Dude, the Wii U situation here is not looking rosy at all. Even in it's weakest month, the PS3 sells more software than the Wii U has sold all year. In it's strongest month, the PS3 sold 7 times more software than the Wii U had sold all year. The 360 makes it look even worse. Hell, even the Wii is shifting notably more (4x as much) software.Which ones? Here in the UK (where the stories regarding lack of WiiU support seem to have originated), they have just struck a deal with Tesco (largest supermarket), although their situation with Asda (second biggest) is still up in the air.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-teams-up-with-tesco-for-wii-u-fight-back/0121777
The largest games retailer still also has decent WiiU sections and various promotions etc, not to mention the online sales.
WiiU is selling terribly but it's not exactly the same as the Ouya etc. Yet. ;-)
/apologies for off-topic etc
I agree, I'm not disputing that but it's not immediate danger of not being stocked by all retailers in any one EU country, that's what the post I was replying to said.Dude, the Wii U situation here is not looking rosy at all. Even in it's weakest month, the PS3 sells more software than the Wii U has sold all year. In it's strongest month, the PS3 sold 7 times more software than the Wii U had sold all year. The 360 makes it look even worse. Hell, even the Wii is shifting notably more (4x as much) software.
/also apologises for being slightly off-topic.
Which ones? Here in the UK (where the stories regarding lack of WiiU support seem to have originated), they have just struck a deal with Tesco (largest supermarket), although their situation with Asda (second biggest) is still up in the air.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-teams-up-with-tesco-for-wii-u-fight-back/0121777
The largest games retailer still also has decent WiiU sections and various promotions etc, not to mention the online sales.
WiiU is selling terribly but it's not exactly the same as the Ouya etc. Yet. ;-)
/apologies for off-topic etc
Dude, the Wii U situation here is not looking rosy at all. Even in it's weakest month, the PS3 sells more software than the Wii U has sold all year. In it's strongest month, the PS3 sold 7 times more software than the Wii U had sold all year. The 360 makes it look even worse. Hell, even the Wii is shifting notably more (4x as much) software.
/also apologises for being slightly off-topic.
Depends how much the PSP version cuts into it. It'll be interesting to see how GE2 performs when the genre king is on another platform and released so close.
The Wiis first-party software is great, that's what I was getting at. If you bought a Wii for Nintendo games, you got Nintendo games. I'm not disputing the release schedule was 'spotty' but, looking back, the first-party library is solid.There is no comparison because the Wii was successful and Wii U is not, not by any metric or comparison. There is also no comparison between development time and development cost, with the Wii they worked with much of the same tech they developed back in 2001, with the Wii U they have already delayed several games and clearly have trouble with HD development.
The Wii did not bow out with a huge software range, its last 2-3 years saw a very spotty release schedule, its one of the most common criticisms of the company and one of the key reasons why so many are surprised that the Wii U launched with so little, the idea was that they eased off on development on the Wii in order to focus on the Wii U, instead the first year of the Wii U has so far been very barren.
They will finish their projects, hope for a turn around and wash their hands and drop the Wii brand next gen, for many obvious reasons as it has no pull anymore. It makes no logical sense to pull the plug now in 2013 when they already invested time and money into several projects, but after they are done and things havent improved they have absolutely no incentive to sink more money into it
Hm? Japanese 3rd parties are all in on the 3ds, it gets all the genres the DS got plus the genres the PSP got. In the west dedicated handhelds appeal as little to 3rd parties as they always have of course.
Currently, 3DS have 8 million seller game. So, there were 4 million sellers last year namely MK7, NSMB, ACNL and M3DL.
I think 'stores will stop carrying it' is a very real possibility. That or give it such limited space that they might as well have stopped carrying it. It's already been marginalised everywhere that I shop. Still, this is a conversation for the PAL thread. On that note, I wish we had a monthly thread that looked at global sales (as much as is possible with the paucity of data available).I agree, I'm not disputing that but it's not immediate danger of not being stocked by all retailers in any one EU country, that's what the post I was replying to said.
Huh, I didn't think it was particularly tough to follow. Shit software sales increase the likelihood that retailers will reduce shelf space.I don't get what this has to do with his post...?
Someone on the N Europa forum said they picked up the Tesco Christmas gift catalogue and there is no mention of the wii u at all.
Someone on the N Europa forum said they picked up the Tesco Christmas gift catalogue and there is no mention of the wii u at all.
Currently, 3DS have 8 million seller game. So, there were 4 million sellers last year namely MK7, NSMB, ACNL and M3DL.
Agreed, sorry guys, back to Japan sales!I think 'stores will stop carrying it' is a very real possibility. That or give it such limited space that they might as well have stopped carrying it. It's already been marginalised everywhere that I shop. Still, this is a conversation for the PAL thread. On that note, I wish we had a monthly thread that looked at global sales (as much as is possible with the paucity of data available).
Huh, I didn't think it was particularly tough to follow. Shit software sales increase the likelihood that retailers will reduce shelf space.
I think 'stores will stop carrying it' is a very real possibility. That or give it such limited space that they might as well have stopped carrying it. It's already been marginalised everywhere that I shop. Still, this is a conversation for the PAL thread. On that note, I wish we had a monthly thread that looked at global sales (as much as is possible with the paucity of data available).
Huh, I didn't think it was particularly tough to follow. Shit software sales increase the likelihood that retailers will reduce shelf space.
[B]DENGEKI TOP 50 SOFTWARE SALES
Week 41, 2013 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)[/B]
[U][B]RANK/L.WK TITLE PUBLISHER RELEASE SALES LTD WK. CHANGE[/B][/U]
[b]1/- 3DS Pokémon X Pokémon Co. 13/10/12 1,054,539 1,054,539
2/- 3DS Pokémon Y Pokémon Co. 13/10/12 993,905 993,905
3/- PS3 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games 13/10/10 294,912 294,912[/b]
4/1 3DS Monster Hunter 4 Capcom 13/09/14 110,875 2,732,242 -19%
[b]5/- PS3 Tales of Symphonia: Unisonant Pack Bandai Namco Games 13/10/10 78,782 78,782
6/- PS3 Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Sega 13/10/10 75,848 75,848
7/- Vita Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload Spike Chunsoft 13/10/10 70,377 70,377
8/- PS3 Fairy Fencer F Compile Heart 13/10/10 43,106 43,106
9/- Vita Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Sega 13/10/10 33,656 33,656
10/- X360 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games 13/10/10 26,419 26,419[/b]
11/2 PS3 Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate Koei Tecmo 13/09/26 10,406 118,804 -57%
[b]12/- PS3 F1 2013 Codemasters 13/10/10 7,414 7,414[/b]
13/8 3DS Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo 12/11/08 6,971 3,384,105 4%
14/6 3DS Friend Collection: New Life Nintendo 13/04/18 6,571 1,468,760 -10%
15/9 3DS Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life Bandai Namco Games 13/08/01 6,500 294,431 -1%
16/4 Vita The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Nihon Falcom 13/09/26 6,194 99,922 -43%
17/3 PS3 Armored Core: Verdict Day From Software 13/09/26 5,756 81,344 -59%
[b]18/- Vita Tsukai Gakuen: Kou Arc System Works 13/10/10 4,415 4,415[/b]
19/5 PS3 The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Nihon Falcom 13/09/26 5,006 91,949 -52%
20/11 3DS Youkai Watch Level 5 13/07/11 4,482 197,444 -17%
21/12 3DS Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Nintendo 13/07/18 4,272 336,051 -20%
22/7 Vita Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate Koei Tecmo 13/09/26 4,206 36,300 -41%
23/14 3DS Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Nintendo 13/03/20 3,294 908,597 -13%
24/15 3DS Mario Kart 7 Nintendo 11/12/01 3,294 2,093,030 -5%
25/16 3DS New Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo 12/07/28 3,144 2,025,486 4%
26/10 Wii U The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Nintendo 13/09/26 3,069 39,720 -52%
27/13 PS3 Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn Square Enix 13/08/27 3,033 228,761 -42%
28/21 3DS Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Nintendo 13/06/13 2,224 279,114 -4%
29/17 3DS Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion Spike Chunsoft 13/09/26 2,094 11,127 -30%
30/20 3DS Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! Bandai Namco Games 12/07/05 2,039 555,420 -18%
31/30 3DS Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!! Nippon Columbia 13/07/25 1,939 47,312 14%
32/24 3DS Ace Attorney 5 Capcom 13/07/25 1,861 343,012 -8%
33/26 3DS Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb Bandai Namco Games 12/07/12 1,835 527,811 -8%
34/23 Wii Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition Bandai Namco Games 12/11/29 1,729 561,399 -17%
35/31 3DS Kuma-Tomo Bandai Namco Games 13/06/20 1,728 57,649 4%
36/32 3DS Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission Bandai Namco Games 13/02/28 1,441 254,322 -11%
37/34 Wii U New Super Luigi U Nintendo 13/07/13 1,419 80,040 -6%
38/35 3DS Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo 11/11/03 1,419 1,876,226 -4%
39/29 Wii U Pikmin 3 Nintendo 13/07/13 1,418 201,706 -21%
40/44 3DS Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy Level 5 13/02/28 1,383 258,751 16%
41/33 3DS Fantasy Life: Link! Level 5 13/07/25 1,300 69,147 -15%
42/28 PS3 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle Bandai Namco Games 13/08/29 1,261 430,410 -31%
[b]43/- Vita Slotter Mania V: Gakuen Mokushiroku - Highschool of the Dead Dorart 13/10/10 1,260 1,260[/b]
44/45 3DS Puyo Puyo!! Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary (Special Price) Sega 12/12/13 1,222 89,787 3%
45/36 3DS Nobunaga's Ambition Koei Tecmo 13/09/19 1,211 12,657 -16%
46/40 PSP God Eater: Burst (PSP the Best Reprint) Bandai Namco Games 13/06/06 1,200 30,062 -4%
47/81 3DS Professor Layton Vs. Ace Attorney Level 5 12/11/29 1,186 279,575
48/18 PS3 My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute. Happy End Bandai Namco Games 13/09/26 1,127 25,238 -60%
49/50 Wii U New Super Mario Bros. U Nintendo 12/12/08 1,100 568,270 5%
50/38 PS3 Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Dubbed (Bargain Edition) Square Enix 13/09/05 1,067 13,335 -21%[B][PSV] Soul Sacrifice (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Mahjong Fight Club: Shinsei Zenkoku Taisen Han (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Ciel Nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Uta (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSV] Dream C Club Zero Portable (PlayStation Vita the Best)
[PSP] The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki (PSP the Best)
[PS3] Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational (PlayStation 3 the Best)
[PS3] Batman: Arkham - Twin Pack (Warner the Best)
[PS3] Sengoku Hime: Senkou no Taika - Akatsuki no Haryuu (SystemSoft Selection)
[360] F1 2013
[360] Batman: Arkham - Twin Pack (Warner the Best)[/B][b][u]SYSTEM TITLE RELEASE FIRST WEEK LTD[/u][/b]
DS Pokémon Diamond & Pearl 06/09/28 1,617,308 5,970,152
DS Pokémon Platinum 08/09/13 948,168 2,604,448
DS Pokémon HeartGold + SoulSilver 09/09/12 1,430,835 3,908,157
DS Pokémon Black & White 10/09/18 2,589,007 5,565,314
DS Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 12/06/23 1,575,180 3,043,973
[B]3DS Pokémon X & Y 13/10/12 2,048,444 ---[/B][B]DENGEKI TOP 3 SOFTWARE SALES PER PLATFORM
Week 41, 2013 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)[/B]
[U][B]RANK TITLE PUBLISHER RELEASE SALES LTD[/B][/U]
[B]PS3 Top 3[/B]
[B]1 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games 13/10/10 294,912 294,912
2 Tales of Symphonia: Unisonant Pack Bandai Namco Games 13/10/10 78,782 78,782
3 Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Sega 13/10/10 75,848 75,848[/B]
[B]PSV Top 3[/B]
[B]1 Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload Spike Chunsoft 13/10/10 70,377 70,377
2 Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Sega 13/10/10 33,656 33,656[/B]
3 The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Nihon Falcom 13/09/26 6,194 99,922
[B]PSP Top 3[/B]
1 God Eater: Burst (PSP the Best Reprint) Bandai Namco Games 13/06/06 1,200 30,062
2 Meiji Toukyou Renka Broccoli 13/09/26 900 9,211
3 Uta no Prince-Sama: Music 2 Broccoli 13/09/05 785 82,769
[B]WIU Top 3[/B]
1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Nintendo 13/09/26 3,069 39,720
2 New Super Luigi U Nintendo 13/07/13 1,419 80,040
3 Pikmin 3 Nintendo 13/07/13 1,418 201,706
[B]WII Top 3[/B]
1 Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition Bandai Namco Games 12/11/29 1,729 561,399
2 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nintendo 08/01/31 913 2,423,837
3 Mario Kart Wii Nintendo 08/04/30 829 3,594,811
[B]3DS Top 3[/B]
[B]1 Pokémon X Pokémon Co. 13/10/12 1,054,539 1,054,539
2 Pokémon Y Pokémon Co. 13/10/12 993,905 993,905[/B]
3 Monster Hunter 4 Capcom 13/09/14 110,875 2,732,242
[B]NDS Top 3[/B]
1 Pokémon Black 2 Pokémon Co. 12/06/23 372 1,623,596
2 Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Ultimate Hits) Square Enix 10/03/04 300 191,091
3 Pokémon White 2 Pokémon Co. 12/06/23 288 1,421,037
[B]360 Top 3[/B]
[B]1 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games 13/10/10 26,419 26,419[/B]
2 Armored Core: Verdict Day From Software 13/09/26 250 5,664
[B]3 F1 2013 Codemasters 13/10/10 231 231[/B][B]DENGEKI TOTAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SALES
Week 41, 2013 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)[/B]
[U][B]SYSTEM SALES SALES(%) L.WEEK L.WEEK(%) FY 2013 SALES FY 2013(%) FY 2013(L.WK %)[/B][/U]
[B]SOFTWARE SALES:[/B]
PS3 556,630 18.4% 93,506 22.5% 5,242,580 24.0% 24.8%
Vita 137,053 4.5% 27,884 6.7% 1,458,492 6.7% 7.0%
PSP 22,952 0.8% 26,857 6.5% 1,984,122 9.1% 10.4%
Wii U 11,616 0.4% 15,878 3.8% 668,076 3.1% 3.5%
Wii 9,789 0.3% 10,887 2.6% 538,119 2.5% 2.8%
3DS 2,249,955 74.5% 232,699 56.0% 11,518,898 52.6% 49.1%
DS 4,781 0.2% 5,285 1.3% 238,801 1.1% 1.2%
X360 28,226 0.9% 2,340 0.6% 235,405 1.1% 1.1%
Total 3,021,002 100.0% 415,336 100.0% 21,884,493 100.0% 100.0%
[B]HARDWARE SALES:[/B]
PS3 10,557 3.6% 8,555 5.9% 339,590 10.2% 10.8%
Vita 48,450 16.7% 3,762 2.6% 398,930 12.0% 11.5%
PSP 3,371 1.2% 3,652 2.5% 165,468 5.0% 5.3%
Wii U 3,100 1.1% 3,969 2.8% 236,812 7.1% 7.7%
Wii 637 0.2% 720 0.5% 31,783 1.0% 1.0%
3DS LL 148,154 51.0% 86,553 60.1% 1,546,869 46.4% 45.9%
3DS 76,090 26.2% 36,529 25.4% 605,975 18.2% 17.4%
X360 246 0.1% 254 0.2% 10,223 0.3% 0.3%
Total 290,605 100.0% 143,994 100.0% 3,335,650 100.0% 100.0%
[B]*Note: FY 2013 refers to the period from April 2013 through March 2014[/B]Does that mean that 2013 saw more million-sellers than both 2011 and 2012 combined? If yes, that's mighty impressive, and another proof that 2014 won't be nearly as good as 2013... unless Nintendo launched a new model or something along those lines.
Stores not carrying WiiU is already happening on a minor scale and will continue if the situation doesn't improve dramatically during/after the holidays. GC saw a lot of stores drop support and it even had more of a presence than he WiiU has managed thus far. But yeah back to sales in the Japanese context:
Yeah 2014 is going to be a lesser year than 2012/13 for 3DS...possibly even 2011. I like to think of 2012/3 as the prime years for the 3DS much as 2006/7 was for DS. DS saw a noticeable drop in sales (and Nintendo output) by 2008 and unless Nintendo still has a few tricks up their sleeves I expect the same to follow in 2014 -- especially when they get into the flow of HD development and try to salvage as much as they can from the WiiU wreck.
EDIT: Looking at Dengeki charts, looks like Media Create may have over-tracked GTAV sales, and Famitsu 3DS hardware?
Also that Disney game will easily cross 300k LTD.
ok looking at the dengeki chart is making me think, with not one of those budget vita rereleases making even the bottom end of the chart i'm inclined to believe to overwhelming majority of these 60k vita sales are not new vita owners but simply people replacing with the new model
Ouch, that is not good at all :/
Your schtick is tired, Chris. PSP still has a bunch of releases lined up for next year.
I don't think the absence of Best software in the chart means anything whatsoever. Best software regularly doesn't chart.
Not sure why you're so reluctant to eat your crow like everyone else has. Yummy, yummy. It's not like it won't be back in the doldrums again soon.
9 actually:
AC ~4m (2012)
MH4 ~3m (2013)
Pokemon ~2m (2013)
NSMB ~2m (2012)
MK7 ~2m (2011)
MH3U ~1.9m (2011)
SM3DL ~1.9m (2011)
Tomodachi ~1.5m (2013)
DQ7 ~1.2m (2013)
Also Luigi (2013) will probably hit 1m by the end of this year (900k+ atm).
Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload would have contributed to the 60K PSVita sales.
I dunno about 500k but 400k is very possible as it has shown impressive legs + should probably get a small boost in the holidays. Youkai Watch is also showing that a 300k LTD isn't out of reach. Wonder if the anime will give it a boost, but that's still far off iirc.can easily see that Disney game 500k+ when all is said and done, should be a lock for 400k by the end of the year
Or they picked it up second hand. Or some bought the 'best' release and some bought the original. Or they bought it digitally.I've already said i'm impressed by the numbers it posted, yeah best software doesn't normally chart but not even a thousand new vita owners thought they'd pick up such a flag ship title as soul sacrifice? implies to me there aren't as many new vita owners as the figures initially suggest
ok looking at the dengeki chart is making me think, with not one of those budget vita rereleases making even the bottom end of the chart i'm inclined to believe to overwhelming majority of these 60k vita sales are not new vita owners but simply people replacing with the new model
I must have missed it amongst all the repeated "well clearly these are just all just people buying to replace their fucked up OLEDs" pushing.I've already said i'm impressed by the numbers it posted, yeah best software doesn't normally chart but not even a thousand new vita owners thought they'd pick up such a flag ship title as soul sacrifice? implies to me there aren't as many new vita owners as the figures initially suggest
Or they picked it up second hand. Or some bought the 'best' release and some bought the original. Or they bought it digitally.
I must have missed it amongst all the repeated "well clearly these are just all just people buying to replace their fucked up OLEDs" pushing.
It just reminds me of all those silly comments about how the 360 is only selling well because of RROD'd systems.
All the absence of those games implies is that the people who bought the Vita this week didn't buy these old game re-releases in any significant quantity at retail.
It had new releases this week that one could buy with their new system.
That doesn't mean it won't drop like a rock next week, and see itself back down in the sub-5K zone either.
well we do know there is a problem with OLEDs going dodgy (how widespread though who knows) so that may have contributed at least a bit, with any revision there will always be a significant number of people replacing rather than new buyers i'm just inclined to believe its a higher proportion than normally (not that we know what the normal proportion is)
and also while yes the RROD comments about the 360 were a bit silly but it would also be silly to suggest it didn't have a noticeable effect on the systems hardware sales, same as with the ps2, don't think I know anyone that didn't end buying multiple of them over the years
Nintendo must be passed, all these WiiU bombs might have been potential games for their selling next gen portable.
Wonder what titles like AC will do for WiiU when they are clearly more popular on their handhelds. Was the right call to have Smash also on 3DS.
Ah, dude. You're good for a giggle.i'm just inclined to believe its a higher proportion than normally (not that we know what the normal proportion is)
Nintendo must be passed, all these WiiU bombs might have been potential games for their selling next gen portable.
Wonder what titles like AC will do for WiiU when they are clearly more popular on their handhelds. Was the right call to have Smash also on 3DS.
Ah, dude. You're good for a giggle.
360: 7,434
PS2: 2,039
I will say it again: Why would anybody in Japan buy a Wii U right now when there are bundles being advertised to be coming out in the future? The Wii U is not doing well by any standard, but this week's result is not a cause for concern.
ok looking at the dengeki chart is making me think, with not one of those budget vita rereleases making even the bottom end of the chart i'm inclined to believe to overwhelming majority of these 60k vita sales are not new vita owners but simply people replacing with the new model
I'll need to look more before making any conclusions, but...
There are a ton of used vitas at the book-off and Wanpaku stores near my house and the amount of money they will give you for selling one has dropped. Same with the WiiU. If retailers have more stock than they need they pay less for hardware.
You would get almost nothing for trading in a 360 or OG Wii for example. Stores already have more than they can sell in the near term.
I'll need to talk to some of my friends who work at the store but I would guess there were a lot if people "trading up". Considering the screen is not as good on the new handheld that seems strange to me, but whatever.
Same thing happened when the DSLL came out. Stores were flooded with DSi units and they weren't even offering to buy regular DS lites or OG DS units.
Just my 2 yen.
I will say it again: Why would anybody in Japan buy a Wii U right now when there are bundles being advertised to be coming out in the future? The Wii U is not doing well by any standard, but this week's result is not a cause for concern.
Because they are not being advertised well. Unless you go into a specialty shop or belong to a gaming forum I doubt you would know they were coming.
I will say it again: Why would anybody in Japan buy a Wii U right now when there are bundles being advertised to be coming out in the future? The Wii U is not doing well by any standard, but this week's result is not a cause for concern.
I will say it again: Why would anybody in Japan buy a Wii U right now when there are bundles being advertised to be coming out in the future? The Wii U is not doing well by any standard, but this week's result is not a cause for concern.
This is completely unrealistic. I think franchises like Animal Crossing or Mario Party are a dead cert for Wii U releases and after the fan reaction to DKCTF I strongly suspect we'll also see a new Metroid from Retro down the line. If Nintendo did what you're suggesting they'd have no Wii U games after 2014 except for Zelda. They'd have a pretty empty 2014 too really.Nintendo will probably finish all currently started and annouced Wii U games but i doubt they will greenlight any new projects and studios that finish working on them will be moved to 3DS or working on next gen handheld launch.
sörine;86383069 said:This is completely unrealistic. I think franchises like Animal Crossing or Mario Party are a dead cert for Wii U releases and after the fan reaction to DKCTF I strongly suspect we'll also see a new Metroid from Retro down the line. If Nintendo did what you're suggesting they'd have no Wii U games after 2014 except for Zelda. They'd have a pretty empty 2014 too really.