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Eh who knows. I hear a lot of people claim interest in Nintendo's games. Unfortunately, out of all my friends I am the only one who intends to buy a Nintendo console to play them. Some of them have even said it would be a 'dream' to play Nintendo's games on their 360s (or later on the next Xbox). So based on that, what I inferred is not that they want Nintendo to fail, but instead they want better hardware from Nintendo. They disliked the Wii and that sentiment continues with the Wii U, especially when you compare those systems to the PS3/360 and PS4/Xbox Next respectively. I'm inclined to think if the Wii U had more horsepower they would purchase one. That tablet is a turn off as well, but that's a whole other discussion.

Then there's the achievement system. People have becomes used to that this gen, and its omission on the Wii U has disappointed a lot of people, and I'm inclined to think it is part of the reason why they're not considering the system. Also, it affects them in other ways. For the few people I know who have a Wii U, instead of buying games like AC3 or even the new NFS game on the Wii U (which is the superior version), they're getting those games on PS3/360 in part because of the achievements. Most intend to get NFS later when it receives a price drop. They're well aware the Wii U has the best version, but they don't seem interested.

I'm not sure if this is a general trend and I'm not suggesting others hold similar views since the people I spoke to only make up about 30 in number. That's much too small a sample size to make any sort of generalization, in my opinion. But as I said before I don't think it is a situation where people want Nintendo to fail, it's more displeasure and the perception Nintendo is behind the times with respect to hardware and other areas such as online and achievements, etc.

I couldn't care less about either of those issues. I'm still happy with PS3's graphics and if Wii U can do better then that's fine. It doesn't have to be PS4 levels, in my opinion. I couldn't care less about trophies because I find trophy hunting can be boring, and I play games for fun and for no other reason. So no achievement system on the Wii U is not a problem for me either.



 

Playstation = The Beast from the East

Sony + Nintendo = WIN! PS3 + PSV + PS4 + Wii U + 3DS