| Mr.Playstation said: Why do any of you Nintendo fans still have faith that the Wii U will make comeback? Why? It's been given every single opportunity to shine in 2014 from Mario Kart 8 to Super smash Bros to the highly acclaimed Bayonetta. There is practically no hope left for the Wii U. Sure Zelda may be coming, sure Star fox is on the way and sure their are other secondary first-party games coming but at the end of the day, this is the end of the road for the Wii U. With nothing better to offer and a new Nintendo console already in the works the Wii U will be lucky to hit 15 million. With this thread I am not stating that the Wii U is a horrible console. Infact the Wii U is amazing and has amazing first party games but unfortunately as it stands the Wii U is definitely not making a comeback and nothing done will help increase its sales. Edit: Short version. Will it manage to reach Ps3 or X360 numbers. The Wii U when launches were allighned was actually doing better than both of these consoles. |
I don't see anyone still boasting here that the Wii U will make a comeback. What I am still happy about Nintendo is their commitment to continue making products and games to the 9 Million people who bought a not-so popular console and not just make a different one all together (like Sega did). They want to make sure whoever bought a $300-350 console is satified with their investment, and I praise them for that.
If you want to know why few Ninty fans have a crack of light of hope that the Wii U can make a comeback, it's because historically the OG Nintendo DS and the 3DS sold horribly as well initially, only to pick it up the slack later in their respected life cycles. Granted Handhelds are different from consoles, so a Wii U comeback is highly unlikely (Do I believe there's a chance? a 10% chance. Do I think it will happen? HELL NO)!
Also, some Ninty fans still have hope because sales of the Wii U have been increasing yearly (albeit by very little), and see that this years lineup of Games is actually better than last years. And also the Wii U is still technically ahead in sales of the PS3 and X360 from last generations. But it's safe to say the Wii U won't sell 83 Million worldwide at the end of this Generation (considering the fact the 7th generation was effing 7-8 YEARS LONG since X360 launched 2005 and the Wii U launched in 2012. We are barely starting the 3rd-4th year of this generation). I say it has a shot of selling 17-20million worldwide. Nintendo looks like it's closer everyday in making a new console, so they'll probably kick start the next generation prematurely (2016 is my educated guess).
P.S. I still don't understand what you mean by "No Hope" if people are still buying the Wii U, Nintendo is making a good profit off it (better than every X1 sold), an AWESOME lineup of games is due this year, and Nintendo is being smart in not discontinuing it and not writing it off as a giant loss.
