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oniyide on 03 July 2013

how much are people expecting for Wii U to do this holiday if it DOESNT get a price cut? 60k? 80k? a week. Im thinking maybe 50-60



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COKTOE on 03 July 2013

Whoops. Just for accuracy's sake, the PS3 actually outsold the Wii-U by MORE than 6-1 last week. And just to get one more idea across, a new Donkey Kong paired with an old Zelda will not f***ing change anything for the Wii-U. I bet, just on the strength of GTA5, the ancient PS3 and 360 will see a hardware bump this fall that will be more significant than any bump the Wii-U gets for the rest of 2013.



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

oniyide on 03 July 2013
COKTOE said:
Whoops. Just for accuracy's sake, the PS3 actually outsold the Wii-U by MORE than 6-1 last week. And just to get one more idea across, a new Donkey Kong paired with an old Zelda will not f***ing change anything for the Wii-U. I bet, just on the strength of GTA5, the ancient PS3 and 360 will see a hardware bump this fall that will be more significant than any bump the Wii-U gets for the rest of 2013.

I dont know about a bump, but it will take attention away from the system, thats for damn sure. It NEEDS a price cut IMHO. People spout about PS4 and xbone not doing anything but even if its true, you still got ps360 that has been ruling over WIi U, hell i would argue that they have a better fall line up than Wii U does.



Proxy-Pie on 03 July 2013
COKTOE said:
Whoops. Just for accuracy's sake, the PS3 actually outsold the Wii-U by MORE than 6-1 last week. And just to get one more idea across, a new Donkey Kong paired with an old Zelda will not f***ing change anything for the Wii-U. I bet, just on the strength of GTA5, the ancient PS3 and 360 will see a hardware bump this fall that will be more significant than any bump the Wii-U gets for the rest of 2013.


so they will beat the PS4 and Xbox One -___-



oniyide on 03 July 2013
RolStoppable said:
happydolphin said:

That is truly the only concern. However in the past Nintendo did not do a good job at leading by example. With the U, Nintendo is pumping out games quickly with high entertainment value, much like they are doing for the 3DS, and games of very similar type of content. The only risk is that 3rd parties don't get the cue, but I really doubt Capcom and Atlus won't.

But like you say we've seen it in the past, with its reasons, so the risk exists. I give it a 50-50 chance of likelihood, due to the WiiU's mixed direction at launch. So long as Nintendo continues to drive entertainment first for the birthing years of the console, that risk should be quelled. *fingers crossed*

They can always drive higher-production games when they've secured a proper install base for themselves and for 3rd parties. All in its time.

Wait, what? The Wii U made even the N64 look good.

I don't know why you put faith in Capcom and Atlus, it's not like they were big supporters of the Wii. Sure, they restrained from flooding that system with garbage, but that still isn't a level of support that should make anyone confident about the future.

Here's a rough idea of what third parties thought about the Wii U before the system launched:

The fate of the Wii U in terms of third party support was sealed long before its sales dropped off a cliff.


the crazy part is at least 3 of those multiplats got cancelled. (BF4, aliens, metro) but hey at least wii U will have more exclusives than 360



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COKTOE on 03 July 2013
oniyide said:
COKTOE said:
Whoops. Just for accuracy's sake, the PS3 actually outsold the Wii-U by MORE than 6-1 last week. And just to get one more idea across, a new Donkey Kong paired with an old Zelda will not f***ing change anything for the Wii-U. I bet, just on the strength of GTA5, the ancient PS3 and 360 will see a hardware bump this fall that will be more significant than any bump the Wii-U gets for the rest of 2013.

I dont know about a bump, but it will take attention away from the system, thats for damn sure. It NEEDS a price cut IMHO. People spout about PS4 and xbone not doing anything but even if its true, you still got ps360 that has been ruling over WIi U, hell i would argue that they have a better fall line up than Wii U does.



A price cut, if financially feesable for Nintendo, is the best thing they could do for the Wii-U.

- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

badgenome on 03 July 2013
RolStoppable said:

Here's a rough idea of what third parties thought about the Wii U before the system launched:

 

The fate of the Wii U in terms of third party support was sealed long before its sales dropped off a cliff.

At least Sega canceled Aliens, so it's not all bad news for the Wii U.



Zero999 on 03 July 2013
AnthonyW86 said:
MohammadBadir said:
COKTOE said:
The Wii-U is so dead in so many ways, Itchy and Scratchy called it for some fresh death ideas to use in their next skit. It's so dead, it makes Kenny from South Park blush like a school girl. The nearly 7 year old PS3 outsold it almost 6-1 last week. AGAIN. Yeah, things are looking great for the Wii-U. It's getting outsold by EVERYTHING, and there is no way the small, uninspired Wii-U holiday line-up is going to pull it out of it's death spiral into commercial irrelevance. Of course, the PS4/Xbox One launches only compound the Wii-U's problems. Sorry.


remember when the PS3 was dead in 2006?

Remember when the PS3 was selling 60k a week in June 2006 at $599 while Wii-U is selling just over 20k at half the price?

it was $499 but again an irrelevant example from you. I'll say it again: wii u sales right now are no parameter for future sales. only when it get's the big titles later this year is when we can check the sales.



oniyide on 03 July 2013
Zero999 said:
AnthonyW86 said:
MohammadBadir said:
COKTOE said:
The Wii-U is so dead in so many ways, Itchy and Scratchy called it for some fresh death ideas to use in their next skit. It's so dead, it makes Kenny from South Park blush like a school girl. The nearly 7 year old PS3 outsold it almost 6-1 last week. AGAIN. Yeah, things are looking great for the Wii-U. It's getting outsold by EVERYTHING, and there is no way the small, uninspired Wii-U holiday line-up is going to pull it out of it's death spiral into commercial irrelevance. Of course, the PS4/Xbox One launches only compound the Wii-U's problems. Sorry.


remember when the PS3 was dead in 2006?

Remember when the PS3 was selling 60k a week in June 2006 at $599 while Wii-U is selling just over 20k at half the price?

it was $499 but again an irrelevant example from you. I'll say it again: wii u sales right now are no parameter for future sales. only when it get's the big titles later this year is when we can check the sales.


wait...why is it irrelevant. Sure anything could happen, but the example he used was to show that even at that steep price, almost 3 times as much people were interested in PS3 at the same time frame than they are Wii U. Again anything could happen, but that is NOT good news for WIi U right now.



Proxy-Pie on 03 July 2013
AnthonyW86 said:
MohammadBadir said:
COKTOE said:
The Wii-U is so dead in so many ways, Itchy and Scratchy called it for some fresh death ideas to use in their next skit. It's so dead, it makes Kenny from South Park blush like a school girl. The nearly 7 year old PS3 outsold it almost 6-1 last week. AGAIN. Yeah, things are looking great for the Wii-U. It's getting outsold by EVERYTHING, and there is no way the small, uninspired Wii-U holiday line-up is going to pull it out of it's death spiral into commercial irrelevance. Of course, the PS4/Xbox One launches only compound the Wii-U's problems. Sorry.


remember when the PS3 was dead in 2006?

Remember when the PS3 was selling 60k a week in June 2006 at $599 while Wii-U is selling just over 20k at half the price?


i remember buying mine because it was the cheapest bluray player around XD