It's because the vast majority of Wii U owners are the core multigenerational fans of Nintendo consoles. On Wii those fans got lost in the casual noise. If you actually think about the demographics of the owners of Wii vs Wii U it's not at all surprising that 3rd party "mature" games will sell relatively better on Wii U compared to Wii.

However there's also the sad fact that Wii U's highest selling 3rd party game has sold less than 600K. Whereas PS4 already has a 3rd party game at >1 million and it has a total of 4 3rd party games over 600K. With less than a month on market. Xb one has 2 3rd party games over 600K.

When you get around to being able to compare 3rd party performance by the time Xb one and PS4 each get to 4.5 million in sales the Wii U's 3rd party performance at the same level of sales is going to be embarrassing.

In reality there's actually nothing particularly positive about 3rd party game sales on Wii U.And 3rd parties are already looking at PS4bone game sales and seeing that their bread is going to be buttered on the PS4bone side this gen.

but while the 3rd party games from wii grow in sales year after year, the wii U ones are declining...
JD2014, AC4, CoD:Ghosts, Scriblenaults, Batman, Skylanders, are all selling less than previous year versions...
And we have to consider that we have the double of install base.

Did you even look at the examples I posted? They're no more casual than what you've posted.

Cherry picking at its finest.

Please don't put batman in that list. The game is pure garbage compared to last years.

The rest are good and valid examples.

I agree that u chose horrible examples.

Call of Duty Wii
COD3-2.2m
World at War-1.88m
Modern Warfare-1.48m
Black Ops-1.28m
Modern Warfare 3-.68m

Call of Duty Wii U
Black Ops 2-.21m
Ghosts-.08m

Resident Evil Wii
RE4-2.16m
Umbrella Chronicles-1.5m
Darkside Chronicles-1.0m

Resident Evil Wii U
Revelations-.07m

Sonic Wii
Secret Rings-2.62m
Unleashed-2.01m
Colors-1.51m
Black Knight-.96m
All Stars Racing-1.22m

Sonic Wii U
Lost World-.11m
Racing Transformed-.27m

Need for Speed Wii
Carbo-1.25m
ProStreet-1.06m
Nitro-.75m
Undercover-.57m
Hot Pursuit-.43m
The Run-.23m

Need for Speed Wii U
Most Wanted-.08m

007 Wii
GoldenEye-1.75m
Quantum of Solace-.62m

007 Wii U
Legends-.05m

FIFA Wii
2011-1.05m
2008-1.02m
2010-.97m
2009-.87m
2012-.71m
2013-.57m

FIFA Wii U
2013-.10m

Madden Wii
2008-.86m
2009-.81m
2010-.71m
2011-.69m
2007-.49m
2012-.43m
2013-.41m

Madden Wii U
2013-.05m

Madden Wii U
2013-

I don't know if it means anything, but I've already purchased more 3rd party games for the U than I did for the Wii.

Maybe with Zorg's permission you should put this in the OP to provide a fair and well researched comparison between the performance of third party 'mature' games on Wii and Wii U.

Unless this is a joke thread, in which case well played.

Umm if you count like five random non-casual games on the Wii from 2006, 2010 and other years far into Wii's life, and then you list a whole lot of Wii U games like Just Dance 4 and Your Shape Fitness Evolved it's difficult to even think about comparing them.

I mean that really is cherrypicking. You said your focus was on hardcore titles, and pick some random low selling Wii ports, while the Wii U is allowed to pick fitness games and Just Dance?

the OP literally cherry picked some Wii games, and when Seece called him out on it, some nonsense about oh those only core mature games which their is alot that are missing. And how about do an actual first year sales? Even if the list was accurate which its not that shows me that 3rd parties have to make way more games for Wii U just to match the sales of 3rd party on WIi.