Why Mario Kart 8 didn't save the WiiU

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padib said:

DerNebel said:

When did I ever say anything about violence? The point is that the games from back then still exist if there is still an audience for them and those that don't have an audience anymore disappeared and got replaced by others. Gta, GT, FF, MGS and more than likely KH are still huge or at least very big and others like Cod, AC or Fifa came and/or got huge in the last years. Both Sony and MS will achieve variety on their systems and will have more then enough different games to cater to the majority of the gaming community.

If there is one of the big 3 that is driven in a corner regarding their audience then it's Nintendo, cause their audience consists of one group right now: the Nintendo fans.

Violent games typically don't sell to families and the broader audience (albeit the PS360 audience itself is surprisingly broad itself).

The games that made the PS2 great are not at all the same pedigree as those that made the PS360 great.

The difference between the PS2 and PS3 is here, just look at the list. They got completely replaced by one type of game: gritty gun games.The exceptions are sports games and 1 family game (LBP), but even sports games are less arcady and more serious nowadays.

The WiiU doesn't sell to families, it sells to kids. You know what Mom and Dad want in a console for their living room? An entertainment machine. Something to watch Netflix and play Blu-rays. The WiiU has Netflix but it's sort of missing a Blu-ray/DVD player. Your argument about the WiiU being in a better position because it has more variety in it's lineup is completely wrong. Not even counting indie games let's just take a look at a few PS4 genres. 

Sports games  - Fifa 14, MLB 14, NBA 2K14, Madden NFL 25

Platformers - Rayman Legends, LittleBigPlanet 3, Knack

Stealth games - Thief, MGSV

Kids games - Lego The Hobbit, The Lego Movie Game, Spider-man 2, Knack, LBP3

RPG- FFXIV, FFXV, KH3

Well that's strange, I thought the only thing PS4 had was shooters and violent games? Instead of just looking at the best selling games you can take a look at the whole lineup and see a much bigger picture.