Wii U sales shot up 900% after One's reveal
But remember, guys. Nintendo is DOOMED!
Microsoft is selling the Wii U better than Nintendo.
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Wii U sales shot up 900% after One's reveal
But remember, guys. Nintendo is DOOMED!
They did say unreleased demos, not unannounced ones, but they're not that bad. New Super Luigi U is pretty disappointing, but I'm excited to play Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, and The Wind Waker HD. Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101 need demos; they're considered niche that they need a lot of attention.Id consider that to be a rumor.
I will PRAY its a rumor.
If those 4 games are literally the 4 demos we were promised, i have lost absolute all faith in Nintendo. They have screwed up so much with WiiU and this was their one time to fix all of that but yet they gave us THESE trash demos?
no no no no no no i gotta wait till e3. i cant get this upset just yet.
New super luigi=disappointing.They did say unreleased demos, not unannounced ones, but they're not that bad. New Super Luigi U is pretty disappointing, but I'm excited to play Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, and The Wind Waker HD. Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101 need demos; they're considered niche that they need a lot of attention.
I wasnt clear, my fault.While they did screw up a lot with the Wii U these past seven months, these demos don't really mean anything for the future of the console. At least it's better to have these demos than nothing. I mean, would you rather go to E3 or have these demos available at your local Best Buy anyway? Lol.
Didn't Nintendo say the 3D Mario was expected to come out later this year?It should be worrisome to some degree. Let's say they do show a 3D Mario, Zelda, and Smash at E3...when are these games expected to come out then? Next year? With PS4 and Xbone around the corner...Nintendo has to do something before consumers lose interest. Nintendo had the casual market last gen, and I don't think just relying on your Nintendo fans this time around is going to be enough.
IIRC, it's out in early September (but August in EU).Wonderful 101= seems interesting and id like a demo since im pretty sure the actual game is a long ways away.
It's rumored to, but we definitely know there's going to be footage of it and Mario Kart at E3. IMO, Nintendo's releases are beginning to look a bit crowded.Didn't Nintendo say the 3D Mario was expected to come out later this year?
Mine isn't there anymore. ****!I forgot to post this, but everyone that's planning to go to Best Buy should recheck this http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Games-Promotions/Wii U First to Play/pcmcat303600050002.c?id=pcmcat303600050002&DCMP=rdr107939
A lot of the locations seemed to have been removed.
I agree completely. WHEN are these games coming? Mid 2014? STUPID!It should be worrisome to some degree. Let's say they do show a 3D Mario, Zelda, and Smash at E3...when are these games expected to come out then? Next year? With PS4 and Xbone around the corner...Nintendo has to do something before consumers lose interest. Nintendo had the casual market last gen, and I don't think just relying on your Nintendo fans this time around is going to be enough.
If the WiiU does one MAJOR or semi major game every month like they had been doing with the 3ds, everything should be fine.IIRC, it's out in early September (but August in EU).
It's rumored to, but we definitely know there's going to be footage of it and Mario Kart at E3. IMO, Nintendo's releases are beginning to look a bit crowded.
I wouldn't consider the Xbone a threat to Nintendo. The only people who are going to buy it are people who do zero research and buy it based off of brand recognition. Given that the internet is widely used now most people know what they're getting into before they buy something. If anything, they should just be worried about the PS4. Until current gen, Sony has always known exactly how to keep a tight grasp on the console market. It looks like they've really learned from their mistakes with the PS3 and could easily be major competition for Nintendo.It should be worrisome to some degree. Let's say they do show a 3D Mario, Zelda, and Smash at E3...when are these games expected to come out then? Next year? With PS4 and Xbone around the corner...Nintendo has to do something before consumers lose interest. Nintendo had the casual market last gen, and I don't think just relying on your Nintendo fans this time around is going to be enough.
I seriously see nintendo in 3rd place this gen. i cant imagine anything turning the winds in their favor.
You are really, really, underestimating the casual market. I'll break "casual" down into two groups. The type that play tablet games, and the type that you will see playing CoD or Madden. The casual market saved the Wii, and given how the Xbone's premise is to be an all in one entertainment center, there will be a lot of people buying it without knowing the potential risks. Everyone from a 14 year old kid, to a dad who wants some cool multi-tasking TV Box in his home.I wouldn't consider the Xbone a threat to Nintendo. The only people who are going to buy it are people who do zero research and buy it based off of brand recognition. Given that the internet is widely used now most people know what they're getting into before they buy something. If anything, they should just be worried about the PS4. Until current gen, Sony has always known exactly how to keep a tight grasp on the console market. It looks like they've really learned from their mistakes with the PS3 and could easily be major competition for Nintendo.
You are really, really, underestimating the casual market. I'll break "casual" down into two groups. The type that play tablet games, and the type that you will see playing CoD or Madden. The casual market saved the Wii, and given how the Xbone's premise is to be an all in one entertainment center, there will be a lot of people buying it without knowing the potential risks. Everyone from a 14 year old kid, to a dad who wants some cool multi-tasking TV Box in his home.
My prediction,If the WiiU does one MAJOR or semi major game every month like they had been doing with the 3ds, everything should be fine.
Pikmin in August
W101 in Sept?
That a hell of a lot better than it is now.
Tiered pay walls for online and gaikai. Just watch.Unless the PS4 ends up doing something as stupid as the Xbone did.
I'd have to disagree. I think that after brand-buyers realized exactly what the Xbone is you can expect sales for that to plummet. My prediction is:
3: Xbone
2: Wii U
1: PS4.
Unless the PS4 ends up doing something as stupid as the Xbone did.
The thing that attracted people to the Wii was the fact that back in '06 motion control was the single most mind-numbingly amazing thing on the face of the Earth. EVERYBODY, yes, even PS and Xbox fans, bought a Wii. Why? Because the idea of motion controls was amazing seven years ago. However, once gamers realized that it wasn't the "next big thing" Nintendo immediately turned towards casuals who had found the console to their tastes.Lets take the wii for example. Ignore the WiiFit/WiiSports/WiiPlay aka the casual games. And lets take away the people that bought those games to be fair. What did the Wii really have that would draw the mainstream and core gamer? We already know the Nintendo loyalists will get the Wii but what honestly would attract the rest?
Okay, hold up a second. This grinds my gears more than anything else in the world. The whole OMG GUIZ GAFIKS thing has been around FOREVER. This is nothing new, this isn't new at all. The least powerful console always gets hounded in one form or another. But that doesn't mean ****. Every game on the PS2 looked like mud compared to the GameCube/Xbox Classic but that being said the PS2 managed to outsell the GameCube and Xbox Classic combined because its library was just that good.THAT^ is my worry with the WiiU and why i think it will be last this gen. The casuals have moved on to tablet/phone/free-to-play facebook games so the WiiU is forced to play with the big boys (ps4/x-bone). This is not good and here is why imo. This is an age where the gaming media hounds on a system for being the weakest and for not doing what "gamers want."
Okay, you're sounding like you're just bitter over the fact that the Wii U isn't the same console as your old SNES. I will agree that yes, they are having problems with third parties but that goes all the way back to the SNES. Nintendo has never been good with third parties, it's just something I've come to accept. That being said, that didn't mean a damn thing during the N64/PS1/SAT era, where they came in second place because the Saturn was just that bad.They keep calling the WiiU a "stop gap" system with a gimmick controller.Knowing all of this negativity and more, how do you expect this system to do ANYTHING but "lose?" The mainstream gaming media creates 200 articles a day on how "EA thinks the WiiU is crap and has no games in development for it" or how "3rd parties are YET AGAIN skipping Nintendo's console." They even leave out WiiU when talking about "next gen" or "console wars." EVERYBODY but Nintendo themed sites are against Nintendo. Combine that with a company (Nintendo) that saw the tremendous reaction to that e3 wiiu zelda demo and comes out a few weeks later saying their next zelda will be more like SS than the demo.....you cant help but wonder if they DESERVE to be in last again. Maybe it will cause a shake up at the top of Nintendo's management chain and get Iwata and any other dumbo out of there that allows/encourages this retardism. It just bothers me that the company that made the legendary SNES (my first console/best console) has sunk so low and made the Wii/WiiU.
Up until the X-Bone dug itself a crater of a hole, the mainstream gaming media has been sucking MS's disco stick. Same with Sony and the ps3. I honestly think the gaming media (majority of them anyway) will forget or at least forgive X-Bones garbage features/procedures when MS shows nothing but games tomorrow. Same with Sony, sony will probably do SOME of the same things MS has done with X-Bone but because Ps4 will have some sweet games to show, people will let it go.
That is exactly what i was hoping you are going to say. Without casual games, all the Wii had was motion control. It was innovative enough to get the masses to buy one. With motion (wii) it wasn't hard at all to see what it could do for the casual/mainstream/core. You could BE the sword/gun/fist.....ect. Cool idea but never really did great things except for a few really good titles.The thing that attracted people to the Wii was the fact that back in '06 motion control was the single most mind-numbingly amazing thing on the face of the Earth. EVERYBODY, yes, even PS and Xbox fans, bought a Wii. Why? Because the idea of motion controls was amazing seven years ago. However, once gamers realized that it wasn't the "next big thing" Nintendo immediately turned towards casuals who had found the console to their tastes.
You might be confused on what i meant. I am not saying graphics=king. If that were the case, PC=king of the ring forever. What i am saying is that since the mainstream gaming media is obsessed with graphics and "multimedia functions," the WiiU is considered trash by them. yeah the WiiU has nice graphics and yeah it can do many things, but in both areas it is trumped by X-Bone and Ps4. The media uses those facts to deem it an inferior system. im not saying i agree but i am saying that is how they play those cards. I think you read enough internet stuff to see what i am talking about.Okay, hold up a second. This grinds my gears more than anything else in the world. The whole OMG GUIZ GAFIKS thing has been around FOREVER. This is nothing new, this isn't new at all. The least powerful console always gets hounded in one form or another. But that doesn't mean ****. Every game on the PS2 looked like mud compared to the GameCube/Xbox Classic but that being said the PS2 managed to outsell the GameCube and Xbox Classic combined because its library was just that good.
Assuming you (the people) grew up with the SNES and saw the evolution to N64/wii/WiiU, i am willing to bet my life that 80-90% of those people would say the SNES is the best NINTENDO system ever created. From the sweet ass controller to the awesome games like Secret of Mana, Turtles in Time, Super Mario RPG, Chrono trigger, Final Fantasy 2(4), Mega Man X, Super Metroid, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, Super Punch Out, Killer Instinct, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Kirby Super Star.....ect. The SNES had pretty much everything a gamer could want. I cannot say that for any other Nintendo system created since then.Okay, you're sounding like you're just bitter over the fact that the Wii U isn't the same console as your old SNES. I will agree that yes, they are having problems with third parties but that goes all the way back to the SNES. Nintendo has never been good with third parties, it's just something I've come to accept. That being said, that didn't mean a damn thing during the N64/PS1/SAT era, where they came in second place because the Saturn was just that bad.
Although I will agree that they need to cut it the **** out with their gimmicks.
Sega and Microsoft are not anything alike. Nor are the scenarios each one were in. I dont think we can compare them to see an accurate conclusion.I doubt that, look back to the Saturn. History repeats.
whats asymmetric gameplay mean
That is exactly what i was hoping you are going to say. Without casual games, all the Wii had was motion control. It was innovative enough to get the masses to buy one. With motion (wii) it wasn't hard at all to see what it could do for the casual/mainstream/core. You could BE the sword/gun/fist.....ect. Cool idea but never really did great things except for a few really good titles.
Now look at WiiU...asymmetric gameplay.
1. MOST people (even core gamers) don't know what asymmetric means.
2. Its hard to see (on a casual/mainstream level) how it will be used to better your games/gaming experience.
So this means Nintendo has a hard time expressing the need for the public to get one. They have admitted this many times now. Its not good.
If you want to speak technically, the PC is the king of the ring forever. I'm just too poor to invest into that ****. I wouldn't say major media outlets trash the Wii U, but rather have just kept it out of the spotlight. Why? Because the Wii U is old news now, the PS4 and Xbone are still upcoming and thus are more interesting for the time being.You might be confused on what i meant. I am not saying graphics=king. If that were the case, PC=king of the ring forever. What i am saying is that since the mainstream gaming media is obsessed with graphics and "multimedia functions," the WiiU is considered trash by them. yeah the WiiU has nice graphics and yeah it can do many things, but in both areas it is trumped by X-Bone and Ps4. The media uses those facts to deem it an inferior system. im not saying i agree but i am saying that is how they play those cards. I think you read enough internet stuff to see what i am talking about.
Everything is "magic" when you're a child. But nostalgia doesn't mean anything.Assuming you (the people) grew up with the SNES and saw the evolution to N64/wii/WiiU, i am willing to bet my life that 80-90% of those people would say the SNES is the best NINTENDO system ever created. From the sweet *** controller to the awesome games like Secret of Mana, Turtles in Time, Super Mario RPG, Chrono trigger, Final Fantasy 2(4), Mega Man X, Super Metroid, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, Super Punch Out, Killer Instinct, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Kirby Super Star.....ect. The SNES had pretty much everything a gamer could want. I cannot say that for any other Nintendo system created since then.
That is what i mean when i say i am upset that the company that made the SNES also made Wii/WiiU. Im not bitter, im realizing that Nintendo is a.....you know what, i cant even put a name on it. This may sound weird but i have this feeling that Nintendo doesn't really have the "magic" it once had. I dont know if that makes sense to you.
Sega and Microsoft are not anything alike. Nor are the scenarios each one were in. I dont think we can compare them to see an accurate conclusion.
I was close... Mario Kart being out for next year screwed things up, otherwise I would've put 3D Mario in December. I can see Sonic moved to November now while some casual game will be in October.My prediction,
August - Pikmin 3
September - W101
October - Sonic Lost World and WW HD
November - 3D Mario and Wii Fit U
December - Mario Kart
Next year will be Yarn Yoshi, new Retro game, X, Bayonetta 2, and possibly SMT X FE (but I doubt it). Then of course unannounced games.
Edit: And Smash
I wasn't very impressed by Smash 4. The graphics look ****ty for a Wii U game, and the gameplay/stages look a bit uninspiring. Might change my mind as more information comes out though. I don't plan to play this competitive, but I do hope the online play will be good.
Love you, bro.Who gives a **** about graphics. If I you are playing Wii U and are worrying about graphics, then you have a serious problem.