Basically all I'm asking is will Wii U be up, down or flat year over year in 2015?
I could see it going either way. 2014 has had Mario Kart & Smash Bros which are arguably Nintendo's two biggest console series. One problem though that Wii U faced this year was once again suffering droughts in between major releases.
Feb-Donkey Kong Country
May-Mario Kart 8
Sep-Hyrule Warriors
Oct-Bayonetta 2
Nov-Smash Bros U
Dec-Captain Toad
A bunch of solid games but as u can see there was a 3 month gap between DKC & MK8 followed by another 4 month gap until HW released. From that point on the release schedule was a bit more consistant. While it doesn't appear that Wii U in 2015 has games on par with MK/SSB in terms of system sellers but with a more consistant release schedule along with year round advertising (hard to advertise throughout the year when u have 3-4 month droughts) and a price cut sometime in the middle of the year, I think Wii U has potential to sell better next year.
Q1-Kirby+Yoshi (Captain Toad in Europe)
Q2-Mario Maker+Splatoon+$50 price cut
Q3-Xenoblade Chronicles X+Star Fox
Q4-Devil's Third+Zelda+Mario Party+$199.99 black friday/Christmas bundles
If Wii U has a lineup like this with television advertising for each of these games then I think Wii U will be up YoY, of course all of this needs to happen. If Wii U once again has to deal with delays and droughts then I think it will be down YoY.
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