Nintendo Direct 2.14.2013 - Complete

[Scisca]

KHlover said:

Scisca said:
As a person who doesn't own 3DS or Wii U, but plans to get them both in the future, I have to sum up the ND this way.

3DS - solid. Nothing really flashy for me, but this is without any doubt enough to keep people interested in the console and will secure its first place in HW sales in 2013. The special offer that gives us Mario Land 3D for free if we buy a 3DS XL and one of those games almost convinced me to get it, but I managed to control myself and I'll just wait until they redesign the console.

Wii U - so far, so bad. I haven't seen anything that can turn the current situation around for this console. Unless people go crazy about MH3U (which I kinda doubt considering it's such an old port and there is MH4 coming soon), I can see the gap between Wii U and Vita widen until the end of September.

How so if the WiiU continues to outsell the Vita every week? This week by 46%. No major games for both consoles currently, so I don't think it'll change.

When you show it in % it looks big, but in reality it outsells Vita by a margin of 8-10k per week - that's nothing. Vita is bound to get a price cut, since it has served it's time at the launch price already, Wii U shouldn't get a price cut at the same time. What is more, the console will now get a steady flow of great games, most importantly it's going to get quite a few Japan oriented games, which should wake that market up. If you compare the Wii U lineup from this ND, Killzone Mercenaries blows it out of the water on its own. Add to it Persona 4, Ragnarok Odyssey, Sly 4 and finally a good FIFA all yet to be released in Europe, Soul Sacrifice, Phantasy Star Online 2, Senran Kagura, Tearaway, Rainbow Moon, Ys: Celceta, God Eater 2 and a bunch of other games and this looks much more solid than what we saw in this ND for Wii U. From what was announced thus far, the Vita games look more likely to make some kind of a splash than the Wii U games. Actually the best Wii U stuff in this ND was probably the Luigi DLC for Mario Bros U - not something you want to have.