zorg1000 on 17 December 2015
| fireburn95 said: Nintendo developed and published games with good marketing sell good. Also gotta consider many wii u gamers were starved for games and splatoon came out as a well-reviewed game. I reckon if wii u actually had a few third parties developing then something like splatoon would've got buried (1 mill or so) by nintendos standards, but 2.75 mill isn't too crazy |
Even on consoles that did get solid 3rd party support, Nintendo developed/published games always stole the show so I highly doubt the presence of 3rd parties on Wii U would somehow negatively affect Splatoon sales.
The gamers were starved argument doesnt hold much weight either since games like Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD, Tropical Freeze, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Captain Toad, Rainbow Curse all sold much lower. The only games that have sold better on Wii U are 2 Mario platformers, Mario Kart, Smash Bros and the heavily bundled Nintendo Land.
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