"There's an audience waiting for these Nintendo titles, and Mario and Zelda have system-selling potential. ![]() "Yes, Xbox One also launches on November 22nd, but major game retail events can energize consumers to buy more games and hardware," said Pidgeon. It is the right approach, but really, Nintendo now is just trying to do as well as the GameCube so they have a base to sell first party software."īilly Pidgeon, and independent analyst, agreed and felt Nintendo launching three titles at once on November 22 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Party Island Tour - was a "smart move" despite the release of Xbox One hitting retail on the same day. They should have done that last year but better late than never. Right now they need to go after Nintendo fans first. The audience they are going after is not the ones that Sony and Microsoft are going after. I think that being said it is the right strategy. "I think Nintendo is carving out a different audience. "Right now it is looking to do about what the GameCube (22 million) did during its lifespan which is mainly be another system for Nintendo first party product. "We are once again lowering our outlook for the Wii U," he said. Speaking with GI International ahead of its forecast report which releases on December 3, analyst David Cole believes Wii U's total sales at the end of its liftetime will only be a quarter of Wii's over 100 million units. ![]() DFC Intelligence, which provides worldwide market forecasts for the videogame industry, has lowered its Wii U lifetime global sales forecast to 25 million.
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