prayformojo said:
Metallicube said:
When you have no new games, it's tough to sell new consoles. Sales like this seem surprising until you look at the releases (or lack of them), then suddenly they start to make sense. And sales are going to be just as bad if not worse next month, especially not the only major release, Rayman, was foolishly pushed back by Ubisoft, to release simultaneously with the PS360 version, even though most of those gamers aren't going to care about that game anyway.
We won't start to see Wii U pick up until mid March when we get Lego City Stories, Monster Hunter, and later Wii Fit and Game and Wario. But even then, sales won't even get to the "decent" level until they release Yoshi, 3D Mario, Smash Bros, and Mario Kart. Nintendo simply needs more games, and if they cannot provide them, a price drop is in order, as that should at least temporarily boost sales.
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The PS2 was sold out EVERYWHERE, and had an historically long drought software wise it's first year on the market. It has little to do with software and more to do with bad strategy. Nintendo completely screwed up from top to bottom and this is the result.
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But th ps2 promised the next generation of all the worlds favourite franchises back then. GTA3, FFX, MGS, Tekken, crash Bandicoot, sypro, GT... literally everything that was wasn't a 1st part nintendo title. Not only that but the technology was very impressive+ it featured DVD playback.
The Wii U doesn't compare as favourably, alongside people still being very content with their curren systems with games like GTA V, Devil May Cry, Tomb Raider, Bioshock and may more all being released on the HD twins and not the Wii U. Why pick up the Wii U now, when your current system at home features more games for you to get excited about. PS2 had no such competition, both the n64 and Dreamcast were virtually dead on its arrival.
