Hmm, I knew they were unreliable when it came to tracking digital sales but I thought they were alright otherwise. The more you know!.Mr.Mattress said:
Although those 1mil sales weren't all on the Wii U.
EA was the only reason Crysis 3 didn't come out on Wii U
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Although those 1mil sales weren't all on the Wii U.
eh only about a quarter of that is from wii U. "From what we can gather the Wii U versions (normal and limited editions) contributed 260,000 sales"Mr.Mattress said:
You've missed the point where he says his studio (Crytek) doesn't have the license to publish the game themeselves.
THIS is the news. That even a big Studio like Crytek can't get a license from Nintendo to publish its games on Nintendo systems. There are many independent developers that want to publish their games on WiiU and Nintendo doesn't allow them.
THIS is the news. That even a big Studio like Crytek can't get a license from Nintendo to publish its games on Nintendo systems. There are many independent developers that want to publish their games on WiiU and Nintendo doesn't allow them.
Still, it's 80,000 low. Plus, both Nintendoland and NSMBU have over 2 Million Sales, not 1 Million. So, I still think my point stands.sneakypenguin said:
If that were the case, why did anyone support the PS3 when it was launched? It's sold just as poorly as the WiiU did when it came out. [http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/PlayStation_3#PlayStation_3_sales_figures] Where were companies saying "Yeah, we're not gonna support this tanking system"?Woodsey said:
Uh...D Moness said:
http://mynintendonews.com/2013/02/15/npd-xbox-360-sold-5x-more-units-than-wii-u-in-january/
It's also underselling by Nintendo's own estimates, and there were some rumours circulating recently that a bunch of games in-development for the system have been cancelled whilst others that have launched have undersold like crazy.
Besides which, the next lot will be coming in and around a year's time, whilst the WiiU is underpowered.
I'm just hypothesising. The OP's suggestion that they're doing it out of blind hatred towards an inanimate object is fairly laughable. Although the PS3 was the last console released this generation and the most powerful I believe, so I would imagine there was more incentive to stick with it than there is an underpowered machine that is going to have much heftier contenders breathing down its neck in a year.Mr.Mattress said:
Anyway, a quick Google brought me this: http://gamer.blorge.com/2007/10/20/sony-pleads-with-developers-not-to-abandon-ps3-for-wii-and-xbox/
And I seem to remember a certain Mr Newell decrying the system as a piece of crap. Changed his mind, it seems, but there were major doubts about the thing.
It was released in November, 2 months later, after Christmas no less, it was selling worse than a 7-year-old console. Now, that might mean nothing at all in the long run, but as of this instant that is not something to merely hand-wave. If people are electing to buy 360s over WiiU's now, I wouldn't really have my money on them upgrading to one instead of the next Xbox or PS4.Anoni Mus said:
But golly-gee, well done for being able to read the article.
And I wasn't talking about sales in relation to power, I was talking about developer interest in relation to power. And the Wii wasn't quite so hot on that - and whenever it was the games did actually tend to sell like shit.
By their own admission, they have been underselling.
...Or maybe it was because the install-base turned out to be shit, failing to deliver on the sales predictions.ToastiestZombie said:
Sales predictions don't really carry any weight unless they translate into a large enough install-base. So for games such as Crysis 3 and BF:whatever, which rely upon hardcore gamers, not having people to actually play them and justify a port means that they won't bother with it, even if they have a working version.