the_dengle on 01 March 2016
| curl-6 said: To be fair, it wouldn't necessarily be sending it out to die. Several Nintendo games have managed to sell very well on Wii U despite the small userbase. The attach ratios are nuts. |
It's true, but the games that have done well have done so with strong legs. Coming at the end of the Wii U's life wouldn't help Zelda in that regard. In a world where NX wasn't launching until Holiday 2017, it could do alright. But hypotheticals are out the window. NX is coming this year, Zelda is on it.
I'd also be willing to bet Zelda has burned through a much larger budget than Mario Kart 8 or Splatoon. The "high attach ratio" consolation prize wouldn't cut it.
