Nintendo deserves the low sales of Wii U

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OooSnap said:

I am a fan of Nintendo but they deserve the low sales of Wii U. What were they thinking believing a touchscreen on a controller would bring back the masses for the Wii successor? Nintendo should have been bold with another revolution by going AR Glasses gaming. This is the obvious (to me) next step in moving gaming forward.

Imagine wearing the AR glasses playing a Wii tennis game where the tennis ball coming towards you 'jumps' out of the screen onto the floor of your living room and hitting the ball more realistically with the Wii remote as it approaches you? Or imagine playing a Metroid prime game where the HUD is outside of the TV screen and head tracking for with minor head movements for more accurate and quick viewing?

Nintendo missed the boat by revolutionizing gaming again but played it safe and that's why the 100 million Wii owners won't come back for a second round. A touchscreen on a gamepad is not innovative, creative, fresh, nor exciting. Nintendo needs to really think outside of the box for their next console to get another stampede like at E3 2006 for the Wii. I wouldn't doubt they are considering AR glasses for their next console.

It would be something like this but with conjunction with the TV + Wii remote and nunchuck (SpaceGlasses) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7I7JuQXttw and (CastAR Augmented Reality Glasses) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c5qrOqiFt4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1YvP7CtBKU

I think a while back Miyamoto said he wanted a video game to fill a whole room. This is something that can realize his vision. It could look something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuF8wllPKcM The "prototype" is probably not real but something like that is feasible.

Too expensive? They could have just reused the Wii hardware to get it under $450. At least this hypothetical console would have sold more than Wii U.

Honestly, I think the tablet is a pretty good idea.   The bigger evil is third party companies continuing the trend of the Wii, and failing to release all of the DLC for major third party games.    Call of Duty Black Ops II had LOCAL 2 player full screen play, however they totally butchered the game by failing to release DLC.

Furthermore, the tablet is OPTIONAL, most games can be played the traditional way, with a controller.   The gamepad is more for a second screen or inventory management.    A lot of games have utilized it very well.

Super Mario 3D World is still doing very well.   If it maintains in the Top 10, let alone Top 20 after 10 weeks, it will be a serious contender.

The big Wii U games are not out yet, Super Mario 3D World is a start, if the new Zelda, Metroid?, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart and Smash Bros Brawl series however, continue this trend, then no, they are in trouble.

Of course, the Wii U is on a slow trend compared to the Xbox One, and PS4, but in my eyes, what made the Wii U so successful last gen, they were NOT like Sony or Microsoft, they offered far more quality first party titles.   It was also seen as the Kid's system to have.    The Wii U has not sold people on that idea, and that's a good thing, it's meant for everyone.

Is the Wii U a failure?   Far from it, until the Vita outsells it constantly ever week, it's doing OK.