Software Will Not Boost Wii U Hardware Sales

[Mythmaker1]

Plezbo said:

Mythmaker1 said:

Nem said:

I'm sorry, i can't resist hoping back here and pointing out how wrong the OP was. The latest hardware numbers prove the point.

Confirmed as a hater? Yup.

Won't speak to the intent of the OP, but I don't think games alone aren't going to budge the Wii U from a consistent 30,000. We'll see a blip, maybe 2 weeks, maybe 3, and then we'll be back where we were.

Well, that might be unfair. We could see an increase, but probably something on the order of 10-20%. Which wouldn't be much help.

Not trying to start an argument, but...I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch. That's all I'm saying.

That is a well formed counterpoint.  And if that would have been the OP's argument, I wouldn't have seen him as so much of a troll.  I believe that an increase of frequency of release of good software would help WiiU start moving some serious hardware, but if and when that software comes out, that is up in the air.  Really, Nintendo needs to kill E3, they need to have 4 or 5 KILLER AAA titles ready to go on the show floor with 10 to 15 coming in the pipeline, or the game is pretty much over before it began.  

Wii U isn't dead, or necessarily on life support yet, but it has a bad head cold, and if Ninty doesn't start feeding it Chicken Soup, its going to blossom into full blown AIDS.   I hope that they crush E3 (or just do their own thing, but you get my drift) because I want some more damn games for my Wii U.

I can only agree. Sadly, the system isn't in a good place right now. 3rd parties have more or less cut them adrift, and it's only going to get worse. Without something to act as filler for the months they don't have big releases, the release calendar is going  to be pretty bare. If anything will make it's condition worse, it's appearing to have no games moving forward.