Put a fork in the Wii U, it is done. [Sensible discussion only, no flaming]

[Tatewaki75]

Captain_Tom said:

Tatewaki75 said:

Wasn't this the exact same discussion people had about the 3DS in it's first year? 

"3D is a gimmick!"

"Vita is coming and it's so much more powerful and has a much better screen."

"Why should I get the 3DS when PSP/DS has a bigger library and is cheaper?"

There were tons of arguments on why Nintendo was doomed because of the 3DS but it all came down to hardware, and how it was barely stronger than PSP (or arguements that it was weaker.) and because of that there was no way in the world Nintendo could save themselves from failing. I'm going to call it right now, Both the PS4 and 720 will start the exact same way the Wii U did. They're gonna have great initial sales as the diehard fans and interested parties buy the systems, and then they're going to trickle off into nothing as the inevitable software drought hits. This happens with pretty much EVERY console. I don't see it changing anytime soon. It takes time for consoles to have big enough libraries to justify a purchase/upgrade from the previous gen. 

The thing is the 3DS wasn't ever doing this badly and N had room for a price cut.  The Wii U is already being sold at a slight loss and it seems the forced price cuts from sellers are not even picking up sales.

 In addition to that, the 3DS had monster hunter coming and it was really the only mobile option for third parties, whereas the Wii U already has competition in PS360 that third parties know will sell plenty of copies...

Actually, once they cut the price, they started selling the 3DS at a loss, this was part of the reason they had losses for the first time. My point is still the same, the sales of the 3DS were slow, maybe not as slow as the Wii U, but the 3DS was a cheaper system even at launch. People seem to use the arguement that since NSMBU didn't sell the system, nothing will, I have to disagree with that as well. Software LIBRARIES sell systems, not single games. The 3DS had a pretty bad drought too, and honestly sales didn't even start picking up much after the intial price drop. What saved the system that year was SM3DL and Mario kart 7. Two great titles with good word of mouth and decent advertising. Sales for the wii U WILL pick up, but it's not going to happen right away. Hell, it's prolly not going to happen till the end of the year when we finally get some big hitters from Nintendo.