Koei Tecmo confirms Hyrule Warriors has shipped 1m copies

[Mr Puggsly]

curl-6 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Granted, being late or somehow gimped is gonna hinder SOME potential sales. However, those same games would flop even with a little more polish.

Batman: AO released for Wii U on time with other versions and was even getting DLC. But it flopped so they didn't bother with the DLC. Injustice came to Wii U at the same time as other platforms but only sold 140K. Hence, these games are doing so shitty you can't just blame the 3rd parties. The Wii U audience simply doesn't want those games.

Meanwhile multiplat games like Rayman, Sonic Transformed, and Just Dance are doing okay. Certainly better than multiplat core games. So lets admit the obvious, the Wii U audience doesn't want core games unless they're exclusive because that forces core gamers to play them on Wii U.

I'm not placing all blame on third parties, I'm saying they share the blame.

As for Batman AO, it had the multiplayer removed and was a godawful port with a laundry list of technical problems. And I think our definitions of "core" differ, cos how is Rayman not a core game? 

The only thing you can really blame 3rd parties for is not making the games Wii U owners want. But is it their job to cater to the Wii U audience? No, that isn't necessary when the Xbox and Playstation audience will buy their games instead. 3rd parties aren't beholden to the Wii U audinece.

I get the impression you feel a less polished port is by default a "godawful port." I don't think I can get behind that. I've played numerous games on 360 that were more polished on PS3. But I didn't consider them bad ports.

I don't consider the Rayman series core games and I feel its aimed at more casual audiences. With that said, its no surprise it did pretty well on Wii U.