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Gamerace on 24 June 2013
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Zero999 said:
Gamerace said:
I disagree with the logic of the OP. WiiU is getting crushed in sales by PS360 and if they get a price cut when the new systems launch (likely) they'll crush WiiU even more unless it gets a price cut as well.

Yes, great Nintendo games will bring in Nintendo fans but if Nintendo wants to expand beyond that limited base, they need the casuals or the core. The system is too pricey for casuals (and with cheap Android systems soon to flood the market will seem even more expensive to this audience) while offering too little for them (WiiU Party and a couple Mario side scrollers being the only titles they will probably notice). Price needs to drop to $250 (for the deluxe with pack-in game) for real success here.
Core is even worse. For core they need massive 3rd party support and more-over 3rd party exclusives. None of that will happen without vastly increased WiiU sales. They won't be any massive increase (aside from normal holiday increase) unless there's a significant price drop.

However I've given up all hope of predicting what Nintendo will do. Maybe they'll chance it with the higher price rather than take a loss and if it's still dead in the water come early 2014 they'll begin readying a replacement for 2016 and live off 3DS for the meantime, kinda like GC days.

You people need to stop this ARROGANT attitude that thinks nintendo's only chance is being WAY cheaper. Wii u, PS4 and Xone are all equal competitors no matter how much you try to undermine wii u. Price helps but the deciding factor are the GAMES so just keep quiet and see how each console does in the market.

I like how you cherrypick one line and ignore the context it's said in.

I don't understand haters like you.  And yes I'm calling you a Nintendo Hater.  Why?  Because if you are a real Nintendo fan the only thing that matters is WiiU has Nintendo games.  It (will) have Mario, Zelda and some other of your Nintendo favorites and that's all you need to buy it and enjoy it.  

But you have to delude yourself into thinking 3rd parties are going to put all their big franchises on it so it'll be another PS4/XB1 clone.   Why?   Why is that so important to you?  I can only assume because you don't love Nintendo enough to feel their games are worth buying a system for.

Wii - Nintendo's most successful home console wasn't a massive success because of high quality 3rd party ports.  It barely had any.   It was a massive success because of Nintendo games.   While DS had massive 3rd party support, it's sales were still primarily driven by Pokemon, Nintendogs, Brain Age, Animal Crossing, NSMB and Mario Kart.    Everything else was gravy and without all that 3rd party support DS would have still sold massively.

WiiU so far does not have a Wii Sports/Fit or Nintendogs/Brain Age size hit and the big Nintendo classics - Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda are still a ways from coming and in the meantime the system/price point/dirth of games just isn't appealing to most people.   Even with those games WiiU's sales will be less than stellar.  Like Gamecubes.  But you know what?  Nintendo fans here loved the Gamecube - lousy 3rd party support and all.  

Love the WiiU for what it is.   Stop trying to make it something it's not, and has no intention of ever being (an equal to PS4/XB1).  If you need it to be another PS4 to love it, then you are the Nintendo hater here.