They've left the Wii U to die.

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Locknuts said:

McDonaldsGuy said:
Nintendo could NOT have turned around the Wii U like Sony did with the PS3.

a) The hype for the PS3 was huge anyway, it was the price that killed it. Once Sony did the rebranding in 2009 and had a decent price, it made its appropriate comeback. The Wii U could be $99 and no one would buy it still.

b) Third party support. Nuff said. Sony had it, Nintendo doesn't.

c) The PS3 sold well after its atrocious first year. PS3 sold MORE in 1 year DESPITE $599, losing exclusives, no rumble, no first party games, mediocre second party games, inferior multiplats, etc. etc. what the Wii U has sold in TOTAL.

I think they could have turned it around enough to sell roughly 40mil lifetime. Also, how to you think Sony got the third party support? They made first party games in the genres they were chasing in order to prove that those types of games sold (action adventure, racing, FPS etc) and I'd bet they paid for the content.

Nintendo did neither of those things. They're too arrogant and tight-assed and it will be their downfall. They may make it big with the casuals once the crack the mobile market, but their 5 million or so core fans that are left are diminishing fast because we are losing faith in their ability to support their products.

This, Nintendo should have expanded their appeal and made stuff like Uncharted or Skyrim for Wii U, instead they gave us Tropical Freeze and Mario 3DS World.

After the way they are being treated on Wii U I can see even core fans being reluctant to buy Ninty's next system. Speaking as a longtime fan, I know I am.