Nintendo well positioned for 2013

[TeddostheFireKing]

hivycox said:

TeddostheFireKing said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

TeddostheFireKing said:

Legend11 said:

 

 

In response to your comments:

(1). I'm not so certain of the Nextbox, but with the PS4 certain to have Blu-ray, that would surely be a point worth mentioning value wise. 
(2). The PS3 and 360 are both ending the generation on a high with blockbuster games still coming out for the systems.
(3). Similar to the above, but the other way, a poor last 2/3 years has really hurt the Wii, you could argue Kinect has more momentum right now.
(4). I don't know if you saw it, but there was a thread in Vgchartz not too long along about advertisement's for the WiiU, or more importantly, how poor they are and how they weren't aimed at the target audience properly.
(5). GTA5 hasn't been announced for the WiiU yet.
(6). With the above reasons, its not that out of the question that the WiiU would have to be seriously cheaper than the competition for it to be popular, games right now aren't that much better than the PS3 and 360 versions, they aren't going to be matching the Nextbox and PS4 versions either, so its going to be a tough sell for the WiiU I think (especially since the PS3 and 360 could stay alive for a while like the PS2 for 2006/7).
(7). In regards to those multiplatform games: Call of Duty has sales because everyone plays it and so do their friends, but right now, sales aren't great for the WiiU version (sort of like an anti snow ball effect). The Elder Scrolls games only release once every 4 and a half years, its a long way from now. The WiiU version of Assassin's Creed isn't advertised, its the PS3 version that is, unless Nintendo gets Ubisoft to advertise the WiiU version, sales will be mostly on the Ps3 version (with considerable sales on 360 too of course). Also, Pokemon is great for handhelds, but the console versions are considering less popular, Nintendo needs a Pokemon MMO, THAT would be a blockbuster.
(8). 3D Mario, Zelda and Pokemon were all on the N64 and GC, I don't see being that outstanding. COD and Assassin's Creed are good steps, but Nintendo needs to build a brand affiliation with COD and Assassin's Creed for them to be successful and to stay on the system once the Nextbox and PS4 come out. GTA is key, if they announce that for the WiiU, it would help change people's mentality of the company considerably.

I don't agree entirely with your aspects...

Every console's launch games didn't look better than their previous counterparts (i.e. look at COD 2 for X360). It needs time for devs to fully understand the technology of a next gen console like the wii u.... if you compare ps3 games from 2007 and for example "The Last of Us" than you should ask yourself: "is this the same console?"

Once Nintendo shows some AAA title everybody will see the wii u's true power...look at Pikmin 3, its gorgeous ;)

Also keep in mind that its been rumoured that the ps4 will also have an GPGPU or an APU which have also new architectures... That mean that developers will  have a hard time to develop their games on those systems as well...

And about your point (8) =

You don't want see the awesomeness that is Zelda HD ??or maybe something more realistic like Metroid HD ...those games are one of the few reasons to buy a wii u...let me say this : IT will be OUTSTANDING :D

Although COD2 did look worse on 360 compared to the PS2, the jump from PS2 from PS1 was quite large, NES to SNES too, this level in graphics jump is more like  PS2 to Xbox, noticable on exclusives, but other titles not so much if at all. Actually that's a good analogy, the WiiU is the Xbox is more powerful hardware, but a userbase too small to fully exploit it so it gets ports, meanwhile the PS360 have a huge userbase were the titles are designed from the ground up for. Exclusives will look good on the WiiU but multiplatfrom titles will look largely the same.

Although Pikmen 3 does look good, I think the PS3 and 360 could run it (God of War Ascension and Halo 4 say hi). I admit Zelda and Metroid would look good on the WiiU, but titles like Mario Kart and 2D Mario don't exactly go for photo realism.