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Cobretti2 said:
oniyide said:
Cobretti2 said:
I never understand the point of these threads let alone peoples replies.

I'll get it when zelda comes out or smash or mario kart.

Like they are coming out so buy the console. Be like Sony and Microsoft fans, they support their console knowing great games are coming.

Imagine if ever Nintendo fan though like the responses here then the Wii probably would have sold 500K units by now. Those kind of sales would probably lead to a discontinued console and no zelda, smash or mario kart.

TO be fair and you are not going to like this, so prepare to flame. BUt Sony and MS fans support their consoles because their consoles have been and is getting supported. You CANNOT say the same for all of Ninty consoles. I mean support across the board 1st AND 3rd party. Hell even when PS3 was getting whupped it was still getting games, sure they werent exclusives and were shared with 360 but thats a hell of alot more than what Wii U is getting, its not even getting some of the multiplats from PS360 and those have been around for years, NVM the next gen ports. Outside of Watchdogs, I dont know what its getting next gen wise.

OT. Buying a whole console for one game has always been foolish to me. I need about 3 games to even consider a purchase and honestly right now the only thing on WIi U that im interested in is Zelda and it better look close to that tech demo. Matter of fact ill just wait for that.


I agree with you in that regard about the support. However I didn't want to bring up the fact if your console sells well then 3rd parties are more likely to support it. This  would stir up other old arguments such as 3rd parties don't try on Nintendo systems etc.. and arguments around weak hardware which allows 3rd parties to port games etc.. these forums had all this argued to death already.

We already seen excuses on the forums for why people arn't buying games like COD ghost, poor frame rate = no buy. Hell PS4 had frame rate issues. Both versions got patches to fx these issues. COD ghosts runs pretty well for what the Wii U is hardware wise. However to be fair there are a few games which are total waste of time liek batman outsourced and being worst than the port. However BS excuses shouldn't be used on all games when a developer has put in effort.

Note my comments only apply to people with one console brand in each gen not multi console owners who have options. 

With scalable engines these days, there is no good reason for top publishers not to release games on WIi U, however the users must show support the games like you said otherwise they will not show interest similar to VITA, but even so VITA seems to at least be getting some decent games.

Heres the thing though, those old arguments were never true about 3rd parties not trying, ever. They were just the rantings of Wii owners who were mad they werent getting GTA5, RE5, AC, etc. Either completly ignoring the fact those games couldnt be made for the Wii(not even close to as powerful as either PS3 or 360) or ignoring the different demographs that WIi had(sales support this, especially sales of Wii U multiplats) 3rd parties put the games on the WIi they thought would and did sell, pretty much your dancing, minigame exercise stuff. So 3rd parties supported the Wii alot anyone who says otherwise was just too cheap or too much of a fanboy to buy a non Ninty console or even PC.

I disagree with the last paragraph, engines only play a small role, if the games arent going to sell on Wii U(and right now they really arent) then publishers have a great reason not to release games on Wii U.



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oniyide said:


LOL oh dear please enlighten us with these AMAZING exclusives on Wii U 

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OT: Mario Kart 8 will force my hand to shell out some moola for it soon. Sadly.



Already out. GOTY :). 



Super Smash Bros. But only after I grab a PS4.



Price at 150-175 Euro. Maaayyybe 200, if I get a raise On top of that a mature Zelda, Metroid Prime 4 or Trilogy HD, X, MK8 and a Nintendo showing me, that I will get more such games in the future.



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.

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I got it for Sports Club (tennis), like I said I would if Nintendo ever released a version of Wii Sports Online (and it happened much quicker than I thought it would). And I do like it.



Xenoblade 2



A port of the first Bayonetta



X



Oh, and one more thing. A massive scale open-world RPG in the Pokemon world, that could give hundreds of hours of gameplay (think Skyrim scale). All with HD graphics above the level of X. THAT would move them consoles.



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.