Originally Posted by Bending_Unit_22

I disagree almost completely, at least outside of the short-term. DKCR2 is the better short-term decision since it will most likely sell more than other games Retro could be making, but long-term it is terrible as it will be selling to the same crowd that bought a Wii U already or really just needed a 7th 2D platformer to convince to jump in (and a small number of DCKR fanatics who will buy a console for that game). Somebody who will buy a Wii U for Retro's major western AAA game, X, maybe Zelda, maybe Smash, and say a few other tag along 3rd party games will likely pick up Mario, MK, and some other games. People buying DKCR2 soon will have already purchased them. Also, most people aren't going to buy more than a few 2D platformers, so in the future to the extent DKCR2 is better/more popular it will simply be taking a sale away from one of the other of the cornucopia of 2D platformers on the system.

I definitely agree on at least the console owner / user end it would have been better to ignore DK for now simply because of all the other Nintendo developed platformers already on the system. I don't necessarily believe that a Metroid game or new IP would have sold a meaningful number of new consoles, the exact same goes for DK. No matter Retro's game, I'm sure (unless the new IP was an unforseen masterpiece with the public) it wouldn't have had a big monetary effect on the system overall, and at that point it is simply how many copies they can sell of the game they make.