curl-6 said:
Mario Kart did generate extended momentum. We're more than 3 months in and it is still comfortably above its old baseline, even with the console too expensive for the majority of MK's target audience. It's already competitive with Xbone in weekly sales, and still ahead of it in total sales. |
59k two months post-Mario Kart is not "momentum". That's called sh*tty sales.
Just because it was even worse last year doesn't make that number any better.
The Gamecube never sold under 60k/month until like 2005 when Nintendo was winding it down.
But it just goes to show my point -- what we consider a "decent/good" month for the Wii U ("momentum") would've been seen as a terrible month even for the GameCube. Which tells you a lot. Lowered expectations galore. Believe me there's no one at Nintendo's HQ in Japan that's happy with those sales.