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ICStats on 03 March 2014
Viltgance said:

Ok so the Wii U has pretty much been the laughing stock since the beginning of this next generation.  Has the tide finally turned and are people starting to realize that the Wii U can roll with the big boys (sony/ms).  Their first party games have been excellent and seem to have the best games at this very moment in time.  Will it be a Playstation/Nintendo generation with MS taking a backseat?

No I don't think so, from my experience talking about Wii U (which I have one) with friends and colleagues, Wii U has grown itself a very poor image.

It's not really around technical specs, or game quality.  It's more around a distaste for the concept, and people know it's a failure.

People also tell me that their wife is not interested in Wii U like they were in Wii, or that their kids are enamoured with iPads so they don't need a kids console.

As for me I'm happy I got a Wii U so my kids experience traditional gaming culture like I did, instead of just playing on the iPad.  I don't want my kids to think of games as something you do to kill 5 minutes for free/$1 and not memorable.  My 7y/o has 240 stars on SM3DW.  Platforming initiation complete ;).



My 8th gen collection

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Darc Requiem on 03 March 2014

I don't think that it's the Wii U gaining respect as much as the XB1 is losing it. Despite being more in line with the PS4 from technical standpoint it's sales are sliding to Wii U levels. Things are only going to get worse now that the PS4 is available in Japan. The Wii U is going be niche. I don't see how Nintendo can gain much ground at his point. I just hope it sells at least well enough to stay on retailer shelves.



starworld on 03 March 2014
Darc Requiem said:
I don't think that it's the Wii U gaining respect as much as the XB1 is losing it. Despite being more in line with the PS4 from technical standpoint it's sales are sliding to Wii U levels. Things are only going to get worse now that the PS4 is available in Japan. The Wii U is going be niche. I don't see how Nintendo can gain much ground at his point. I just hope it sells at least well enough to stay on retailer shelves.


as bad as XB1 is selling at the moment, all it needs is massive  price cut, 349$ with out kinect will get them back on track.



SubiyaCryolite on 03 March 2014

Um, no.



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

oniyide on 03 March 2014
starworld said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't think that it's the Wii U gaining respect as much as the XB1 is losing it. Despite being more in line with the PS4 from technical standpoint it's sales are sliding to Wii U levels. Things are only going to get worse now that the PS4 is available in Japan. The Wii U is going be niche. I don't see how Nintendo can gain much ground at his point. I just hope it sells at least well enough to stay on retailer shelves.


as bad as XB1 is selling at the moment, all it needs is massive  price cut, 349$ with out kinect will get them back on track.


this. fact is xone is doing better than Wii U in the same time fram at a much higher price. it still selling better without Japan and there are still things they can do to sell more. Cant really say that for WIi U.



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radiantshadow92 on 03 March 2014

Nope im still laughing xD



NYANKS on 03 March 2014

Not really, it still deserves the pretty heavy criticism.



cura on 03 March 2014

Well, I don't seem to group the wii u with the xbox 360 and ps3 as I used to do. However, I still don't see it as a next gen console.



Darc Requiem on 03 March 2014
oniyide said:
starworld said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't think that it's the Wii U gaining respect as much as the XB1 is losing it. Despite being more in line with the PS4 from technical standpoint it's sales are sliding to Wii U levels. Things are only going to get worse now that the PS4 is available in Japan. The Wii U is going be niche. I don't see how Nintendo can gain much ground at his point. I just hope it sells at least well enough to stay on retailer shelves.


as bad as XB1 is selling at the moment, all it needs is massive  price cut, 349$ with out kinect will get them back on track.


this. fact is xone is doing better than Wii U in the same time fram at a much higher price. it still selling better without Japan and there are still things they can do to sell more. Cant really say that for WIi U.

Japan is a non-issue for the XB1. It's not going to sell there regardless. The fact that the XB1 with far better 3rd party support is selling at near Wii U levels is troubling. Especially in it's traditional US and UK strongholds.



oniyide on 03 March 2014
Darc Requiem said:
oniyide said:
starworld said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't think that it's the Wii U gaining respect as much as the XB1 is losing it. Despite being more in line with the PS4 from technical standpoint it's sales are sliding to Wii U levels. Things are only going to get worse now that the PS4 is available in Japan. The Wii U is going be niche. I don't see how Nintendo can gain much ground at his point. I just hope it sells at least well enough to stay on retailer shelves.


as bad as XB1 is selling at the moment, all it needs is massive  price cut, 349$ with out kinect will get them back on track.


this. fact is xone is doing better than Wii U in the same time fram at a much higher price. it still selling better without Japan and there are still things they can do to sell more. Cant really say that for WIi U.

Japan is a non-issue for the XB1. It's not going to sell there regardless. The fact that the XB1 with far better 3rd party support is selling at near Wii U levels is troubling. Especially in it's traditional US and UK strongholds.

as i said, they can still do a price drop sooner than later and it will go up. Fact is 500 is a lot of money that people arent really willing to part with.