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ZhugeEX on 03 June 2016
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160rmf said:
ZhugeEX said:

 

That didn't stop Splatoon, a new IP that no one thought would have any impact, selling over 4 million units and becoming an absolute hit game for the company. 

Nor did it stop remakes of The Legend of Zelda selling millions of units. 

 

First Party software sales of other games have proved that there is demand for Nintendo software on the system and games like Mario Kart 8 have sold over 7 million units on an install base of under 13 million. 

But Splatoon had a huge marketing campaign and Mario Kart and Zelda are Nintendo's major IPs

 

You're not exactly disproving anything though. The original point used Wii U's install base as a reason as to why the game didn't sell but it's not really a valid reason when nearly 15 first party Nintendo titles on Wii U have sold over 1 million units. 

 

The fact is that this game had 2 years + worth of development time, external support from Platinum, R&D regarding Wii U Gamepad, over 130 people working on the game, additional localisation needed + all the other costs and overheads that are associated with Video Game development and so when you work out the estimated costs + factor in marketing (what there was of it) then it's clear that 500k won't cut it.