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curl-6 on 20 December 2015
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Miyamotoo said:
curl-6 said:

Those attach rates have still not stopped games on Wii U selling less than on their Wii versions. Mario 3D World still sold less than Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros 4 still sold less than Brawl. And if Zelda U is on NX, its Wii U sales will suffer still further, much like with TP on Gamecube.

And even if NX ends up being a handheld/console fusion, that is no guarantee at all it will sell Wii numbers. Nintendo home console + handheld sales this gen are at 67 million, far less than the Wii. 

But here's the kicker; both are in massive decline. Wii U will be an 85% sales decrease from Wii, 3DS about a 50% sales decrease from DS. This trend will likely continue into the next generation, so NX will probably sell considerably less than 3DS + Wii U.

You said Wii U will have smaller instal base than GC!? Why comparing sales of Wii game with Wii U!? Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8 will have have far beter atach rate than Mario Sunshine and Double Dash, aslo Smash Bros 4 have better atach rate than Brawl. I think same will be for Zelda U, it will have better attach rate than TP on GC, relly dont that Zelda U will sell in less than 1m even with NX port.

Of Course there is no guarantee that handheld/console fusion will have Wii numbers, but there no guarantee that will have smaller numbers. Nintendo home console + handheld sales were on 65m on 30. September, so LT numbers for them will definatly will be 80m+.

I dont agree, Nintendo made so many mistakes with Wii U and thats why WIi U is selling so terrible, they will definitely correct most of those mistakes and NX platform will probably be much more attractive than Wii U with gamepad, so NX home console will definitely sell much better than Wii U (realistically that wouldn't be hard at all). About NX handheld sales, I expecting similar numbers to 3DS, maybe little smaller but not to much. So I really don't see that NX home and handheld will small less than 3DS + Wii U combined.

Nintendo show little to no signs of having learned their lessons though. To this day, they still stubbornly refuse to meet the needs of the mainstream gaming crowd. I see no evidence that this will change significantly with NX.

All things considered, Zelda U will most likely be another moderately successful entry in the series like Wind Waker or Skyward Sword, rather than a smash hit like Twilight Princess or Ocarina.