Mr Khan said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
tbone51 said:
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TheJimbo1234 said:
It is hilarious yet scary how people compare the WiiU to everything else. NOTHING (as in major console - why do people compare it to a handheld? It's a totally different market) has sold this badly for this long before. The PS3 was never removed from stock, and we know bad sales for this long will end up a problem eg. the dreamcast...yet that shifted 10 million units in 2 years. The WiiU looks set to fall short of that my a long, long margin.
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Why do people compare Console and Handhelds Hmmmm.? Oh yeah they both are gaming devices (made to play games so use phones as an excuse). It just seems your writing off WiiU as dead and their is no hope? Nintendo has been getting hate for years now, I heard same thing with 3DS, yes WiiU worse selling, Losing Retail Support/No third Party Support, but guess what Nintendo has...? Yes Exclusives that will sell no matter what, It has 3DS making a profit. WiiU isnt going nowhere, in a few years it'll sell 15-20mil+ and you'll compare it to ps4 sales cuz there isnt anything better to do right? People Who believe Nintendo Is done and out have another one coming to them, GCN/DS/3DS all did well nuff said.
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Handhelds and consoles are two different markets, lumping them together is the same as lumping every car together, eg family saloons, sports cars, super cars etc...which would be retarded.
Oh I'm sorry, but at what point do you think I should write the WiiU off then? When its sales are a histroic low for a new console? Check. Shops stop stocking it? Check. When all of the above happen yet market conditions were perfect for it to thrive (and that is about to end)? Check. So yea, I think writing it off is in fact common sense at this point as all the evidence would back that up.
It's exlcusives will only sell to the hardcore nintendo gamer who unsurprisingly already owns the WiiU. Also that Nintendo gamer will tend to buy all the exlcuives rather than a set few as the library is so limited. Take racing games on the Wii. Mario Karts sold so well as that was about the only racing game on it. You didn't have the variety of the other consoles eg. Forza, GT, CM Rally etc. You just had that. Want an rpg? Well it is Zelda or...Zelda.
Also where the hell did you pull 15-20mill from? Thin air? Ah yup - that's the one. You have the facts on this very website yet you some how think its sales will magically quadruple when other consoles come out. That is just crazy.
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If anyone here is crazy, it's the one who is accusing Mario Kart of selling so well simply because Nintendo fans have nothing else to buy. Those who underestimate Mario Kart tend to eat crow.
You also seem woefully ignorant of Zelda's genre (it is not an RPG, and never was except for elements of Zelda II), beyond the fact that there were a fair deal of exclusive RPGs on the Wii.
Wii U's sales also have nothing to do with how well or how poorly the competition is doing, much like how Wii's sales had nothing to do with the ebb and flow of PS360 sales. The heightened numbers are expressed because the Wii U has a lot of important, mainstream software coming in the pipe, like Wii Fit U, 3D World, Tropical Freeze, Smash Bros, and Kart 8, which are games that people buy Nintendo systems for (because where else are you going to get *good* Karting, or a 2D platformer on the caliber of Donkey Kong Country?)
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Umhum, and here we go. You either get 2 kart based games, or very poor ports that are worse than what was on the PS2/xbox. There was nothing serious, nothing like Forza or GT, just NFS dire ports (reviews would back up my opinion), or mario/sonic karts. That is limited as hell.
As for rpg's? What is there then? Again, limited library. Shooters? Nothing new. These genres sell tons of games and the Wii did not have most of them and relied heavily on sports and party games....something which is not what the WiiU is aimed at. Now with the WiiU being behind the ps4/xbone, it too will lag with these genres, but now doesn't have these causal games to buffer.
We'll see if people will actually buy the WiiU for things like Wii Fit U, but as I said, I'm going with the idea that those who want Kart 8 and Smash Bros already have bought a WiiU.
