JTurner82 said:
Conegamer said:
Barozi said:
People like to talk about something and WiiU gives a reason to do so.
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I expect a fair number of these people are people who were angry at the backlash the Vita got shortly after launch, and despite the fact I got one shortly after launch, and loved it, I also fell under this catergory. However, it's fair to say that despite also loving the WiiU (and everyone should get one), if sales do not improve somewhat then expect some more of these threads and articles from me.
BUT, this is the issue. It's literally one week in. That first thread was over 3 months after the Japanese launch, and the second one some 6 weeks later. I just think people are jumping the gun somewhat, and some people taking this too far when sales suggest otherwise. This is what frustrates me, and most others on this site (regardless of their brand loyalty; if they have one). Just the downright wish and determination for people to take any shread of news, good or bad, rumoured or true, and rip it apart.
I think that, in this case (as later happened with the Vita it must be said), things are starting to get out of hand. We shall see how things go from here with the Japanese launch, but I don't see things improving, regardless of the WiiU's situation.
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...but it IS nice to be talking about sales again, as you say, be it positive or not-so-positive.
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I expect the Japanese launch to go very smoothly, because they have a killer app there that will capture the JRPG audience: Monster Hunter 3. Having that at launch will definitely give it sales. If anything, I expect the Japanese third parties to be on board with the system more so than the Western ones. (The lack of Dark Souls 2 doesn't worry me; there's still time to get it on there.)
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MH3 didn't have particularly great pre-orders in COMG, though
(Thanks to the thread and Boutros for this one)
Previous MH games had far higher pre-orders than this one. I'm not saying there's a huge corralation, and it should push some systems, but I'd say a launch of 300-350k is probably the best Nintendo can hope for in Japan. Which, whilst good, will be spun as being 'lower than the Vita'.
But there you go.
