| UltimateUnknown said: Today I present a very fundamental question to my fellow charterz. Why is it that people are buying the PS4 (18.5 mil) and Xbone (10 mil) in droves while the Wii U is left behind in the dust (8.81 mil) despite being out in the market for twice the amount of time? If you ask the Nintendo fans around here (and even many critics), they will tell you that the Wii U has some of the highest rated games amongst all consoles. So what gives? Do these people not know about the Mario's latest expedition in 3D world, or even his 2D adventures? Do they not want to partake in the festivities of kicking the s**t out of your opponent in the next installment of Smash? Don't they want to experience the 8th variant of Nintendo's premier Kart racing? What's stopping them from trying out the niche outings such as Boyanetta 2 and Wonderful 101? They even have the tried and tested Zelda franchise to look forward to in 2015, with a little bit of Kirby thrown in the mix for good measures. And who doesn't love the look of Splatoon? Yet why do people insist on buying the PS4/Xbone and not the Wii U? What is going on here? What can Nintendo do to bring these people over from the other camps? |
So this question suggests i could only buy 1 console/platform and would only have access to this particular library,right?
And you really suggest people should only own a WiiU?Really?
Sorry,not for me and i tell you why
Again > All for a scenario with owning ONLY 1 Platform which is the WiiU and not all of them or certain combos.
Every platform (PS4,X1,WiiU,PC) has its exclusives.
All are aiming at different tastes and for a different direction.All are having a lot of variety.
But out of all of them Nintendo is the most boring especially if you play their games since the NES days.
Mario 3D World is exactly the same what i played on the NES and this goes for most of their franchises.Sorry i don't want to rescue that hoe anymore.
And to be honest their games are pretty easy and short these days.They had more appeal when i was younger and could actually fail here and there.
And to add more insight to my taste
I don't like the way of SmashBros...I rather play fighters like Street Fighter,Guilty Gear and Killer Instinct.
I don't like Mario Kart...I rather have the realistic approach of DriveClub,Forza and others.
And yes Mario Kart is fun but only if you have friends coming over.But i like to play daily and surely won't invite tons of friends with a job coming over late in the evening EVERY day to play Mario kart.If i want that i just could get the SNES out and play there.The gamepads are even cheaper there.And Mario Kart Online isn't the same as DriveClub/Forza etc online.Mario Kart is a party game and you don't have party every day but actually you want to play every day.
I don't like to find treasures with Toad - I rather find them with Nathan Drake in Uncharted.
I never liked Kirby even though i had all of his games that were available on the SNES and Gameboy back then.
And yes i would like to play Bayonetta 2 cause i liked Bayonetta 1 but this isn't a game i would shell out 250€ for.
The only game series still making me buy a Nintendo Console is Zelda and even this time i will wait a little bit because Twilight Princess was bad and Skyward Sword was a big pile of shit.So i hope this time Nintendo isn't stupid and pushes the price for the next holidays down to what their console is worth > 100€
And coming back to only owning a WiiU and nothing else.
I play a lot and definitely want to play more than 3 games a year.
Lets look at what i could currently looking forward to if i only had a WiiU - Zelda and Xenoblade.I don't care for Yoshi,Kirby and all that other stuff anymore.
If i want to play Mario i get my N64 out and play the best one.
So Zelda and Xenoblade - Lets say each will entertain me 80 hours.160 hours for the whole year.
In 2014 i only cared for Bayonetta 2.Considering i needed less than 30 hours to do everything in Bayo1 i had like 30 hours of fun last year on the WiiU...amazing.
I will already play more than that in January,February and March on my PS4
Resident Evil HD(funny the WiiU doesn't get that right?),Dying Light for Coop,Evolve,THe Order,Dragonball,Bloodborne,FFType0 and all those things coming over the whole year 2015.
Hell i will play again probably 500+ games in 2015 of the new Fifa together with 4 friends in the evening.Creating our own player and club and playing against others.I can't do that on the WiiU.I can't even play the ultra mainstream games on there...i mean wtf?
If you really only play 3 games per year and are fine with missing out games like Witcher 3,Metal Gear Solid,Persona 5,FF15+KH3 and so on then have fun.
But i would rather live in a world missing out on 2 games(Xenoblade and Zelda) instead of 30+ games.And FF15 > Xenoblade anyway.
This is the truth and Nintendo Fans should accept that.The PS4,X1 and PC have a much bigger library and constant stream of new games from all sources while the WiiU has...mostly well what their own studios can pump out.
I will buy a WiiU around christmas and thats mainly cause of nostalgia for Zelda.I can understand (younger) people not caring for the WiiU or rather Nintendo anymore if they don't have nostalgia for any of their franchises.In a scenario with only the WiiU you simply cut yourself off from tons of games which will never even have a chance of coming to that console.
The WiiU at best is your 2nd console adding a little bit MORE of variety to the library you prefer overall.
I surely wouldn't want to miss out on the 3rd Party library 2015 is already promising us currently.
