Global Weekly, 29th April 2017 - Hardware

[Qwark]

tak13 said:

Qwark said:

Did they forget the WII U sold like crap. Plenty of Switch owners never played on the Wii U unlike many PS4 owners that did own a PS3. Pretty much every Wii port will do well on Switch because the originas wheren't played by many. 

Wrong verbiage!

 

8.31m Mario kart 8 owners aren't few...

So, weren't played by as much as people it would have been played if wii u had  sold way more...

Mario Kart is a series which can easily do double or even four times as much as 8.31 million units. If the Switch manages to sell at PS4 levels for at leaSt four years a Mario Kart title will at least sell 20 million units. So even though 8 million itself isn't few for a Mario Kart it kinda is. If a GTA title would only sell 8 million units on a PS console the same installment will undoubtedly have more impact on the next gen. If we look at attachment rate Mario Kart 8 had over 50% on WII U. By March 2018 the Switch will already surpass the total Wii U userbase. Mario Kart 8 will probably sell as good as a regular Mario Kart title since it will be a new title for a huge part of the userbase of the Switch which didn't have a Wii U. The PS4 is largely bought by people who already owned a PS3 so ports won't have as much of an impact as Wii U ports will have for Switch.