WiiU - Lots of new Info - Same poor result. Why Nintendo Direct just confirms my fears.

[Raze]

Michael-5 said:

Raze said:

Michael-5 said:

What worried me is that I don't know if the Wii U will appeal more to the hardcore that much more then Wii did. Wii started off with a bang, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Animal Crossing, and the above games. Wii U is adding a little bit more with Fire Emblem X SMT, XenoGears/Blade 2, Zelda, Pikmin, and Bayonetta, but what happens after these games release? Wii saw a shortage post 2008, I hope Wii U doesn't see a shortage post 2014.

 

Still, this conference has got me excited. Looks like I'm pretty sure I'll be getting a Wii U when either Fire Emblem or XenoBlade/Gears 2 releases.

I think the key difference is, that minus for some ram and hard drive space differences, the Wii U will be comparable to 720 and PS4, in the sense that whatever multi-platform games come to the other systems will also come to the Wii U. Last gen, it didn't often pay to take the time to make a whole new set of character, object and level models to fit the SD graphics. Now, its an easy port. As long as the Wii U can turn around the sluggish sales, they'll be included on the list of all future multiplatform games, something that the Wii didn't have the luxury of.

Maybe, but is that true for all cases, and will developers make Wii U editions which integrate WiiU Gamepad features?

If it were easy to just tack on Wii U Gamepad features, then why isn't the Wii U seeing versions of Mass Effect Trilogy, Grand Theft Auto 5, Dragon Age III, and Dark Souls 2?

If devs have a thing out against Nintendo, they won't port their games to Nintendo, it's as simple as that. They might even make engines which are outside the WiiU's capabilities. The graphical difference between WiiU and NextBox/PS4 is still greater then the PS3/360 to Wii U difference, and were still not seeing most PS360 games get ported.

True, but it'd be bad business to neglect an extra few million dollars in revenue simply because a company has a grudge against another. CEOs shouldn't dabble in highschool drama.

The graphical improvements are going to be very minor from Wii U to PS4/720, its all still 1080p. At best, there will be more ram and processor speed. I've made a point elsewhere, that I wouldn't hold my breath to see a leap in graphic quality from PS3 to PS4 or 360 to 720. The bottleneck is now at the end user - we're still in a world where the highest resolution output in homes is 1080p. We won't see 2k or 4k technology affordable and commonplace for at least another generation AFTER the PS4/720/WiiU.  We're fairly maxed out on graphical improvements for another decade.

As for the gamepad, this is a good point, but not every game has to use it. Wii controls work in Wii U, from what I understand of it.  So it can be bypassed.