Hiku said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
Hiku said:
I'm also surprised at the poll results.
As some people pointed out, Wii U can take second place if Nintendo start making the right moves. But they have shown 0 signs of doing any of those things yet. And those things would cost them a ton of money. They're still on track for third place. Smash Bros Wii U can be a monster hit and move a lot of consoles. But I believe that will be the Wii U's last big stand. After that, it's most likely going to start falling behind XB1 faster and faster. Because we roughly know what to expect from both consoles, and Wii U's lack of third party support doesn't look to be changing right now.
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It won't ever take 2nd place, even with discounts etc.
The reason being the huge movement of causal gamers to mobile along with a very, very limited game base. If you see all the recent sales, big multiplats sell consoles well, and they come out every few weeks. However 1st party games come out rarely and few people are now interested in Nintendo games so it will struggle to sell. Also as more people become accustom to 8th gen graphics and gaming mechanics, the WiiU will just start to look older and dated.
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The casual gamers were never part of the equation. I'm well aware of that situation. I was refering to things like a substantial price drop, bigger memory than 32gb, and first and foremost getting many more third party developers on board (aka paying them money). But I just don't think they're going to invest that much money into this.
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Casual gamers were certainly part of the equation - they made up a huge market base which has now left consoles and some consoles eg WiiU are seeing the effects of this. The points you made are valid, but even if they do all of them, why would someone buy the WiiU over the PS4 or xbone? If you can afford to pay $60 per game, then why would you go for the cheaper console as your wallet would be able to afford the more powerful and more pricey console?
