If exclusives sell consoles, how come the Wii U failed? Also, why are few youtubers saying exclusives sell Switchs/PS4s but not Xbox Ones?

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TheBraveGallade said:

Miyamotoo said:

SM3DW, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, Mario Maker, Smash Bros 4, Zelda BotW...are all great and strong potential system seller games, but they all come out on Wii U when console was already dead and considered for fail, Wii U need some of those games on launch and in its first year, similar to Switch.

Pretty much this.

I'd say if either 3d world, mk8, smash 4, or Splatoon  (splatoon that early could have LITERALLY made the ps4 crash and burn inJapann) came out by holiday 2013 it would have done SOOO much better. 

3D World did come out by holiday 2013.  It came out in November 2013.  But that was still too late.  Once the launch window passes Wii U had practically nothing for about 6 months.  The biggest exclusive between January and summer was Lego City Undercover.  There was also an HD version of the Wii's monster hunter game which had its own 3DS version at the same time.  But this wasn't anywhere near enough.