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NightDragon83 said:

Well Nintendo Land is a pack in so it doesn't count... but the other two I agree... and that's just sad, not funny.

Nintendo Land is not yet confirmed to be a pack-in, though it most likely will be. But it's just as sad that Black Ops II will outsell Pikmin 3.



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richardhutnik said:
green_sky said:
richardhutnik said:
green_sky said:
Will outsell Mass Effect 3. The most exiting third party title on Wii U!

Is there any third-party title on any console that is bigger than anything Call of Duty related?

Angry Birds

Consoles.  Angry Birds is a portable brand.  It is one of the biggest brands out there, but it is for portables, not home consoles.

Why you take all these semantics so seriously. I was just poking fun at EA CEO as he claimed ME3 to be the most exiting or big third party game coming for Wii U. That's it. Nothing more :)



green_sky said:
richardhutnik said:
green_sky said:
richardhutnik said:
green_sky said:
Will outsell Mass Effect 3. The most exiting third party title on Wii U!

Is there any third-party title on any console that is bigger than anything Call of Duty related?

Angry Birds

Consoles.  Angry Birds is a portable brand.  It is one of the biggest brands out there, but it is for portables, not home consoles.

Why you take all these semantics so seriously. I was just poking fun at EA CEO as he claimed ME3 to be the most exiting or big third party game coming for Wii U. That's it. Nothing more :)

Only did it, because Angry Birds, on all platforms, is arguably bigger than Call of Duty.  That was the only reason why I did there.

As for the other part of what you said, Black Ops 2 showing up does make the EA CEO look like he is missing it by... that much.



KylieDog said:
richardhutnik said:

Consider this as a strategy by Nintendo:

Nintendo was trying to make it clear the big differential it has between itself and Microsoft and Sony.

By showing a Batman games millions of people already played...

Differentiator for Nintendo, particularly if they are trying to get third-party support is NOT in the software, it is in the hardware and what it can do.  And yes, by showing Batman adapted to the features of the second screen, it can show how it differentiates itself from Microsoft and Sony, while being able to also get the third-party titles it had on the system.  Showing a highly rated title like Batman, enabled them to do that.

As I believe I also added, if they went and showed Black Ops 2, or announced it, they would hint at a release date for the system.  They wanted neither date nor price to get get out now.



so call of duty will get more undeserved sales.



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finalrpgfantasy said:
so call of duty will get more undeserved sales.

Since when are sales undeserved if a product does what people want?  Apparently people have an interest in Call of Duty, which is why it sells.  I am about as non-mainstream as you can get with gaming, and I still end up getting Call of Duty titles, because it does things that round out the library of games.  WIll see how much Black Ops 2 does this year, to see if I jump on it.  If it goes for replayability and adds elements of real-time strategy to it, then I am up for it. 



richardhutnik said:
finalrpgfantasy said:
so call of duty will get more undeserved sales.

Since when are sales undeserved if a product does what people want?  Apparently people have an interest in Call of Duty, which is why it sells.  I am about as non-mainstream as you can get with gaming, and I still end up getting Call of Duty titles, because it does things that round out the library of games.  WIll see how much Black Ops 2 does this year, to see if I jump on it.  If it goes for replayability and adds elements of real-time strategy to it, then I am up for it. 

No point in trying to argue or make sense. COD bashing is what is mainstream now. I agree with you, BO2 is looking great with all the overhauls they have done to change SP, MP and Zombies. I'm looking forward most to the latter two.

I have got to wonder if COD will be using the Wii U controller in new and unique ways. It could be pretty cool if you could change your loadout on the fly in game with the controller. Maybe have the mini map on the controller blown out, so its a lot nicer to spot people. Either way, I don't think COD is THE reason to buy Wii U for, but it should be something that should encourage people to buy it IF they are considering to buy it anyway.



 

JEMC said:
Salnax said:
Great news! Now the Wii U has something like half a dozen major sellers at launch! NSMBU, Wii U Fit, Nintendo Land, Assassin's Creed 3, Just Dance 4, and this could each sell 5 million or more.

What?!

Mario, WiiU Fit and Nintendo Land will probably sell not only that but twice that amount or more, but the third party titles don't have a chance.

You do know that Just Dance 2 and 3 (on Wii) have both broken 9 million, right? And that Just Dance 3 is likely to make it to 10 million, making it only the 15th game not made by Nintendo to reach that milestone on a single platform? (other non-Nintendo games to make that milestone include three Grand Theft Autos, three Gran Turismos, five Call of Duties, Kinect Adventures, Halo 3, and The Sims for PC)

Assassin's Creed, on the other hand, has only ever sold 5 million copies on one platform once, and that was the original AC on Xbox 360. While it is certainly possible for ACIII to sell more than 5 million on Wii U, I wouldn't count on it, if only because it'll have to share with 360 and PS3 - I can see it managing maybe 4 million, if lucky.

Having said that, I could see Lego City Undercover making 5 million, as it seems to bring together Lego and GTA, to a degree. Dragon Quest X also has a reasonable chance, especially if released in the west (I'm thinking 4.5 million in Japan, another million in the west). And ZombiU, based on what we've seen, has real potential.



meh
i wouldnt be surprised



richardhutnik said:
finalrpgfantasy said:
so call of duty will get more undeserved sales.

Since when are sales undeserved if a product does what people want?  Apparently people have an interest in Call of Duty, which is why it sells.  I am about as non-mainstream as you can get with gaming, and I still end up getting Call of Duty titles, because it does things that round out the library of games.  WIll see how much Black Ops 2 does this year, to see if I jump on it.  If it goes for replayability and adds elements of real-time strategy to it, then I am up for it. 

What I meant is that while the Call of duty sells a lot, there are excellent games that are considered masterpiece that struggle to sell a fraction of what Call of Duty sells.  Don't get me wrong, I love to play Call of Duty, I've been playing the series since Call of Duty 2, but there're games that deserves more sales than COD.