| HylianSwordsman said: So if they hadn't delayed development, the game would have arrived after Mario Kart altogether, and had no competition? Even better! What the fuck were they thinking?! And you're missing that the install base is bigger than XBO, so there's no reason it couldn't have gotten decent sales. Batman and Assassin's Creed are games that came in well into the series, while Watch Dogs is a new IP. It's the reason everyone is happy that Bayonetta 2 comes with the original. If it didn't, Bayo 2 wouldn't stand a chance. If you don't like the business decision as the consumer, then you should know they made a bad one, because it's the consumer they're trying to please. |
The game would have come after MK8, but at the cost of the PS3, Xbox 360, PS4 and Xbox One editions that sold Millions coming during the period of time were gamers buy the less games out of the full year, that is a cost too high to pay.
The install base of the Wii U may be higher but those customer only buy and play exclusive titles, ask around and you will see that many people bought it just to play the Mario, Zelda and Smash game, not to get 3rd party games. When there is an overlap in user base, they will buy the version of the other console, not the one on Wii U.
New IP or old IP, the difference is not going to be double or triple, as I said even if you are very optimistic, anything above 400k would be nothing short of a miracle, just look at Rayman Legends 360k and it is undoutbly the best edition, with extra content and exclusive features.
About that "pleasing the customer", you are mistaken... They are not trying to please EVERY customer, just the ones that produce the most revenue, they are trying to please the shareholders like any other company, if they can do that only catering to the Sony and Microsoft customers they will do it like that, as it is happening now. I am a "Nintendo" customer, so I am not happy with their decision, but if you think about it with a cold head, you will realize that is the correct one and I cannot blame them for taking it, if I was running the company I would have done the same.
