First time in my life, I might be a single console owner next gen.

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DevilRising said:

bonkers555 said:

As of now the WiiU is the only console I own and happy with as of next gen. M$ made so much stupid decision with the Xbox One that I'm not too happy with so that's a NO go. I'm still bitter with Sony over the PS3 so as of right now also NO PS4. Most importantly PS fans pissed me off this gen, so it pain me each time when I pruchase anything Sony as of late.

I really hope that 3rd parties start to see the light and support the WiiU so I don't have to jump in XboxOne/PS4 in the near future. Who else is in the same boat?

Personally, I agree with you. For me PERSONALLY, I buy Nintendo consoles first and foremost for their first party games. And then for the third party titles, etc.

 

With Wii U, it's undoubtedly going to get great 1st party games, it's already got a ton of confirmed great (and to me the best part, RETRO styled) indie downloadable games, and it's still got third party support where it matters (meaning that EA doesn't). It'll get it's share of 3rd party exclusives, and companies like Activision, Ubisoft and Sega, at least, hopefully others like Capcom and Square, etc., will continue giving it multiconsole ports, and for THEIR part, at least as far as Ubisoft is thus far concerned, it still looks like Wii U is getting a greater volume of multi-console ports than Wii did. 

 

But honestly, again speaking of my own personal taste, I'm not much for a lot of these modern gaming franchises. I never got into God of War, or Uncharted, or Call of Duty, or Halo, or etc. etc. etc. So if Wii U gets GTAV (which signs point that it probably will), then great. I'm not a GTA fan. It's getting Assasin's Creed and Watch Dogs and Splinter Cell. I'm not a fan of any of those franchises either. So it's great it's getting them, but I'm not personally worried about it.

Now if the Wii U eventually gets the inevitable next SINGLE player Elder Scrolls game (and so long as it's as good/hopefully better than Skyrim), then I'd be a happy camper. In fact I think Elder Scrolls on Wii U, with the GamePad, could be phenominal, so I hope it happens. And I certainly hope other major third party games, like Tekken x SF, also come to Wii U, because I'd like to get that.

 

But yeah, Wii U is enough for me this gen. PS1 and PS2 had more exclusives that actually appealed to me as a gamer. PS3 not nearly as much, and if trends continue, PS4 likely even less. I want to play The Last Guardian, as I like Team Ico's games. But I'm not going to buy an expensive secondary console just to play one game. So when the PS4 price drops, meaning in 2 or 3 years from now, and any OTHER exclusives crop up that are my cup of tea beyond TLG, then I think I might get one. But as of RIGHT NOW, Wii U will suit me just fine. Between Nintendo's franchises and all the indie games, that alone would keep me plenty happy. Any cool third party games (such as Lego City Undercover, The Wonderful 101, the new Sonic game, that rumored Sega/Nintendo racer, etc) are just icing on the cake.

I agree with you completely! Nintendo had never ever dissapointed me as a gamer, that's the reason I believe without 3rd parties support Nintendo 1st will fill in the void.