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Samus Aran on 25 November 2014
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DonFerrari said:
Materia-Blade said:
DonFerrari said:
Materia-Blade said:

so wrong. you're downplaying the wii u base (350k, really?). and how exactly would developers lose their sales on other platforms (far less than 5m for 99% of the games)?

Am I seeing what wrong? People are claiming Bayoneta is a sucess by selling 350k (by vgc wrong numbers)  so were is the downplay? How they would lose? If they make WD game they sell like 5-10M on all non-nintendo platforms plus 100-200k on WiiU. By making a game that meets all the sucessfull criteria on WiiU selling 350k on Bayo and some better on ZombiU that se know won't end up selling much more than 2M combined (500k-1M os more likely) on the others don't seem like a loss to you? 5.1-10.2M seems more than 2.35M doesn't matter what (and if WiiU were main platform and dev would focus on gamepad and not invest on graphics we know final numbers would be quite lower.

no one is claiming 350k is a success for an exclusive, but bayonetta 2 just released and is doing better than the first game (and even DK tropical freeze).

Downplaying again. a game like watch dogs would easily sell 500k+ ltd on wii u, if released on time. so don't come with this 100-200k talk. again, how exactly would they lose sales on other platforms by releasing a multiplatform?

Haven't you read the entire thread then... Padib and some others have said how much of a sucess Bayo2 is... it is doing better than first if you count just one platform, consider VGC numbers to be correct, and the lack of competition on WiiU compared to Bayo at the time on PS3/X360.

Downplaying? How much have CoD sold on WiiU? Fifa 14? any other MP?

I repeat if they release a mp as nintendo fans demands to pander their wishes it will flop on wiiu and bomb on everything else. If you can't accept that you are more thinking about "even though there is no evidence it would do better if they done as I want".

Why has there never been a good 3D platformer on the Wii U that isn't made by Nintendo? Simply because the big publishers are too busy making shooters and what not. Why wouldn't a good 3D platformer sell on the Wii U AND PS4/XBONE? 

Sure, Rayman Legends, a 2D platformer, flopped on all platforms, but maybe a lot of Wii U owners decided not to buy this game out of spite (6 month delay just to release it on other consoles).

Release a good quality game that fits the demographic on the Wii U, advertise it and I'm sure it would sell a decent amount. Or why not an action adventure type of game à la Zelda and Metroid, that could sell well on all platforms.

Sonic Colors was a decent (not superb) platformer and sold 2M+ (seriously undertracked on VGCHARTZ) on the Wii (where a lot of third party games also failed). 

Jak and Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Crash Bandicoot etc. are the type of games that would sell well on the Wii U.