Soundwave said:
Look at Nintendo's Wii U software offerings Bridge/Casual-Core Games: New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario 3D World (2) Casual Games: Nintendo Land, Game & Wario, Wii Sports Club, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U, Sing Party, Mario & Sonic Sochi Olympics (7) Core Games: Ninja Gaiden 3 (port), Zelda: WW (port of a 10 year old game), Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101. (4) Kids Centric Games: LEGO City Undercover (1) Half of their game output is mini-game/party game collection and the two Mario games are also clearly aimed at the Wii casual audience with the focus on replicating the simpler Mario games and multiplayer action. There's virtually nothing specific for "hardcore" gamers. It's total BS to pin this on hardcore gamers especially when the multiplats are no different from the PS3/360 which every core gamer already owns. Nintendo Land, Wii Sports Club, Just Dance, Wii Fit U, Wii Party U, Mario & Sonic Olympics should be bringing in casual consumers. They're the ones not showing up for Nintendo. PS4 and XB1 sales show perfectly well that hardcore gamers are happy to upgrade to new consoles and even pay high prices provided the system is actually an upgrade over the PS3/360 in sizable ways. Nintendo is one who decided to follow the "Wii formula" of a underpowered console + controller gimmick + lots of mini-game-athons to sell everything. The only difference is this time they controller gimmick did not take off with consumers and they're now screwed. |
Wii U needs more and bigger hardcore franchises like Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed or Batman.
