I don't know why people think Smash will do wonders for the Wii U.

[S.T.A.G.E.]

LinkTheHuman said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

NP :) SSB hit 5mil >_<

It would be a miracle if the Wii U outsells the GC in five years time. Doesnt look like it so I cant see Smashes sales going over 3-3.5 M if it launches anywhere near this time period.

Why wouldn't it top 3.5 mil?

Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold roughly 12 million units so why would Super Smash Bros. 4 sell one fourth of the sales? (Not to mention most hardcore fans of the series who got the chance to experiance the game early on said the gameplay was the best for the series). Also don't give me that bullshit that the install base of the wii at the time was bigger than the current install base of the wii u;

1. most of the install base were passive casuals who could give two flying fucks about a fighter.

2. most of the people who are going to buy SSB for Wii u are waiting for the game to release.

Thankyou everyone *leaves stage pissed off and knocks over waiter holding drinks*.

I dont think it will get past 3.5 million until it surpasses a 10 mil marketshare and gets somewhere close to 15 mil.  Tbone said 5 mil lifetime and I think that makes sense lifetime, but not in the first year. The Wii U is lacking anything outside of first and second party to sell itself to a core audience. Its numbers will rise slowly. Even slower than the GC I think because at least the GC had third party.