JNK said:
How much consoles did sell bayonetta 2? How much ZombiU? How much will probl XBX sell?
And how much consoles sold mario kart 8? How much consoles sold Smash? Even Mario Party increased console sales more then bayo2 did.
Even Splatoon got more preorders in japan as Xenoblade. Im pretty sure that XBX as an Pokemon IP with only little changes could save the complete console and give wii u in incredible boost. It already happens in the past, check the gameboy sales.
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Actually, you mere have to look at the some of the successes on the N64 to show gergroy is right. Games like Goldeneye 007 which went on to sell over 8 million and build the console FPS market. WCW vs NWO: World Tour lead to numerous well received sequels and for a brief time revatilized the video game wrestling market and its publisher THQ.
Heck look outside of Nintendo, there weren't too many games like Metal Gear being commisioned before Metal Gear Solid. Or look at how Demons' Souls change the market and introduced more hardcore and difficult gaming to console players. Even Bioware's middling initial success with console RPGs paved the way for successes like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls Skyrim and others.
In the business world you must take calculated gambles in order to make any progress. Xenoblade Chronicles X may have sold a massive amount more copies... or it could have been another Pokemon Colliseum/XD and sold above average but do nothing for the console itself. Sticking a successful label will get you some sales but it isn't a guarentee to save the console.
