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thelalaby on 08 January 2015
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ExplodingBlock said:
thelalaby said:

Wrong.

What makes you think Wii U will be up 20% YOY though? That is, of course, assuming it doesn't get adjusted down once we get official data... the last Yoshi and Kirby titles did only okay on the 3DS, and even back in the Wii days, Kirby barely scratched 2 million worldwide. To put things into perspective even more, Wii U was up by less than 5% YOY in November in the US, you know in the month that Smash U released, not to mention that it was down massively in Japan in November and December over last year.

Really, I'm curious. I'd love to hear what makes you so sure about this.


My mistake about Mk8 coming out after E3, but I am still sure it can sell 1m before E3

More Games=More Boosts

Mk8 had one big boost, but about a week before E3

MP10 and Mario Maker will provide very nice sales boosts for Wii U

Also you compare Kirby on the Wii, but as you may have forgotten, Wii U has insane attach rates, and like MP10 and Mario Maker, Yoshi and Kirby will

also provide some boosts, not nearly as big as the other games, but still enough to get Wii U above 10m before June

The console has a very high attach rate because of its small userbase... it is logic that the more the userbase grows, the lower the attach rate becomes. But anyway, that is sorta irrelevant.

My gripe with this whole argument is that the exclusives releasing next year are not big enough to make that much of a difference. I agree with you that a consistent flow of software is very good for the platform, but I don't believe it will be enough to push the Wii U up that much, especially at its current price. Time will tell!