Was Super Smash Bros a system seller for the Wii U like MK8 was?

[fleischr]

cutzman25 said:

Looking at the just posted figures on VG Chartz and it seems as though the Wii U numbers are just plain bad.  Looking back the system had a good bump in sales for a few months because of MK8 but that doesnt seem to be the case with Smash.  Why do you think this is??  Is Smash losing its popularity?  The Wii U falling behind the PS3 in sales is just plain sad.  What are your thoughts?

Why do you think this is?? No doubt at all that Mario Kart is the bigger franchise - so the bump there is about the biggest one you could expect. Certain inventory constraints on WiiU (namely Amiibo and the GC adapter) could be to blame. Also consider the fragile state of affairs Nintendo has with retailers and manufacturers over the WiiU. Nintendo doesn't have the resources, willpower, and/or trust among business partners to ship bigger numbers and cut prices to have another major boost in HW sales.

Is Smash losing its popularity? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Combined sales with the 3DS version are already mounting towards 10 million. Smash as a franchise is selling the best it ever has. Smash is continually growing.

 The Wii U falling behind the PS3 in sales is just plain sad.  What are your thoughts? I'll reiterate this: Nintendo doesn't have the resources, willpower, and/or trust among business partners to ship bigger numbers and cut prices to have another major boost in HW sales. In contrast, that's already been accomplished with the PS3. The difference in third party support should be considered as well - as some customers would care only sports games, Call of Duty, and or random stuff like "Duck Dynasty: The Video Game". There's really nothing on WiiU shelves now to appeal to such a customer. In 2013 they could skate by with unsold games like those from 2012. The WiiU had even worse 3rd party support in 2014 than it did in 2013. Now more than any other time in history, people are buying Nintendo home consoles just to play Nintendo games. Consider: many WiiU games will outsell their GC counterparts easily -- but GC likely will end up with the larger install base in the end.