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Materia-Blade on 12 November 2014
Ostro said:
As if ...
Nintendo (and most VGC users as well it seems) forget that Smash is for a completely different target group. Mario Kart sells well over time to families and friends, pretty much "every" gamer; Smash is a game that people buy who love gaming and don't just play it with friends at the weekend. Those people already own a Wii U because they can't wait buying new stuff so they pre-order Smash as well. Sales will drop way harder than Mario Kart's and its impact on hardware won't be "similarly dramatic".
But if saying "this is going to sell loads!" makes even more people want it to stay cool, I'm ok with this kind of PR talk.

I'm betting most smash buyers don't own a wii u yet. and because holydays, I don't think sales will drop quickly. MK may have longer legs but smash always has legs too.



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jonathanalis on 12 November 2014

i want to see how many consoles it will move.
They have to reach 10M at the end of year.



tbone51 on 12 November 2014
Lawlight said:
Sales will be more front-loaded no doubt.


Yeah, lets compare it to one of the best legs franchise of all time. SSBU legs> Most games this generation for every system!



fedfed on 12 November 2014

good... we need more and more!



Switch!!!

Materia-Blade on 12 November 2014
jonathanalis said:
i want to see how many consoles it will move.
They have to reach 10M at the end of year.

I think 10m will be achieved easily.



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Clyde32 on 12 November 2014
Kerotan said:

Big fucking congrats if true but i'm sticking with my prediction that mk8 will be bigger. In Japan I think it will be small. COMG have very few pre orders for it but that could change.

EDIT: Just noticed they have a seperate Gamecube bundle for SSB. If that's a hardware bundle then i expect a nice little bump. 

On COMG, Smash>Kart



Clyde32 on 12 November 2014
Lawlight said:
Sales will be more front-loaded no doubt.


Why does everyone seem to forget that Smash also has legs?



jonathanalis on 12 November 2014

and MK8 came with a limited time free game.
not bad, smash.
but i think lifetime, SSB is no match for MK8.



Ljink96 on 12 November 2014

I was one of the people who thought 3DS sales would hurt Wii U ones... how wrong I was. Nintendo was soooo smart for doing this. Hopefully, in the future, other Nintendo titles adopt this model of game releases. I'm pinning hopes on a New 3DS and Wii U 3D Mario title.



tbone51 on 12 November 2014
Clyde32 said:
Lawlight said:
Sales will be more front-loaded no doubt.


Why does everyone seem to forget that Smash also has legs?


Because MK>SSB in legs so Smash=Front loaded..... LOGIC :0