Analyst: "Nintendo is in much better shape than you think."

[Zoombael]

AlfredoTurkey said:

Zoombael said:

"It's still the same old problem. Sony games don't sell on Sony systems, but first party software is where the big money comes from. For example, Splatoon outsold The Order 1886 and Bloodborne combined in a matter of months despite the Wii U having only one third of the installed base of the PS4. My advice for Sony is to develop games for Nintendo platforms because their users have historically been very receptive for high quality first party software. It's a strategy that is already working for Microsoft, so Sony should follow suit. What's especially sad on PlayStation is that gamers routinely pick Ubisoft games over Sony titles, and people don't even like Ubisoft."

 

Funny analcysts.

And The Last of Us sold twice as much as Splatoon (First Party). And Bloodborne sold twice as much as Bayonetta 2... and... uh... 50 times as much as Devil's third (Third Party).

 

"*NTH (Now that's hardcore) is a fictive market research firm that collects its data primarily from internet message boards."

OK. A link still should be mandatory.

Splatoon and The Last of Us on PS4 are both at 4 million. Mario Kart 8 is outselling it handedly. Splatoon is outselling Bloodborne 2 to 1. 

PS3 + PS4 10 million in whole.

The assumption reads as follows..

"It's still the same old problem. Sony games don't sell on Sony systems, but first party software is where the big money comes from."

Furthermore, it is Nintendo games that sell Nintendo hardware and not having much 3rd party competition (including no 3rd bundurus: but Nintendo games bundurus in abundance) is benefiting sales of Nintendo games. In case of Playstation it is first AND third party selling the systems, with bundles for pretty much every major title. There wouldn't be significantly more copies sold if the Wii U had support by 3rds and bigger hardware base. Or are you seriously assuming that, if Wii U sales would knock at the 100 mil mark and had the same amount of third party games as Sonys Playstation has, Splatoon would have sold 10 times as much?

Yeah, and Bloodborne is outselling Devils Third 50:1. Wait... didn't i mention this already? You must have overlooked that one.

And what about Bayonetta? Bayonetta 2. Sold 0.9m on an install base of barely 8m Wii Us. Where as the First Bayonetta sold .9m on an install base of ca. 38m 360s. What is this telling us? Naive superficial assessments fail to paint the whole picture. As ever.