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Juma009 on 21 June 2012
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
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It's funny how people assume that only "grown hardcore" gamers play COD, that game is full of 11-12 year olds lol, now if those kids get the Wii U which will be out at least a year before the other consoles, and COD comes out on the Wii U, why not?


I've seen grown men upwards fifty years old buying COD when I worked at Gamestop. That game has everyone hooked besides moms who mostly bought Wii titles (I was surprised at how many moms knew about Wiifit.). If they have the titles on the Xbox 360 or PS3 when the next consoles roll around why would they want Nintendo for games like COD? Granted COD was fun on Nintendo, but no. Playing the game on the Wii and the 360, two different experiences entirely and Nintendo stated themselves that they are not read to go up against Microsoft and Sony in the online department.

Agreed on the age factoron COD games, I know my 33 year old friend who loves it and my 10 year old nephew, now, all I am saying is that if the Wii U does have a strong impact on sales and we see a lot of gamers bringing one home then if the next COD also comes out on the Wii U, don't you think theres a chance all those Wii U owners might want to try it on the newest console available? You ask why would they switch? I ask why not? its a valid point.

My question to you is...why buy a console that is offering you everything you already have? Nintendo needs to be making new IP's to make use of the Wii U, not going after the COD crowd. They came late to that party and next gen they are going to be gimped. It's mostly loyal Nintendo fanatics and probably a couple new users who will buy the Wii U. The casual hype is over, which means 70% of the casual sales they attained this generation will vanish. The gaming industry has expanded so we're looking at 50-60 Million consoles at best next generation. If Nintendo pumps out their own titles rather than trying to be like the competition whilst utilizing their hardware they should do better than that, if they try to be like the PS3/360 they will have dealt with an already satisfied market and have slow sales. Nintendo has always been in their own world. I think they should stay that way for their health. The Wii U is an intriguing piece of hardware and if games are made for it well enough I might purchase it myself. If they are trying to do what the "HD Twins" are doing its of no value to me and I am sure many other core gamers.


Then why buy a new console period? I believe people buy new consoles to upgrade/change their gaming hobbies, wether Wii U is a big upgrade from the HD twins or not, WE don't know,  You cant possibly tell me that you know what the Wii U will offer to consumers, you might not like what you seen so far but that its only your opinion, all I said is that, TO ME, having the newest console out before the competition might bring some COD fans to the WII U, provided that such game is released on the mentioned console, somehow, you are making it sound as if Nintendo is changing their entire business plan and abandoning their own IPs, I am positive we will see Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Metroid, Animal Crossings, Kirby, Fire Emblem, etc, etc in the console. but if some FPS fans come along, why not?

You seem to be positive that casual gaming trend is dead, yet numbers disagree with you, have you seen how many copies of Temple Run, Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds and all those little phone games get purchased or downloaded a day?  If anything Casual gaming is on the rice, wether it will stay on consoles move to mobile devices, we dont know, but I bet Nintendo ALONG with Sony and Microsoft will want to take a bite of that market.

Back to the COD franchise, I never said it will move all its fans to the Wii U, all I said it might, again I dont know, but just remember that heavy franchises have switched to different consoles for different reasons, Final Fantasy comes to mind, and some more, yet they found sucess in all consoles. I do not see why you are looking at the Wii U as an immediate fail for COD, the system isnt even out yet.