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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Pachter Says “Why Would Anybody Buy A Wii U?”

naruball said:
Zero999 said:
Mythmaker1 said:

"And the PS4, priced $50 more than the Wii U? I mean, why would anybody buy a Wii U, you know, unless they just have to play Nintendo games?"

Full quote, for context. Since I imagine some people didn't know it, given that the source didn't bother.

and why would someone that doesn't just HAVE to play knack/killzone/infamous would buy a ps4 on it's first months? certainly not for the games that will also be available for wii u and ps360.


I don't know exactly what's coming to wiiU, but I think a lot of great 3rd party games aren't, plus both ms and sony have much better online and trophies/achievements, so I guess there are quite a few things. At any rate numbers will speak for themeslves. As it is wiiu (much like vita) is doing very badly, so seems to me he's stating the obvious once again.

Wii u is doing badly without games, what's the surprise?

as far as I know, rayman, W101, bayonetta 2, sonic LW, batman, assassin's creed, watch dogs call of retrocess, just dance, scriblenauts = a respectable amount of great third party titles with some of them being exclusive.

Wii u play games online, ps4 play games online, xone play games online. people need to stop this "better online" excuse for an argument. the only difference between those 3 consoles online is that wii u is the only free one.



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after reading the comments on this thread, ive come up with this conclusion:
Why buy a WiiU when you can get a ps4 for 50$ more.

why buy a ps4 when you can get a Xbox one with a WAY better online infrastructure and kinnet

Why buy a xbox one when you can buy/build a gaming pc and do tons of more stuff, free online, better game deals with steam and also get almost all micsoft exclusives...




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DanneSandin said:
pezus said:
This article's writer should be fired instead

Does nobody read the comments these days?

Here the full statement is again: "And the PS4, priced $50 more than the Wii U? I mean, why would anybody buy a Wii U, you know, unless they just have to play Nintendo games?"

Do you know the answer to his question?

I agree. This is bad journalism. And it's a shame noone else reads the comments. I think Pachter is spot on; but Nintendo fans WANTS to hate this guy.


And I suppose he was also spot on when predicting that DS, Wii and 3DS would kill Nintendo...