Wii U hardware up 685% in UK!

[archbrix]

Max King of the Wild said:

archbrix said:

You're conveniently using that statement in isolation.  The fact is that the industry's big games (save for Guitar Hero and Rockband) had completely moved on to the 7th gen.  The PS2 was the undisputed leader of its generation; yet, was it getting Modern Warfare in 2007?  Bioshock?  Assassin's Creed?  Mass Effect?

The industry had moved on in the PS2's 7th year (to say nothing of its 8th year), and that's a fact.  Stop arguing for the sake of arguing.

Whats your point? Bioshock, assassins creed, mass effect and modern warfare (sorta) are all new IPs from this generation. Thats a piss poor argument and all together irrelevant

@Bolded:  Nope.

The industry was no longer focused on the 6th gen consoles at that time.  Developers and publishers were focusing on new hardware.  Perhaps you should follow discussions before posting...

My entire point in my discussion with Kane is that using the "WiiU losing to 8 year old hardware" point is a poor excuse because that 8 year old hardware is still being heavily supported, is now at mass market prices, and has an extensive library of games.  There's a reason it has taken so long before the PS360 have had successors released.  How is this difficult to understand?

Ergo, it's not surprising that a new console (WiiU) being the most expensive with the smallest library would be having a hard time competing with said hardware.

The only exception is a complete market disruptor like the Wii, which the WiiU is not.