Ljink96 said:
Yeah, it's not the best but it's better than the Vita, its main competition. And my mistake, Japanese 3rd party support is decent on 3DS not western. And yes, 3rd party games sold fairly well on Wii because of what Wii accomplished. Of the top 15 best selling games, 7 of them are Nintendo Wii games, made by Nintendo and each is over 20 million. People buy Nintendo consoles mainly for Nintendo games. And as I like to say, if your game isn't fun, it won't sell. Nintendo knows this. Mario Kart 8 has over a 50% attachment rate on Wii U. It's a great game. So Nintendo's issue isn't that it doesn't make fun games. Its issue isn't even the fact that it makes underpowered hardware. The issue is the pricing of said underpowered hardware. You know you're going to get quality games made by Nintendo. But if you're paying too much for an underpowered console, that's where the issue is. DS was far less powerful than vita, but it was cheaper and thus far more accessible. I think the marketing and price killed the Wii U. I believe Nintendo will make sure to make the NX a fair price while offering a decent power output and amazing games, and that's a great spot to be in. |
The key word you used was mainly. Primarily people buy a Nintendo system for Nintendo games, but third party games are also necessary.
Pricing isn't really an issue. The Wii sold at 250. The Wii U was 300 for its basic model. After inflation, there's hardly a difference. The Wii U was 50-100 cheaper than the PS4 while the Wii was 50 dollars cheaper than the 360.
Third party support wasn't the #1 cause of the Wii U's failure, but it played a big role. There was simply nothing to play between Nintendo releases. Unifying the hardware can help, but they still need third party support. And there's no reason they shouldn't have a system powerful enough to get it.