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Nuvendil on 30 June 2016
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DonFerrari said:
Nuvendil said:

Is it that hard to grasp the idea that heavy-hitter titles being there at launch helps provide assurance for what's ahead?  And a game being crossgen doesn't necessarily have much impact when 1) the console it is crossgen with is a spectacular sales failure with less than 15 millions sold, 2) the title is launched simultaneously on both, and 3) the title is of sifnicant quality or singicance.  Twilight Princess was a major factor in Wii hype despite being announced for and coming to the GameCube.  And as I already said, Zelda alone won't do it but Zelda is as strong a flagship for a launch as any. 

Patcher is claiming Zelda is going to move, so it's based on Zelda, not on the promisse of potential or future.

And I can be wrong, but crossgen SW wasn't at any time or console a incentive to go to the next gen, even more if the next gen isn't head and shoulder ahead.

 

So yes, it's hard to grasp NX outselling the WiiU LTD in one year because of Zelda.

Oh I wasn't referring to Pachter's numbers which are crazy predictions for a system we haven't seen.  I was saying that Zelda is a good centerpiece as centerpieces go and can certainly help the console get off to a very good start, assuming that the surrounding titles for the launch and first year are good.  And I suppose what I am trying to get across is that *at launch* - not at any other period, but *at launch* - the consoles a title moves=/=people buying the system for that game.  It's about generating excitement and confidence in the platform.  More than in any other point in a console's lifecycle, exclusives at launch are tools.  Using them correctly via advertising and bundling, they can have an impact disproportionate to their usual sales.  

Also cross gen titles can move consoles.  Shoot, it happened this gen multiple times and most of those crossgen games came out years later.  The gap just needs to be noticeable and the promotion needs to be focused on the new gen version, not the old gen version.