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maxleresistant on 10 December 2015
Darwinianevolution said:
maxleresistant said:
ahahahahahaha
This console is a fucking joke. I'm having a lot of fun with Xenoblade though.

How is the lack of Minecraft's use of the gamepad WiiU's fault? Nintendo can't force anyone to use the gamepad if they don't want to.


Why should it be the WiiU's fault? The console is a joke, well it's partly its fault, but nobody is taking the console seriously, nobody makes use of the gamepad. Xenoblade is another disappointment  on that aspect. 

Nintendo and third parties are responsibe for all those problems. The console is a joke



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jake_the_fake1 on 10 December 2015

Does it really matter? I mean the WiiU is the last platform to get it, so it looks like Mojang just shat out a dirty cheap port, no need to complicate things when it could just be the exact same version as the 360, so updates will be easy across the WiiU/PS3/xbox360...so I guess everyone wins?

But I suppose another question to ask is this, would you have preferred this version which can at least do off tv play and maybe updated as frequent as the PS3/360 versions or nothing at all?



slab_of_bacon on 20 December 2015
midrange said:
slab_of_bacon said:


50k is high, why?  Also, you reference a 1:1 ratio when you say "buying a wii u for minecraft".  Did you mean to phrase this differently?

let me rephrase: people buying minecraft on the wii u does not imply that those people would buy a wii u for minecraft. It isn't a 1:1 ratio, instead for every 1,000,000 people that buy minecraft for the wii u, there is 1 person who will buy a wii u for minecraft. That ratio is too small to claim that "minecraft will move hardware."

Yes, I do believe 50k is to high. Once again, there is no incentive for buying a wii u for minecraft. If someone wanted to buy a console for minecraft, they are better off buying a cheaper ps3. I estimate minecraft to move less than 5k units of wii u hardware.

 

I feel as though your opinion is a bit on the lean side.  Let me ask you this:  Someone has been on the fence about getting a Mariokart bundle and then can now get a copy of Minecraft for the system which pushes them past the threshold and they buy one...  did the game alone incite that action?  How would the purchase of a Sony Playstation 3 or an Xbox 360 allow them to play Mariokart?

 



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midrange on 20 December 2015
slab_of_bacon said:
midrange said:

let me rephrase: people buying minecraft on the wii u does not imply that those people would buy a wii u for minecraft. It isn't a 1:1 ratio, instead for every 1,000,000 people that buy minecraft for the wii u, there is 1 person who will buy a wii u for minecraft. That ratio is too small to claim that "minecraft will move hardware."

Yes, I do believe 50k is to high. Once again, there is no incentive for buying a wii u for minecraft. If someone wanted to buy a console for minecraft, they are better off buying a cheaper ps3. I estimate minecraft to move less than 5k units of wii u hardware.

 

I feel as though your opinion is a bit on the lean side.  Let me ask you this:  Someone has been on the fence about getting a Mariokart bundle and then can now get a copy of Minecraft for the system which pushes them past the threshold and they buy one...  did the game alone incite that action?  How would the purchase of a Sony Playstation 3 or an Xbox 360 allow them to play Mariokart?

 

In that scenario, mario kart 8 and the bundle moved the console, not minecraft. Minecraft moving consoles would be like "hmm, I want to play minecraft, the wii u has minecraft, let me buy a wii u."

for minecraft to move wii u consoles, it must be the priority/main reason to buy a wii u, not an afterthought/bonus feature



slab_of_bacon on 20 December 2015
midrange said:
slab_of_bacon said:
midrange said:

let me rephrase: people buying minecraft on the wii u does not imply that those people would buy a wii u for minecraft. It isn't a 1:1 ratio, instead for every 1,000,000 people that buy minecraft for the wii u, there is 1 person who will buy a wii u for minecraft. That ratio is too small to claim that "minecraft will move hardware."

Yes, I do believe 50k is to high. Once again, there is no incentive for buying a wii u for minecraft. If someone wanted to buy a console for minecraft, they are better off buying a cheaper ps3. I estimate minecraft to move less than 5k units of wii u hardware.

 

I feel as though your opinion is a bit on the lean side.  Let me ask you this:  Someone has been on the fence about getting a Mariokart bundle and then can now get a copy of Minecraft for the system which pushes them past the threshold and they buy one...  did the game alone incite that action?  How would the purchase of a Sony Playstation 3 or an Xbox 360 allow them to play Mariokart?

 

In that scenario, mario kart 8 and the bundle moved the console, not minecraft. Minecraft moving consoles would be like "hmm, I want to play minecraft, the wii u has minecraft, let me buy a wii u."

for minecraft to move wii u consoles, it must be the priority/main reason to buy a wii u, not an afterthought/bonus feature

 

Oh ok... so we're defining it different ways.  Then I understand your position.  

 

Expect more Wii U sales than last December then ;)



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midrange on 20 December 2015
slab_of_bacon said:
midrange said:
slab_of_bacon said:
midrange said:

let me rephrase: people buying minecraft on the wii u does not imply that those people would buy a wii u for minecraft. It isn't a 1:1 ratio, instead for every 1,000,000 people that buy minecraft for the wii u, there is 1 person who will buy a wii u for minecraft. That ratio is too small to claim that "minecraft will move hardware."

Yes, I do believe 50k is to high. Once again, there is no incentive for buying a wii u for minecraft. If someone wanted to buy a console for minecraft, they are better off buying a cheaper ps3. I estimate minecraft to move less than 5k units of wii u hardware.

 

I feel as though your opinion is a bit on the lean side.  Let me ask you this:  Someone has been on the fence about getting a Mariokart bundle and then can now get a copy of Minecraft for the system which pushes them past the threshold and they buy one...  did the game alone incite that action?  How would the purchase of a Sony Playstation 3 or an Xbox 360 allow them to play Mariokart?

 

In that scenario, mario kart 8 and the bundle moved the console, not minecraft. Minecraft moving consoles would be like "hmm, I want to play minecraft, the wii u has minecraft, let me buy a wii u."

for minecraft to move wii u consoles, it must be the priority/main reason to buy a wii u, not an afterthought/bonus feature

 

Oh ok... so we're defining it different ways.  Then I understand your position.  

 

Expect more Wii U sales than last December then ;)

Yep, seems like definition changes everything.

I also think minecraft will help sell more units in December. Not because people will say "gotta buy a wii u for minecraft," rather they can't say "I don't want a wii u because it doesn't have minecraft"

in short, minecraft won't make people buy more wii u's but it will help convince them if they are on the fence