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Soundwave on 25 May 2014
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Mythmaker1 said:
TheLastStarFighter said:

Begining with the launch of Mario Kart 8, we could be about to see the begining of a Wii U turnaround.  PS4 and XBOne still have yet to show truly amazing exclusive software and many titles are seeing delays.  3rd party support is fantastic, of course, but Wii U could potentially offer a compelling alternative.  At E3 we could see:

-An amazing Zelda U title.

-The reveal of some game-changing new IP's along the lines of Wii Sports or Brain Age.

-Multiple 3rd party exclusives, perhaps titles such as Last Story 2 from Mistwalker.

-Expanded details on titles with high potential such as X, B2, Smash U, HW and others.

-Potential system re-designs or price cuts.

It is not completely out of the realm of possibility that we could see going forward over the next year and a half, Wii pushing forward with a mature Zelda, some unique new ways of playing games that capture the mass market, a sexy new look for the system, a $249 price and mutiple other core titles such as X, Last Story, Metroid and others.  It could rise to prominance and baffle those who said Nintendo needs 3rd parties and Wii U is underpowered.

Could it happen?  Will it?

I'm going to say no.

It's not simply an unappealing price and design, though that doesn't help. And it's not that the system lacks a game-changing new IP, though that doesn't help either. And it's not the lack of third-party exclusives, though that's probably the most damaging thing they can/will fix.

The problem is that Nintendo's business model simply does not work anymore.The dynamic they used to sell the Wii and DS does not exist today, and their products are not competing in the arena they now find themselves in. The market moved on, and they let themselves get left behind.


Yeah well put. 

The other issue is once the Mario Kart 8 bullet is used ... honestly Nintendo doesn't have a whole lot left for the rest of the gen in terms of huge sellers. There's Smash, but Mario Kart/Wii Fit/Wii Sports/New Super Mario Bros./3D Mario/Donkey Kong Country will all have been spent.

Things like Bayonetta 2, X, Hyrule Warriors, Yarn Yoshi, aren't going to do any more than Pikmin 3, DKC, or Wind Waker HD ... none of which boosted the Wii U hardware much at all. 

Whereas PS4/XB1 ... they have a full five years of support ramping up this fall with things like Batman: Arkham, Destiny, and the first real next-gen sports games starting to trickle in this fall and console specific exclusives like Sunset Overdrive and Driveclub coming.