Fusioncode said: The Gamecube also had a great lineup, that doesn't mean the system will be a huge seller. |
Some of their franchises are more popular now than they were back then. Double Dash "only" sold 6.95m while the Wii one sold 33.49m (sure it was bundled but even if it wan't it's still incredibly big). 3D Mario has also become more popular since both Galaxy games have sold more units than sunshine. There's also the "Wii" series (Wii sports, Wii party, etc), which are extremely popular.
We can also use the 3DS games sales (MK7 and Mario 3D Land) which shows how popular those 2 franchises are.
So when people are trying to compare the GC with the Wii U there are some titles that simple do not make sense to compare because some franchises are waaay more popular than they were back in the GC days.