Switch overtakes total PS4 sales in Japan, in less than half the time

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RedKingXIII said:

linkink said:

It  had mario 3d world, zelda wind waker remaster, and New super luigi. It doesn't matter if you think it's a ok 2D mario, it was the sequel to one the best selling games ever in japan. 

New Super Mario Bros. U - December 8, 2012
New Super Luigi U - July 13, 2013
Wind Waker HD - September 26, 2013
Super Mario 3D World - November 21, 2013

If your next big game is coming 5 months after your console released, that's just bad. This was a problem during the entire life cycle of Wii U, months of software droughts. Even if it was a interesting hardware (for Japan, at least), and even if it had good software, that doesn't matter if they are released months apart of each other, killing any momentum that Wii U needed to have to succeed.

It didn't fail in Japan for being a home console - it failed because of terrible software droughts. Just like it did everywhere.

There were other big games, tons of western thirdparty support. AC3, batman, rayman COD, and many others. it's not anywhere as bad as people make it out to be, switch has gone through droughts as well, after splatoon in april it didn't have a big game till 5 months later.

Wii U would have failed regardless even if it had something similar to the switch lineup. 

Last edited by linkink - on 01 June 2019