Mummelmann said:
especially if you have poor support and only 1st party and late, late ports to live off of. And just how are they set to dominate Japan? If anything, Nintendo are losing their grip on Japan, especially in the home console market, the Wii has shown appaling numbers there lately and the home console market as a whole is fast becoming irrelevant in Japan compared to the global scale. There is no reason to think that the WiiU will dominate in Japan, there's no reason to think that any of the consoles will do very well there at all next generation. Handhelds will sell well, at least for now. As for price and features; one has to consider that it will likely be compared to the PS3 and 360, so the price is far from amazing and the same goes for features, there's nothing incredible or mindblowing about, its more catching up to the norm.
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Oh please, launching first this gen greatly benefitted MS. They've gained alot of ground this gen coming from off the Xbox. Anybody who says launching before Sony wasn't a great idea by MS is talking pure BS.
And your reasoning for Nintendo losing it's grip on Japan in the console market is...their 6/7 year old console slowing down in sales?
Reasons to think WiiU will dominate in Japan:
- WiiU is launching with a Monster Hunter bundle
- Every Japanese Premium Set includes Dragon Quest X Wii U Beta Access!
- Launching at a good price.
Sounds familiar? Yeah, just like with 3DS, Nintendo are taking steps to secure Japan . Those are two big franchises in Japan available in at launch exclusively to WiiU, and they're probably not done yet.
And yeah, it's funny to see you say WiiU, a system launching with a bunch of 3rd party exclusives and multiplats, has "poor support and only 1st party and late, late ports to live off of." It's like you don't even know anything about what the console offers.
What new console isn't compared to old consoles when it launches? The WiiU is something new, launching at very reasonable prices with a solid line up. Consumers are going to snap it up this holiday and beyond regardless of PS360, two saturated consoles in a generation that's dragged on too long.
As for the features "catching up to the norm", can you point me to the social gaming network available on PS3/360? Because last time I checked, they don't have such a thing.
Does Sony and MS yet have a system where all retail games can also be made available for digital download day one? No.
WiiU also offers impressive multi-tasking capabilities with the ability to surf the internet, interact on Miiverse, chat to friends while playing a game.
As for Nintendo TVii, it offers alot of things that are not available on PSN or XBL.
Sure, it integrates streaming-video services like Netflix, Amazon Instant, Hulu Plus, and YouTube into the Wii U, but TVii is a far more ambitious platform, capable of cross-platform search through both streaming-video services and live TV listings, providing complementary second-screen information and social interaction on the GamePad screen, and controlling your DVR and other home theater components together like a universal remote. That's a step further than even the Xbox 360's impressive TV efforts.
It's more comparable with what Google TV was supposed to be but failed at, except more simple, accessible and streamlined. It has great potential and If it really is like Nintendo showed it to be at their conference, will be an attrative aspect of the console for many people.
So yeah, what Nintendo has shown so far is anything but 'catching up to the norm of current gen'. It offers much more than that.
