Hum, whats that you say? People are altering their perception of reality to cover up a system that isn't selling well? I'm pretty sure this reminds me of something....

What OP hasn't considered is specs can sell systems e.g. bluray drive. A lot of people are happy to wait a bit if the console shows promise. Sadly when we compare the Wii U to the PS4 demos, the Wii U really is offering a lot less potential. 

When did my Nintendo software topic turn into a WiiU topic?

You guys just wish your beloved franchises had Mario legs.

Their consoles are marketed as Mario playing machines.

Because of the nostalgia. I mean, who don't remember the first Wii Fit or the first Wii Sports released so many years ago?

That's why.

If you don't think Forbes is a serious source, you clearly don't understand buisness. Go work your ad hominems somewhere else. 

How'd Halo 3/each Halo game do in terms of sales?

The fact you just write off Forbes as a source shows that you really shouldn't be discussing buisness ;)

How much less? The saying is "I couldn't care less" otherwise are you saying that on a scale of 1 - 10, 1 being not caring at all, 10 being human extinction, you care on a 9? Or a 4? Maybe 7?

I'm saying that you cherry picked poor performing games on the PS3 to compare to Nintendo game sales. Just replace one with Halo 3 and another with God of War 3 for a fair comparison. 

Because I think calling a console by it's development name is rediculous (something shown by the fact is hasn't been done since) I shouldn't be a gamer? How'd you work that one out? Please explain your logic in that argument. 

Either way, it's known that Nintendo games have legs because the time between sequels is much, much longer. CoD comes out each year, the same cannot be said about a 2d/3d Mario .

The PS3 was pretty much the cheapest blu-ray drive when it first released considering most blu-ray players were near $1,000.  Also, most of those old blu-ray players have compatibility issues. 

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2008/02/samsung-sued-over-defective-first-gen-blu-ray-players/

So basically the PS3 was the best blu-ray player at the time and it played games.

I don't know about the rest of this thread, but I'm still trying to figure out why that other poster got banned and this one didn't even get moderated.  I guess absurd gross generalizations about one particular fanbase are off-limit but the others aren't?  That's interesting.

Well if you're going to dismiss sources for literally no reason, I'm going to end this conversation as clearly you don't want to actually have a mature, logical debate. 

If you want to debate why you should call a console by the dev name, take it to PM'ing as you are now just going off-topic.

You said the Nintendo franchises are loved by the masses. I said if that was the case, surely the Wii U would have sold more. In other words, Nintendo franchises are not loved by the masses, evident by the low Wii U sales. 

What's with some of those *known* anti-Nintendo people coming into practically every single Nintendo thread and derailing the whole thing with stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the thread's subject, at all? Geez stop the silliness and get over it, everyone knows you guys don't like Nintendo one bit, so stop spamming Nintendo threads. -_-

Anyway, OP, I would assume because they simply appeal to a much wider audience than most of the typical 'core' games which are very front-loaded. Good gameplay is good forever, which is basically what those evergreen titles focus on. Good graphics go bad really fast, and increasingly so. So if your game doesn't have a whole lot else to distinguish itself beside pretty visuals, it will stop selling pretty soon.