| Avro1958 said: In all honesty, the 3DS version of Smash is not going to hurt the WiiU version at all, if anything it will be a catalyst for higher sales. Look, there are a super high number of smash fans and the vast majority of them who will buy it on 3DS will also want to play it on a big tv and with friends in a more traditional sense. I would be the same way with NHL games if I could get a portable version... I would have both on console and portable just to get my fix whenever and were ever. |
You are being unrealistic.
Smash Fans who are double dipping most likely already have a Wii U already. The only subset of this fanbase that wouldn't have a Wii U now would be waiting for the bundle and at the same time would not buy the Wii U for any of the prior games.
Those who bought Smash on the 3DS because they wanted something to play are unlikely to buy the Wii U version much less buy a Wii U for the game itself. That's losts sales both for the console and the console version.
Parent's sure as hell aren't gonna double dip for their kids, why buy a 200+ bundle when they can just buy a 50+ bundle for their kids and call it a day.
"Super high number" is clearly way too much hype.
There is no way that the 3DS version can be construed as beneficial, its only siphoning off potential sales. Its not like a game demo. The extra features, controls, and big screen (3DS XL says hello), isn't going to be enough to make casuals do the unthinkable and double dip.
If Nintendo really wanted this to benefit the Wii U they should've made it Cross Buy. If 1/4 the 3DS userbase bought smash, then at least half of them would have a reason to buy a Wii U, that's 5 million sales right there.
But instead this competiton is supposed to help the game do better? Quite unlikely.
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