Software Will Not Boost Wii U Hardware Sales

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Gugerface said:

the_dengle said:
Are you seriously asking what kind of Nintendo software can push hardware sales?

You must be new to the industry. Maybe you've never heard of the Wii, a console that outsold its competitors on the strength of Nintendo's software alone. Nintendo near-single-handedly carried the Wii to 100 million sales. Suddenly their games are going to be unable to sell any significant number of Wii Us?

lol thread is lol worthy

How did those nintendo games push the gamecube? You know, the previous nintendo console.

The Gamecube and Xbox were very close in total hardware sales.  The PS2 did better in part because people were buying it as a cheap DVD player....Much like a lot of people have done with the PS3 for Blu Ray...hence why a lot of 1st party PS3 games haven't done so well.  The only thing that the PS4 is bringing to the table is a small bump in graphics.

The Wii U needs some of it's heavy hitters to come out and a $50 price reduction before it's going to move many units.

Also, while the Gamecube didn't set the world on fire, it's still the favorite system off all time by many. 

Nintendo is sitting on a huge pile of cash right now....(they didn't need to sell their offices to finance a system launch).  They'll be fine this gen even if they don't sell a ton of units.  Sony on the other hand bet the farm.  If the PS4 way under performs, Sony's in deep trouble.