if the next home console was closer.  Wii U will get its own Zelda.  The next 3D Mario has a better chance of being cross-gen.