I too used to believe that Nintendo could do N64 numbers, but after failing to avoid droughts Nintendo pretty much decided Wii U's fate. Even if there were other factors like brand confusion and marketing that helped seal that fate.
Is there a chance that Nintendo could surprise everyone with a must have game? Of course. No one really knows what Nintendo has planned.
| Davman said: I have a Wii U (bought it used for 200 euro) and I can tell that the gamepad isn't needed in any game i have played, just optional minor staff. If they have started the console at 200$ without the gamepad they would have better sales because Wii U has some decent games and the most exclusives than any other console. In my country Xbox One sales for 300 Euro , you cannot have the same price for Wii U it's suicide. |
Yeah,:( but blame it to ours stores or nortec,seriously,I don't care for the basic pack,which is cheap because it's a dead stock due to the production of it has been ceased,I want a Mario kart 8 premium pack but the cheaper is 315 euros!I would buy it for 269 euros,and we hardly ever get any wii u sale,oh I remember the 199 euros,premium pack with 3 games!I missed it,also kotsovolos who support purchase by loan,have only the basic pack with smash bros or with skylanders,sadly as I aforesaid,I don't want the basic set! :P
I wish for a 50 euros price drop in this year!
P.s I'm near to accept it too but still I won't do it,till seeing the price drop effect,if they will do at least one,which I don't consider to be a great possibility...
Oh,nintendo...They don't even drop the price of old 3DS models in order to get rid of that huge stock,they are being sold so much close to the price of the new models,WTH!
spurgeonryan said:
Nothing. Still the same. I still am waiting for an official Wii U price cut. |
Me too, this is cheap because it's a dead stock,come one people have you forgotten that production 8gb wii u version has been abolished?Plus that this has skylanders,UGH...
We need a cheaper premium pack or deluxe set,this is how it's being called in the USA!:P
No reason to drop the gamepad, that gamepad screen could easily be made a lot smaller so it sits in the middle of a conventional type controller that resembles the xbone/ds4 and has a touch screen pretty similar to the touch screen of a 3DS/DS. There isn't much circuitry in the gamepad and it could all be integrated in a normal controller quite easily. I would also like them to add back in analogue triggers and a higher capacity li-ion pack so it lasts a decent time. I would then re-launch the wii u with the new improved gamepad, bundled wii mote and nunchuck and ensure the console is available in a wide range of colours.
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I'm still optimistic about the Wii U reaching 14M lifetime.
I'm now filled with determination.
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Tradition would say that, but a weekly sub 30k is far more powerfull then any tradition. Annoucing and Launching both handheld and console at 2016 is perfectly possible with the will do so. And that will will grow stronger every day with those sales. I wouldn't even be surprised to see Nintendo break their promise to show anything about the NX at this E3. They need any positive news and just showing off the NX concept could instill that in developers and the overal market. |
The WiiU hasn't even hit its first price cut yet and launching both a Handheld and a console in the same year is something Nintendo would want to avoid in order to reduce sales cannibalism. (I believe the only time they released both a console and a Handheld in the same year was 2001 GBA/GC).
The WiiU still has life in it yet, I'm putting my money on NX coming out 2017.
| Ninten78 said: I've accepted that the Wii U wont outsell GCN,I changed my lifetime to 18M,I still think it can make 20M or maybe barely outsell GCN's 21.7M if it gets 199$ price soon. I think Nintendo after the Wii got cocky like how sony did with ps3.Plus the Wii U name was confusing and no games in it's 1st year.It had potential to at least match SNES in my opinion.But I hope they learnt from this and can do a lot better next gen,I hope they can match NES sales next gen with their Wii U's successor we know nothing about.Nintendo is a wildcard you never know what they will come up with. So lets just enjoy the Wii U its a great console and has great games and more to come. |
Nintendo didn't get cocky. Nintendo wasnt used to those numbers which Sony was already accustomed to. They tried to focus on trends which were going on outside of the gaming industry and tripped hard while trying to gather hardcore gamers back to their territory simultaneously. The Wii audience was a rarity because they dont frequent gaming generationally. The Wii was something that people who dont game could sometimes play their hand in using. Take away the Wii and you'll see that Nintendo since Sony took over has only been selling around 20-30 mil consoles per gen.
| RolStoppable said: I remember when in mid-2013 noname2200 said to me that at this time it can already be considered a victory if the Wii U beats the GC in lifetime sales. I argued that the Wii U still has many big games coming for it, plus several price cuts as opposed to the GC which had nowhere to go in regards to price pretty quickly. Then in late November of the same year I said to noname2200 that at this time it can already be considered a victory if the Wii U reaches half of the GC's lifetime sales. Gosh, what a piece of trash the Wii U is. |
Saleswise, yes. As for the software though, I'm totally enjoying the library. My brother just got back from uni, we borrowed a friend's Xbox360 and at the end of the day, my brother has spent more time playing the Wii U than the Xbox anyway.
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