Wii U game sales 'far behind launch levels for Gamecube and Wii'

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oniyide said:
Are people forgetting that most of the games on Wii U are on other systems with much larger user bases, for cheaper prices? AC3, ME3, Batman and so forth. id bet my bottom dollar that must be a factor if not a large one.

This. The ports were not enough to make people buy it again. No graphical update and meaningless features can't do magic. They had big franchises for this launch (Mario, JD, COD, AC) and Nintendo simply let the holiday go missing a big oportunity.

From now on we have these games coming likely before E3: Lego City Undercover, Game and Wario, Pikmin 3, Wii Fit U, The Wonderful 101, MH3 Ultimate, Rayman Legends, Aliens port.

Bayonetta and SSB are 2014 at best.

That line-up wouldn't look bad if the console had third party support to fill some gaps between those games.

Nintendo needs to go and get at least some ports released at the same time, and in my opinion this should be the ones: GTAV (Rockstar support), RE6 U Edition-REvelations Unveiled-Remember me (Capcom support), Tomb Raider-FF XIII LR (SE support), Next Splinter Cell (moré Ubisoft). I'm sure even if they can get a DSII port it could grab the attention of some 'dedicated' gamers.

Let's see what Nintendo can do about this, but I'm not holding my breath.