| Eddie_Raja said:
Patcher basically said that the Wii U is a little late to the party, and that though it may not fail, it won't be as big as the Wii was. Nintendo defenders are starting to bring up the fact that the Wii U is 50% stronger than the PS3 and Xbox 360 but there is a problem with that point: 50% is not enough! The ps3 is litterally 10 times more powerful than the PS2 and the PS2 was 10 times more powerful than the PS1. The dreamcast on the otherhand was only about 2-4 times better than the previous generation and look what happened: it sold a mediocre amount of consoles until the real heavy hitters launched and it was destroyed. The Wii U will not sell well because it isn't that much stronger than the current gen and it will be weaker than the next gen competition. To those that bring up the controller as an example of how it may succeed, keep this in mind: Nintendo has basically alienated third parties, and what do third parties make? Oh that's right, most of the HD games.
P.S. LOL at Ghost Recon Online. A port of an already free PC shooter doesn't count!
Note: I do not 100% think what I have said above will happen, but it is likely IMO. Please support arguments well and keep in mind though I am saying the Dreamcast is a good example, the Wii U isn't the exact same thing. |
1. Why are you bringing up the specs? We are still over a year away from launch and the specs may not be final, and even if they were, we haven't seen any official specs from Nintendo yet so whether it is more powerful or not remains to be seem.
2.The Dreamcaast didn't fail because it was weaker, it failed because Sega screwed their consumers, and ruined their brand image.
3. You are saying that the Wii U won't do well because it is weaker? If I remember correctly the last system that won a generation that was strongest was the SNES.
You could make that same "Wii U will not sell well because it isn't that much stronger than the current gen and it will be weaker than the next gen competition." statement about the PS1, 360 (because it is beating the PS3), and Wii. Are those systems failing?
4. How on earth did Nintendo alienate 3rd parties? It looks like a direct opposite with EA, Ubisoft, THQ, and now Crytek confirming their support for the console. They aren't having much trouble getting the kind of games that a developer wouldn't think t put on the Wii, on the Wii U.
