Mr Khan said:
Soundwave said:
Mr Khan said:
Fusioncode said:
Mr Khan said:
Eh, 8,000 is basically flat, even if it is a larger percentage at those lower levels. Wii U still has its best games ahead of it, this year specifically.
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Compared to last year it has a much stronger library and $50 cheaper with a free game bundled. Yet it's still doing worse YOY? I know it has stronger competition now but it should have at least done better than 49k. I think Nintendo needs to slash the price another $50 or else they'll be completely dead during the 3 month drought.
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It's obvious that demand for the console is low (take your pick on the exact reason), so it could just be that Nintendo's push for the holidays squeezed out more demand that isn't overflowing into January. That and the Wii U being offered is still basically the same machine, except for the new casual games.
It's obvious that the price is still too high for the value prospect, although Nintendo's just going to have to punt on that for now because there's no point in lowering the price again just to take more losses, not when there aren't any games to sell the product. Probably have another hit after they go through the bump from Mario Kart 8, to gear up for the somewhat more diverse lineup they have for the fall this year that could catch more than just the Mario gamers, as Mario is really all the system has right now from the heavy hitters, 2D and 3D.
Basically you're looking at the same system, still "too expensive", and still largely outside the gaming consciousness. It's a bad position for them to be in, but they've got the cards to at least make things a little better.
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They need to ditch that stupid controller honestly, substitute it with a cheaper regular pad and sell the machine for $249.99 at a profit.
But they are so hung up on hitting the jack pot with gimmicks that I think they refuse to do this because they are going to let everything ride on NFC toys and they can't replace the Wii U tablet for that reason (it's probably integral to their NFC toy line they're hoping to push).
Unfortunately for games like DKC, Bayonetta, and X ... that totally sucks because they're stuck on a ship sinking faster than the Titanic.
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DK will take a hit, sure, but Bayonetta and especially X are of limited but inelastic appeal anyway. Bayonetta will sell less overall, but sell more of that share outside of the bargain bin, so the math will be harder on real "performance" stuffs. Xenoblade did quite well in a quiet way, and X has more mainstream hype going in, so could very well outperform it, even on the 10x smaller Wii U base.
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I think all three of those games are going to bomb sadly (relative to expectations for each). Nothing really sells on the Wii U outside of Mario and Nintendo has to push like crazy during the holidays (the only time of year they actually sell anything) to even get that. DKC/X/Bayo 2 are being sent to die, make no mistake about it. I feel bad for the developers.
