Seece said:
I don't even .... Devils Third? Xenoblade? They're as niche as niche gets, they're not going to sell systems. Look at Mario Kart. Sales are up but they're still low, why would you think those games will do anything to push hardware? |
REALLY tempted to troll you and say 'name those multiplats' and then call them niche. - Not going to, just really tempted to troll you because I just saw a new The Young Turks video about it moments ago.
But lets get serious and start by discussing some of the titles you highlighted as niche, Fire-Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei? Independantly perhaps (though Fire-Emblem just had a massive reputation boost) but its a crossover that will likely draw in two extremely passionate fanbases.
Its also important to realize that Xenoblade Chronicles X will be a lot less niche after the original relaunches with The NEW 3DS. For obvious reasons.
Splatoon OR Devil's Third feel like they're likely to sell well because of the people behind them. Nintendo EAD or Tomonobu Itagaki, you just know one of those is gonna practically reinvent the wheel as far as shooters are concerned. My money is on Splatoon but Itagaki is probably more likely to deliver what the industry these days wants, but only one needs to do awesome (despite me wanting both to be from a gaming perspective) for competitive shooting fans to take notice, and given that we already have Smash and a strongly competitive play capable Mario Kart on Wii-U. - Actually given the probablity of the Wii-U effectively building up that scene very effectively I really should have pointed out the neigh inevitable Wii-U release of Pokken.
As for Zelda being the only one that will sell well, I can't imagine a good Star Fox or Metroid going without love. Fatal Frame also has a Hollywood movie in the works so that is definitely gonna get it an extra bit of interest, not to mention the cumulative effects on its relevance of its western fans probably being desperate to have the series again.
Not saying the WIi-U will outsell the Xbone overall (or even to claim that its the more likely outcome), simply highlighting the fact that the possibility exists and that, at present, trying to jump ahead to the end of this generation (probably about three years from now given recent news that Nintendo are further behind on arranging certain aspects of their next console than was expected). - The Xbone will probably be around after that for atleast another year, but for the sake of this argument this generation ends when the first of them release their next console because the new console launch must be assumed to have wild affects on the overall projections.
