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baloofarsan said:
Personally I love WipEout, but F-Zero not so much. But the harsh reality is that the futuristic racing genre is dead and has been for a long time.
WipEout Pure - PSP - 2005 - 1 million
WipEout Pulse - PS2 - 2009 - 0.57 million
WipEout Fusion - PS2 - 2002 - 0.25 million
WipEout 2048 - PSV - 2012 - 0.32 million
WipEout HD Fury - PS3 - 2009 - 0.06 million
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=wipeout&publisher=&platform=&genre=Racing&minSales=0&results=200

F-Zero X - N64 - 1998 - 1.1 million
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity - GBA - 2001 - 1.04 million
F-Zero GX - GC - 2003 - 0.65 million
F-Zero: GP Legend - GBA - 2003 - 0.16 million
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=f-z&publisher=&platform=&genre=Racing&minSales=0&results=200

If Nintendo make F-Zero it will be pure fan service, as Starfox probably also is, and it will sell worse than Bayoneta 2 or Wonderful 101. Diddy Kong Racing would give them money back at least.

Wipeout HD sold quite well digitally though, but the F-zero franchise is dead as a horse. Nintendo refused to make one for the wii and has stated there isn't a F-zero down the pipeline (neither do they have plans for it). The wipeout developer doesnt exist anymore (they did make a new wipeout on ps3 before they where shut down) so this genre is indeed as good as dead. Perhaps another Sony studio will make Wipeout (evolution studios) but that's going to take a while if it happens at all.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar