Why do people on this site think Splatoon is going to do so well?

[Nuvendil]

bananaking21 said:

Nuvendil said:

But The Order did not do poorly.  Amazon is a poor indicator of *relative* success (x product doing better than y) but doing well on Amazon is usually a sign of good health in a product.  The question in this thread is whether Splatoon will be a healthy, successful release.  Amazon is still a competent indicator of that.

it did 200k in its first month and 40k in its second. it was an "meh" showing to an "okay" on at best. im not trying to piss on the game or anything, but with the WiiU's current state and the type of game that splatoon is, i just dont see it being a success. 

Well the Order also dropped like an anil on amazon very soon after launch.  The initial rush was pretty good, the subsequent weeks were not.  And I don't claim to make predictions.  I am merely pointing out that current trends are good.  That could change tomorrow, but the initial rush seems good.  As for how this fits the Wii U's install base, I'm not even going to try to predict that; game's too much of a wild card in that regard.