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Why are GC sales>Wii U sales

Interest in Nintendo has waned 74 13.33%
 
Wii U still hasn't had s... 22 3.96%
 
Little kids bought GameCu... 34 6.13%
 
Wii U marketing much worse 135 24.32%
 
Increased competition 23 4.14%
 
Lower 3rd party support 82 14.77%
 
Nintendo gamers jumped ship after the Wii 30 5.41%
 
None of these make sense 38 6.85%
 
All of these are true (-#8) 81 14.59%
 
Other 36 6.49%
 
Total:555
Sixteenvolt420 on 02 March 2015

Those stupid controllers are what personally turned me off from the Wii U. It's the first Nintendo console that made me not want to own it. At this point, i'm just waiting to see what Nintendo does with it's next console. The graphics don't bother me, with Nintendo. Yes they're cartoony, but they are a well done cartoony graphic.



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Barkley on 02 March 2015

Gamecube actually had third party support.



Scisca on 02 March 2015

Price for me. I'm not gonna pay that much for a console that's only gonna get around 20 games worth playing the whole gen. Not when I can add a handfull of peanuts and get a PS4 with its massive library. The value isn't there to justify such a price. Nintendo, try $200-250 and people (including me) will bite.



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bigtakilla on 02 March 2015
Soundwave said:
bigtakilla said:

I agree that it will be hard. But the new Legend Of Zelda seems to be turning a lot of peoples heads, as well as Xenoblade Chronicles X. They still have some massive games in the pipeline that may not sell in droves as much as Smash or Kart, but will be MORE appealing to gamers (and I think has the potential to push out more consoles as people who own a Wii U buy Kart, but people will buy a console for LOZ). This is where I think they have to potential to sell more systems than the GC. True the GC had Prime (which Metroid is an enigma as not being a major franchise) and Melee (the only game I think that really stands on its own as being a must have game that was hyped as well as stands the test of time), but other games that would later be regarded as gems were met initially with a LOT of hatred. Sunshine and Windwaker anyone? Even Twilight Princess sold massively better on the Wii, due to it being a cross released game. People were just not interested in the GC. 

A cartoony Zelda isn't going to sell consoles. Not sure even a TP style one would ... it's a really freaking old franchise, I think we need to understand a lot of the kids driving console adoption right now grew up with a PS2, not an NES or SNES. Times they are a changing. 

Xenoblade X looks great don't get me wrong, but I don't see it as anything other than this year's Bayonetta 2 -- a game that gets a ton of hype/praise on message boards but doesn't do jack all in sales. I expect to sell basically the same as Bayo 2 as well. 

The problem with that style of game is that Nintendo lost the fanbase that would be interested in such a game years ago now. That went after the N64 days really, the Nintendo fans that stuck around are hardcore Mario/Zelda fanatics, but they're not into the wider variety content like Xenoblade or Bayonetta. Devil's Third will be a full on flop too. 

Can't sell content like that on a Nintendo console. 

Zelda is still one of the biggest action Adventure games of all time, and I think it being open world brings a lot more appeal to the game than its cartoony style takes away from it. 

Xenoblade X is kind of the Wild Card. It could flop horribly, or it could sell crazy amounts. The quality of the game should mean the latter, while jrpgs being niche as well as the lack of people actually owning the game hints to the former. It will be interesting to see this release. 

You're basing potential interest on the "style of game" a little to much I think. While I see the potential to broaden the userbase by appealing to more people. I don't think first week, or even first month sales are going to be astronomical, but lifetime could surprise a few people. 



Pavolink on 02 March 2015

GC had better games at this point in its life:

Super Mario Sunshine > 3DWorld (at least on the hype machine)
Super Smash Bros Melee > SSB for Wii U
Mario Kart Double Dash > MK8
TLOZ: The Wind Waker > a remake of the same game against an original one? Easy pick
Metroid Prime > No metroid
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door > No paper mario
Resident Evil Remake > a port of Revelaitons 3DS
Resident Evil 4 > No more resident evil

And this is what I care so far.



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V-r0cK on 02 March 2015

GC had 3rd party support and was on par with PS2 & Xbox



Materia-Blade on 02 March 2015

More nintendoom. Anyway, wii u is picking up some momentum. A pricecut can help a lot this year.



Augen on 02 March 2015

I bought a Gamecube not even a year after launch for $150. It was a great system, had Nintendo's line up, and actual third party support. Definitely prefer it over the N64 and Wii, and the Wii U is shaping up to be a lesser Gamecube mainly stripping the third party support and higher price



Eddie_Raja on 02 March 2015
FloatingWaffles said:
Eddie_Raja said:
3 things:

1) It was more obvious that the Gamecube was its own thing.

2) The Gamecube wasn't $150 too expensive.

3) Nintendo's name meant a little more back then.


You want Nintendo to sell the Wii U for $150?


That's how much it should cost.  The PS3 has a bigger library, a FAR bigger HDD, superior Online, and has about the same performance.  That's why it can't even consitantly beat the PS3 in sales (A 9 year old console).

It's not about if I want the Wii U to be that cheap, it is a matter of facing reality.  That's what it would take for it to sell well.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

DerpSandwich on 02 March 2015

The price is one part of it, but also the market just historically wants Nintendo systems less and less over the years. A lot of people are denying that fact, but it's a downward trend that doesn't seem to be stopping.



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