Woolly World on track to outsell Tropical Freeze

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curl-6 said:

midrange said:

curl-6 said:

Not a single Skylanders game on Wii U has sold as much as Monster Hunter Tri or Pikmin 3 so far. If kids were a majority on Wii U, they'd be eclipsing these kind of games. But they don't, because the average Wii U owner is a 20-something or 30-something Nintendo fan.

If skylanders wasn't a yearly third party release (instead releasing just one title that doesn't compete with itself), I bet it would cross the million mark by now.

But ok, let's instead take splatoon. The market for that is without a doubt for kids. Can't be for Nintendo fans since it is a new ip. This is the kind of games that kids want, and sales show it.

Actually, I would contend that Splatoon is not designed specifically for kids; it is accessible to kids, but pitched at a broad audience, including both kids and adults. Being a new IP doesn't mean it lacks appeal to Nintendo fans; it's competitive side for instance ropes in some of the Smash crowd. Contrary to stereotypes, Nintendo fans do not buy based solely on nostalgia, and colourful light-hearted games can appeal to adults.

If one were to survey Splatoon's player base, I'm fairly certain preteens would be a minority.

I would argue that splatoon is definitely made with kids in mind, but at that point we'd be in an endless argument since neither truly knows.

As for the Wii u base buying colorful lighthearted games, I would have agreed if games like Rayman legends and wonderful 101 had done better (we both know they deserved better)