I Don't Understand Why People are Asking for a Wii U Pricecut

[theshonen8899]

It's a hard sell when the $400 PS4 is only $50 more expensive than the almost-mandatory $350 32gb Wii U Deluxe. To date I have not seen a single Wii U game that looks as good as The Last of Us and multiplats have generally been either exactly the same (Assassin's Creed 3, Mass Effect 3), a little better (Need for Speed Most Wanted), or a little worse (Arkham City, Black Ops 2, Darksiders 2, Resident Evil: Revelations) than PS3/Xbox 360. You can blame third-party developers for not fully utilizing the Wii U's "true power", but at the end of the day no one is going to confuse Assassin's Creed 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, or Watch Dogs on PS4/Xbox One with it's Wii U counterpart. Some people forget while the Wii U's graphics may improve over time, so will the PS4 and Xbox One.

So with a console that's basically exactly the same graphical fidelity as a $200 12gb PS3 or $200 4gb Xbox 360, it's hard to sell a $300 8gb Wii U or $350 32gb Wii U. Having a tablet controller does not make up for the system having less than a quarter of the game libraries that the PS3 or Xbox 360 boast.

But more important than anything is the games. The Wii U is already a must buy for me because of X (I'm a huge fan of the Xeno series). Having a co-op Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, and Pikmin 3 that I can play with my girlfriend is a great addition as well. Yeah, I don't like the price, and neither to a lot of people, but if Nintendo delivers games properly, there'll be a lot more people like me buying the WIi U for that special something.