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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Nintendo's biggest obstacle heading into next generation

Gnac on 27 December 2012

FUD



WHERE IS MY KORORINPA 3

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Soleron on 27 December 2012

Narcissism. Resulting inability to know why a game sold or didn't sell.



Valdney on 27 December 2012

The quality of the first party games.



archer9234 on 27 December 2012

3rd party. And offering options for all gamer types.



DirtyP2002 on 27 December 2012

3rd party support
high price for not powerful hardware due to the controller
Nintendo finally has to prove themselves for online-gaming, they are light-years behind the competition



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

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Chandler on 27 December 2012

Adapting to the HD market in general.



Ongoing bet with think-man: He wins if MH4 releases in any shape or form on PSV in 2013, I win if it doesn't.

Darc Requiem on 27 December 2012

Everyone hit on the main issue. 3rd party support. Although, I think they'll be fine with Japanese devs. Western devs are going to be an issue.



Scisca on 27 December 2012
snowdog said:
kowenicki said:
Longevity

I think Sony and Microsoft will have more of a problem with that unless they can come up with something in 2018/2019 to keep sales momentum going. Last gen it was motion controls. If they're going to release consoes expected to have a half-life of 7-10 years they're going to have to have something in 5 or 6 years to keep sales going. After all, the Wii U 2 should be released around that time leaving the PS4 and 720 with underpowered hardware.

PS3 has the best longevity this gen. Do you really think it's because of Move?

 

Wii U will be a Gamecube 2. Nobody will want to play inferior ports of multiplatform games, people will just plug it in and turn on once or twice a year to play a new Nintendo 1st party game. It will be too weak to compete for the core gamers and the casuals have already moved on to tablets.

The biggest problem though is that both X360 and PS3 gamers have their achievements/trophies and friend lists already there, they will be tranferable to the next console and this is a HUGE incentive for them to stay with the same manufacturer next gen. Nintendo has no online ecosystem and this will hurt them big time.



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

Busted on 27 December 2012

Wii's shadow



chocoloco on 27 December 2012

Every barely gamer I know says Wii U to me because they know I like games. I say the system does not have the Wii remote and they are disappointed. That and every one seems to want a tablet if they do not already have one right now.