MDMAlliance on 20 January 2015
| danasider said: Games like Super Mario 3d World or 8 player Smash (yes, 4 player Smash is online) could have definitely done better with an online experience considering they are multiplayer games. I don't think that making Super Mario 3D World online multiplayer would have made the difference between "Wii U still in a hole" and "Wii U saved," nor would it have made global lifetime sales increase any more than 1m total. Online multiplayer for a 3D platformer may get some people excited and give it a little more life, but it's not like it's something that makes that much sense. Even though Wind Waker looks awesome for WiiU, Nintendo got a lot of flack for not delivering a Zelda that looked like the 2012 demo. Nintendo gets a lot of people saying shit about them regardless of what they do. Even though they have been selling well, Amiibos ARE basically collectables, as they don't have a game to really show off their use ala Disney Infinity or Skylanders and the uses they do have are corny. Amiibos are pretty new, so their uses so far are quite limited, but I think their current uses are not so bad. Also they have already announced some FE amiibos unlocking new characters for Code Name STEAM. Third party exclusives are alright, but many of the AAA games which a large portion of the gamer community wants to play are not on WiiU. Many of these games are even coming to PS360. That doesn't really have anything to do with what OP was saying, though. It's a more complex issue that wont have any super simple fixes. Even though new IPs are in development, they are mostly niche titles (Splattoon, Wonderful 101). Wouldn't new IPs, by definition, be niche? Unless you mean the genre, in which case... Splatoon isn't going for a niche genre. For all the WiiU apologists, even if you enjoy your console, even if it has many redeeming qualities (including arguably the best game lineup of 2014), many of these complaints shared by the OP, myself or people who don't own a WiiU are not any less valid. It's probably the reason why WiiU will continue to sell so badly until Nintendo finds a way to turn it around with their nextgen console. I'm still rooting for them. I just hope they see the error of their ways like Sony did with PS4 in relation to PS3's faults. Except a lot of them are not valid since they simply aren't true or are super misleading... or some of them cannot be substantiated. They can be stated as just opinions, but the whole "Everyone thinks X" or "The main reason X is the case is because of Y" are not true. The kinds of things OP says has some truth hidden behind them, but are generally not true or don't make sense. |
