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Metallox on 01 March 2014
Pavolink said:
And people keep claiming Wii U will be "supported" 4-5 years more.
2016 at latest the new console.

Yeah, but I'd say 2017 at the very least. It's really a shame since there are many good third party games out there on Wii U.



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IsawYoshi on 01 March 2014

Is Rare's games included as 3rd party, or are they concidered 1st party? Because their games sold quite a bit in the N64 era, with Goldeneye, Banjo etc. I'm going to assume that it is included as 3rd party, but they make a difference if they aren't.



justiceiro on 01 March 2014


But in all seriouness, are you sure that all those games sold 1 mil in the first 2 years? Where you got that data?

And rigth now, wiiu has a better attach rate than 3DS.



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MoHasanie on 01 March 2014

Wow, that's really bad but almost every third party game sells badly on the WiiU so its not surprising.



    

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game_on on 01 March 2014

Monter Hunter 3 Ultimate is also close to half a million. And it's published by Capcom, even though vgchartz keeps insisting it's a Nintendo game.



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Salnax on 01 March 2014
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episteme on 01 March 2014

The million seller comparison is a little bit unfair, not all of them were million sellers within 15 months after N64's/GC's/Wii's launch.

But yes, not many of the already released Wii U third party titles will be million sellers in the future.



mjo011 on 01 March 2014

The N64 received a good selection of exclusive 3rd party software throughout its lifespan. Acclaim, Midway, LucasArts, THQ and EA provided lots of games, but sadly Japanese developers just didn't care.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Nintendo_64_games



DucksUnlimited on 01 March 2014
justiceiro said:

But in all seriouness, are you sure that all those games sold 1 mil in the first 2 years? Where you got that data?

And rigth now, wiiu has a better attach rate than 3DS.

I would hope so. Handhelds always have very poor attach rates in comparison to home consoles.



mjo011 on 01 March 2014
DucksUnlimited said:
justiceiro said:

But in all seriouness, are you sure that all those games sold 1 mil in the first 2 years? Where you got that data?

And rigth now, wiiu has a better attach rate than 3DS.

I would hope so. Handhelds always have very poor attach rates in comparison to home consoles.


I read on IGN that the 3DS has the lowest attach rate of all Nintendo handhelds, while the Wii U has one of the highest of their home consoles. I don't have the link though.