Indeed. That is why there are only three mainline Nintendo systems.

NiKKoM said:

Is he saying, "What you talking you about Wilis?"

U have to consider spinoffs that required expensive bongo controllers sold over 1 million on Gamecube and based on the sales of Mario/Mario Kart/Smash Bros/Zelda/Luigi Mansion/Animal Crossing/Metroid on Gamecube, its a safe bet that a mainline traditional Donkey Kong would have sold over 3 million on that console. Wii U isnt sellong that much worse than Gamecube so there is no reason to believe it wont sell 1 million.

It's true that install base does not matter when you have the BEST QUALITY game but retro is known for good games and not something the public would consider as amazing but if the WII U had Halo 5 as an exclusive, I bet it would have moved atleast 3 million WII Us. Retro studios best game so far has sold around 6 million.

It is GOOD games that sustain momentum but it is the AMAZING games that move the consoles. 

tagged for later crow eating exposure

;)

I was unaware that this thread was about DKC:TF's ability to move Wii U systems. I thought it was about it's ability to move itself, and in that sense, I think it will sell over one million copies. Mainly because I believe that it'll have long legs, like its predecessor.

Go ask yourself these questions then ... 

Did mario galaxy 1 or 2 sell a massive amount of consoles or was it dependent on the existing userbase ? 

Another question that you should ask yourself is did DKC:R sell consoles or did it depend on the existing userbase ? 

Consider the following, the fact that the WII U doesn't have much of a userbase and the fact that almost everything is guaranteed to flop aside from MK8, SMB4, as well as a few other maybe.  

The only way for the game to move itself is that it will also likely have to move the consoles as well in the WII Us current situation.

I think it will sell over 1 million units in 2014 alone.

Will easily break a Million. This shouldnt even be a question.