So, Mario Kart 8 moved consoles despite Wii U design

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osed125 on 05 June 2014

Pavolink being positive about something is like Patcher saying good things about Nintendo

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Pavolink being positive for once?!

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Nirvana_Nut85 on 05 June 2014

ICStats said:
Let's see the legs on new console sales.

So far it seems the MK8 boost is a bit lower than Titanfall had on XB1, and we all know what happened to XB1 sales after that.

How is it lower? The XB1 han an increase of 115% the week Titanfall was released while MK8 was over 500%. XB1 WW sales for that week were 153k vs Wii U's 187k. Is there something we are all missing?

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41714/Global/

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Norris2k said:

spemanig said:

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Most definitely. Both gliding and limited anti-gravity would not have been possible on the Wii due to HW-constraints.

Next gen, we will get full anti-gravity, not limited one. Of course, the PS4 would already be able to do full anti-gravity, but then again the system is not designed to output high-quality cartooney visuals (different processor architecture, too advanced floating comma calculations and such), hence Mario Kart per se would not be possible.

In term of architecture (cpu, gpu, memory, etc.) PS4 is totally different from PS3, and still any game that can be done on PS3 can be done for sure on PS4. That's a question of power and hardware feature, and as far as I know there is nothing like a "high quality cartooney visual" specific hardware on the Wii U, but there is a massive advantage of power and feature for the PS4. Simply told, it's 3D calculation, polygons, textures, effects, and what the Wii U can do can be done on the PS4.

And it's not telling a bad thing, because it shows that Nintendo is doing a great job, provide a hardware good enough for it, and have a specific style that is unseen in other studios and platforms.

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Cleary397 on 05 June 2014

Im 100% certain that if X has a good showing at E3 a lot of hype will begin to grow for WiiU.

Especially with the Smash bros tournament and a possible showing of Zelda.
WiiU is going to have a very good E3

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spemanig said:

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Or, you know, there were just 187k MK fans in the world who haven't bought a Wii U yet and after that it will plummit again.

MK's system seller status does not prove that any other game on WiiU will do the same.

Yes, it does. Mario Kart 8 is the first major game on the system that people have actually been asking for, and it sold accordingly. No one saw the Wii U in 2011 and thought "I can't wait to play DKC, SM3DL HD, Pikmin 3, and a remake of Wind Waker on it." They thought, "I can't wait for the new Mario Kart, Smash, Zelda, 3D Mario, Metroid, Star Fox, and Pokemon on it." Software sells hardware, but up until now Nintendo hadn't put up any hardware-selling software.

Poeple said the same about DK and SM3DW. Both games that are sequels to extremely popular(at least from a sales perspective) games. They both failed to move a significant amount of consoles. Now Mario Kart comes along and is a big hit. Looks like people are very quick to point out that those other games weren't really system sellers even though they were hailed as such.

I predict that neither Smash nor Zelda will come close to MK8 sales. Bayonetta and X will be even lower. Metroid and Starfox are only big on the Internet.

MK8's sales are the result of great pedigree, widespread appeal to all demographics and competent marketing. I'd like to see someone repeat that holy trinity.

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vivster said:

Poeple said the same about DK and SM3DW. Both games that are sequels to extremely popular(at least from a sales perspective) games. They both failed to move a significant amount of consoles. Now Mario Kart comes along and is a big hit. Looks like people are very quick to point out that those other games weren't really system sellers even though they were hailed as such.

I predict that neither Smash nor Zelda will come close to MK8 sales. Bayonetta and X will be even lower. Metroid and Starfox are only big on the Internet.

MK8's sales are the result of great pedigree, widespread appeal to all demographics and competent marketing. I'd like to see someone repeat that holy trinity.

Those people were wrong. They failed move signifigant numbers for the reasons I stated. Mario Kart 8 moved consoles for the reasons I stated. They were hailed incorrectly.

I predict that you'll be harshly wrong on both counts. Mario Kart is bigger than both, but both will boost the Wii U's sales more than any other game before it. Bayonetta and X will obviously be lower. They're much more niche games. Metroid and Star Fox will do just as well if they're designed accordingly. Design a big game for the console, and people will buy the console for big games. No 2D Metroid in HD and no Star Fox 64 HD for $60.