WiiU 1st party Holiday 2014 vs 2015

[midrange]

Skullwaker said:

midrange said:
It's all about quality and not quantity. Bayo 2 and smash both got over 90 on metacritic. The only one that may be able to do that is mario maker.

Given the graphics and development time for starfox, it seems clear that that game will sell mainly on nostalgia.
FFV and Xeno X are both niche japanese game and I doubt they will sell a lot (xeno x may be big if it gets great marketing though). Yoshi and Mario tennis will sell moderately well, but they are both clearly small spin off series compared to smash. Animal crossing is also a free title, so how will you measure the "sales" of that?

Ultimately mario maker is the only "big" title of that list. Having zelda would have mitigated this issue, but it didn't have to be zelda, it could have been metroid or a new IP

I also don't know why you are limiting it to holiday 2014 to 2015. Adding in mario kart 8 and Donkey kong tropical freeze clealy blows away this year's releases

In this case, it's not all about quality though. Bayonetta 2 was one of the highest scoring games last year, but it didn't sell fantastically and it didn't really move systems at all. Star Fox and Xenoblade will almost certainly do more, despite scoring less, and that's due to marketing/nostalgia.

Animal Crossing is getting a retail release that's bundled with amiibo figures and cards, so I'm fairly certain that will be tracked.

And your last point is just an opinion.

Bayo 2 did not sell a lot, but it has done a lot more in stirring controversy and getting people to buy a wii u just for bayo 2. That is clearly not going to happen with the other 2 games you mentioned since the audience for xeno x and star fox probably already have a wii u.

Animal crossing will be tracked, but it is still a free to play budget game whose quality does not compare to last years game.

Yes my last point was an opinion. I do think it is valid, however to compare the full years list rather than the holiday lists