| Dyotropic said: I wonder if at some point during the failure the is the wii u, nintendo internally thought about releasing games on pc to allow the games to reach a larger audience. |
This implies that they would have taken the 3rd party route, which is false since they released a new console.
I think Nintendo going third party has never been an option internally, and that would need failure consoles through three generations or more to become a path discussion for them.
WiiU had great games, but the console in its self wasn't appealing and wasn't practical at all while playing, giving a lot of gimmically annoying experience.
Pikmin didn't get the chance to have mainline releases on successful consoles thus making it hard to judge its impact and its popularity. That's why 1.5 million sales (average) for each entry should have been considered as a success by Nintendo. But that wasn't the case.
Pikmin3D might be judged as a new mainline entry since (almost) no one bought the WiiU, making the game accessible for bigger audience that recently discovered the game in particular and the franchise in general. (the demo was a really good marketing move).
