| Mummelmann said: There is no savior to be found, which has been clear for some time now. I think that Smash will do very well and the Wii U will have a decent holiday, we'll see grand predictions of massive growth for 2015 and then, come january and february, hardware sales will collapse again, quite possibly leading into a year with no growth or even down yoy on 2014. The fact that the Wii U has been given the last chance about a dozen times already should be very telling. That's what I think, but let's have some patience and see (yet again). |
i dont think sales will be massive but i do believe Wii U can sell better in 2015 than it did this year assuming that a few things happen.
1. Smash Bros+Amiibo+Mario Kart holiday boost is enough to give some momentum into Q1 2015.
2. better pacing of 1st/2nd party titles. this year it was DKC-Feb, MK8-May, HW-Sept. great games but 3-4 month gaps kills any type of momentum. if they can release a high profile exlsuive every 1.5-2 months in the non holiday months then maybe we can Wii U hold onto some momentum.
3. year round advertising. this kinda goes along with point number 2, its hard to advertise a console throughout the year when its goes 3-4 months between major releases. yesr round advertising along with major release should help Wii U stay in consumers minds.
4. price cut. Wii U still hasnt really recieved a true price cut, the basic model launched at $299 and the price now is still $299, it does pack quite a bit more value now but the fact remains that the official MSRP is still the same as it was at launch. a $50 price cut in May alongside a somewhat big game like Mario Maker and a bundle can potentially cause Wii U to have a similar late spring/early summer boost that MK8 gave it this year.
its far from gauranteed but if all these things happen then i could see Wii U having a better year next year, nothing amazing but better nonetheless.
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