| Captain_Tom said:
The definitive version. LMAO! The definitive version is almost always the PC version (For instance Dark Souls is arguably better on PS3). Look I want to be clear and state right now that I am NOT trolling, but seriously, the Wii U is looking BAD. You know a system is doing bad when a game with "Aliens" in the name was one of those last hopes for a third party game proving the Wii U's "power." Spoiler Alert: The Wii U is roughly 25% stronger than the PS3 in real world performance. The thing is it isn't gonna have first parties proving its strength (Zelda REMAKE? Don't make me laugh! Killzone 2 from 2009 says high!), and third parties aren't gonna bother programming that extra 25% for a system that has a pittifully small user base in comparison to PS360. The only thing Nintendo can do IMO is start a GREAT shooter franchise that harnesses all of the Wii U's power along with the abilities of the controller, and drop the price to $250 for the 32GB version (Just forget the laughable 8GB).
P.S. The Wii U's tiney 25-50% performance lead over the PS3 is bottlenecked by: 1) No HDD. Game updates have to be small (Say goodbye to BF4), and no games can be installed to mega increase texture load times. Oh and btw anyone who knows anything about computer hardware will tell you an externall HDD over USB is no where near the same speed as an internal one. Quote me, no AAA games will be able to be installed to it. 2) The second screen. Essentially the only thing that can be shown on it with no performance hit is menus/mini maps. |
While PC version is generally the best version... no one really counts it. When a dev says one is "definitive" its because that is the platform it was either created on or has some special sauce added to look / play better. However, this is always in relation to "consoles". So yeah, it was mentioned previously that the WiiU version would be the "definitive" version and many now joke that it still is as its the only version unreleased.
The WiiU is looking just fine. There are a lot of games coming post March. Many really good games too. The only 3rd party that is absolutely ignoring WiiU is EA and that is everything do to with their relationship with Nintendo and nothing to do with the actual hardware. Now, does that mean 3rd party AAA titles will flood the system... no. Its certainly possible Nintendo will get ignored just as the case with Wii. But that remains to be proven either way by E3 once the rest of "next-gen" has been confirmed by MSony.
Also, why would Nintendo need to make a shooter franchise? The one genre isn't the whole of gaming. This time around the CODs and others won't be severely gimped like they were on Wii, so it will be fine.
As for your last two points...
1) HDD... the same DLC can be offered. If a user buys that and wants it, they will get an external HDD. Its just not an issue.
EDIT: See the new large DLC that will come for NSMBU this year as an example of lacking a HDD not being an obstacle.
2) The screen is a massive advantage. off tv play is fantastic and can also very easily be turned off... see CODBLOPS2. Again, not an issue.
