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Frogger on 21 July 2014
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curl-6 said:
spemanig said:

I know. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that they need a lot of games like that, not just Metroid or Bayonetta here and there, in order to get those gamers. They need to be able to match the AAA output of competing hardware, but with just exclusives. Otherwise who in their right mind would go to Nintendo for those kinds of games when they get way more on PS4 or XBO?

No one used to the PS3/360 library is dropping $300 just for Metroid, no matter how good it is.

Even in this age, people are often tipped into buying a console by one game. MK8, for example, has pushed hardware. 

Wii U doesn't have to match PS4/Xbone's darker output, it just has to offer some of those kind of games to broaden its appeal, so that it doesn't seem E-rated only.

But they aren't though. Most people don't buy a console for one game. They buy a console BECAUSE of one game, but they know that other games that appeal to them will be on that system. People who bought the Wii U for MK8 bought it knowing that Smash and other Mario games were coming out. They didn't buy it expecting COD and Battlefield for the next few years. 

The Wii u would have to match the ps4 and XBO darker output. It doesn't have the cred to only release some "mature" titles and get any of those gamers. They need enough to make the Wii U feel like a viable substitute. Right now, it's not even close. It doesn't need to match them title for title, but it would need enough to make those guys think that the Wii U is a viable alternative for those kind of games. Something like one big mature AAA IP per quarter, would be enough.