| Zekkyou said: I half agree with him in regards to the WiiU. It's becoming progressively more and more a Nintendo only system, with only a select few major none Nintendo made or funded titles finding their way onto it. A large chunk of the core market enjoy Nintendo games, but as we can see with the WiiU not many (relative to the market size) are willing to buy an entire console for the games of 1 publisher. That combined with their lack of proper utilization of the WiiU Pad does bring into question the need for the console itself. That said, i wouldn't want them to stop. They might fall flat on their faces sometimes (WiiU and GC), but other times they make something interesting or new (N64 and Wii). They add a little bit of spice to the industry that gives Sony and MS a second dynamic to consider when making major decisions. |
I wouldn't say that not many are willing to buy a console just for the games of one publisher. It's true that for most core gamers their first priority will be to purchase an xbox one or a ps4. But it takes time for them to get to the point of buying that additional console. The longer the Xbox one and ps4 for have been out and the more they sell the more people will become primed to purchase a wiiu. You typically don't spend $500 dollars on an xbox one or ps4 and then one week later go out and buy a wiiu. But after you've recovered financially and are looking for more options in terms of quality games to purchase at this point someone looks to the wiiu. And this is we are seeing an increased demand for Wiiu consoles. As time passes and the Wiiu library becomes more and more robust and the wiiu drops in price sales will continue to increase. It's more appealing as a second console than the gamecube was. In today's world AAA games are becoming fewer and far between and the Wiiu is having a much better exclusive games lineup than the gamecube. It's much more diverse. Wiiu sales will increase between now and when the system is eventually available for $99 dollars. There are also those who are deciding to hold off on a ps4/xbone for a couple years until the games library is better and the price has dropped and are opting to purchase the more afforfodable wiiu system first which has a much better lineup of exclusives games.
