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spurgeonryan said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Well, considering how late it is... its basically destined to fail


A million would turn heads though. Maybe the big games would start coming then, since those have a better chance to succeed.

That's not even remotely possible though. The game will be on pretty much every gaming platform that there is and furthermore either available earlier, with better graphics or both.

The best selling WiiU third party game is at ~700k (with bundles)
The best selling multiplat game that is also on WiiU is at ~300k (and that is Disney Infinity)




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Nintentacle said:
Zombi U was probably the game that determined the fate of 3rd Party support. If that sold a lot more, Wii U probably would've gotten Crysis 3 and GTA V.

Not really. For such a kind of game, even if it was bundled, it didn't do so badly. It was the combined results of AC3, ME3, CoD Black Ops 2, Just Dance 4, Batman Arkham City etc. that made them realize that these kind of games just do any numbers that would warrant their time.



spurgeonryan said:

If it does really well it will prove there is a place for third parties on the Wii U and they should even continue to try.

But if it fails I think third parties are gone for good. Agree?

 

To me, a fail would be anything below a million in sales for it. Assuming critics love it.


Well that is wrong.

The issue is that the wiiU has sold sod all units and deving for it is expensive. That is what has killed 3rd party support.



I expect that Activision, Warnes Bros, Disney Interactive, Sega and Namco Bandai will still be making/porting games for the Wii U. So no, Watch Dogs is not the last change for third parties in my opinion.



Is sonic boom third party? I think that will sell well



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At this point i dont even know, but i doubt watchdogs would be the final determinant or 3rd party support(maybe influencial a little). Unfortunately at this point in time it should already be clear that whoever buys the wiiU is buying it for their 1st party titles while PS4/X1 are for the multiplats



Watchdogs Wii U is already cancelled. Ubi will give it a silent death one month after the launch of the other versions.

At this point, any real 3rd party support is and will stay dead for the Wii U.

The real question is now: "Will Nintendo even give us decent first party support?'



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Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Watchdogs Wii U is already cancelled. Ubi will give it a silent death one month after the launch of the other versions.

At this point, any real 3rd party support is and will stay dead for the Wii U.

The real question is now: "Will Nintendo even give us decent first party support?'


Imo the first party support for.the wiiu is pretty.decent. Isnt fair.to expect 1 game per month



RealGamingExpert said:
Im pretty sure it wont sell much. Ubisoft is hurting it with delaying it to fall or even later.
The only third party that sold well was Lego City Undercover and that was also an exclusive game.
I think we wont get much third party support from now on, maybe one game once in a while but nothing too crazy.


Lego City Undercover was developed by TT Fusion under the supervision of Nintendo. The group was in contact with the developers and sent regular feedback, but did not intervene directly in the development. Specifically, producers and staff of the Department Nintendo Software Planning & Development (SPD) were involved. In addition, Nintendo localized the game and published it, that means that this is a first party game of Nintendo.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Well, considering how late it is... its basically destined to fail


Thats the plan  so its basically a success in failing.