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Mummelmann on 20 March 2013
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archbrix said:
Soundwave said:

Both systems are going to be colossal disappointments, but IMO Wii U wins pretty easily in the battle of failures.

The worst two months for the Wii U are over, from now until year end it should have a pretty OK flow of games. LEGO City + Dragon Quest X (Japan) this month, probably Game & Wario next month, then hopefully Pikmin 3 in May, and Wii Fit U or Wonderful 101 in June going into fall where Nintendo revs up their bigger guns.

Vita, I'm still not seeing any semblance of a future lineup here. It seems like they blew their load in Japan already for the year and got a nice little surge, but what's next?

Both systems will be getting price cuts this year (count on it, especially with these dismal sales and the dropping yen) so that's a wash.

I don't know about 3D Mario, but I'd bet dollars to donughts that Mario Kart U and Wii Sports U are almost definitely guaranteed for fall 2013, Nintendo will divert all of Retro Studios to help EAD if that's what it takes to get Mario Kart done on time, they simply don't have a choice.

Though 3D Mario shouldn't really be out of the question either, the last game the main EAD Tokyo group did was Super Mario Galaxy 2 (a smaller sub team did Mario 3D Land), that will be 3 1/2 years from fall 2013, so they are overdue for a new game anyway.

Well said, except that I disagree that WiiU will be a colossal disappointment.  It could be, but Nintendo seems to be initiating the "3DS effect" in which case I think WiiU's sales are going to be a pleasant surprise this year.


The 3DS and Wii U are vastly different product. One has support and actual base appeal and one has neither. To top it all off, one also has massive competition already going and incoming. These are two incredibly different situations in two very different markets (don't anyone give me that nonsense that "consoles are consoles" and that handhelds and home consoles operate in the same market). You really can't see that?

I think that the Wii U sales will be anything but a pleasant surprise (if one wants it to succeed, that is). It will likely perform less than optimal if compared to anything but itself (and perhaps the Vita).