@Micropixel said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Wii U is still riding high on Mario Kart's momentum from it's May 30th release to present. This was heavily reflected in last month's NPD report. And according to this, that momentum has been well sustained in Japan where the console is tripling PS4 sales with the recent release of Hyrule Warriors (which hits the western territories next month).
I don't think it's a matter of turning the system around anymore. I think it's about keeping the momentum going throughout the fall and holiday seasons. And there are games in that time frame that can certainly do it.
Micropixel, didn't I show you the NPD numbers in that other thread.
Wii U went up to 140k from Mario Kart 8 (good bump) but dropped to 80k the next month - the worst drop out of all three current gen consoles. Mario Kart 8 is supposed to be Nintendo Wii U's biggest and best-selling game, and should be moving a lot more consoles than PS4/X1 right now, which people constantly laugh at for having no games or remasters.
80k is what the Wii U was doing back in February 2014 NPD when Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze arrived late that month, and March NPD showed the Wii U netting 70k, even less with DK out for over a month. It appears the "Mario Kart 8 effect" is not what it was made out to be, and if this racing game has more widespread appeal than SSBU, than I don't see how SSBU can turn things around. If you're saying the combined power of MK8, Bayo 2, Hyrule Warriors and SSBU is what will make the difference, then why doesn't the combined power of the current MK8, SMW3D, Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, DK and all of those other current Wii U games do anything? That says something when people aren't rushing out to buy the Wii U and, literally, wait until the end for SSBU to finally pick up the Wii U, ignoring the console for so long. They must have some incredible discipline and ability to delay gratification and wait nearly TWO years to finally pick up a Wii U and SSBU. People said the sales would be better more than a year ago, so now they are saying that millions of consumers have changed their minds, and have decided to wait? So basically, people here really have no clue what is going on within the minds of consumers, and just guessing and delaying things more and more.
Also, the "turning point" is not really that close for the Wii U. The console is 3-4 million behind the GCN at the same time (just terrible), and nearly 9-10 million behind the N64. So I'm not sure what number people are looking for to call things a "turning point" and profit for Nintendo, when they are so behind and losing so much money. I guess they are satisfied seeing any article that shows a 222% or 666% increase, and feel that that is enough to be considered successful in the industry, and a "job well done" for Nintendo? ("and the haterz are proven wrong!")
Maybe SSBU will be great, but people keep adding to the Nintendo chalkboard and refusing to see some of the dire facts (and irreversible damages) surrounding Nintendo's situation. And to think, they start making predictions on where the no-game-having PS4/X1 will end up, when their Wii U predictions aren't even close!
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