Nintendo Wii U and PS Vita totally deserve what has become of them

[Qwark]

Soundwave said:

Qwark said:

So I am going to get a lot hate for this, but if you care to read the post you might understand why this article is written. Now the case on PS vita is simple it failed as a hardware device due to the strange memory cards, and even though it's first year was quite good, it dropped soon enough. Even Sony doesn't support the handheld anymore and except Japan the handheld is already considered a relic. Yes that means it has crappy support and is near dead. It doesn't deserve to sell more than 17.5 million LT.

Now the Wii U has better support, but where MS is getting crap for releasing sequels, Nintendo does seem to come away with it easily. If we count only true new games from Nintendo and not direct sequels or some sort of spinoffs, Nintendoland, (Decent) Splatoon (Good) and the W101 (Good) are the only games which are actually new. For the sake of it I like Nintendo reviving bayo 2, but there was no way this was going to be a succes. If we count this year, except Splatoon I have to see what other game is really worth buying this year.

While the PS4 already got Bloodborne, The Witcher 3, Pcars and Mortal kombat X for this year. Sony and MS have already published more or are a tie in NEW IP's while they are a year behind. For MS it is Ori, (Great) Rise (mediocre) and Sunset Overdrive (Good). For Sony it is Knack, (mediocre) The order, (mediocre) Driveclub (decent) and Bloodborne (Greatness). Even though the quality of those games is sometimes doubtful I got to apreciate the risc they where willing to take where Nintendo plays very safe. Inluding the lack of Third Party support the Wii doesn't deserve 20 million units since that would be an insult to the gamecube and the dreamcast. Which both did to deserve to sell more.

I got a Wii U and even though I enjoy MK 8, SM3DW and SSB, this is my last Ninty console. Simply because the draughts are on the verge of idiotic especially when you release a 2d platformer to release nothing meaningful for 3/4 months. So do you agree these consoles deserve the crappy sales ordo you thin either (probaly Wii U), deserves more sales and have equal or more value than the PS4 or Xone.

No one deserves any success this generation so far. 

PS4 and XB1 are sh*t right now too and have their share of droughts and tons of freaking let downs. This will be the THIRD straight holiday season for the PS4 without a real big in-house original title. Uncharted Collection, a remake of PS3 games is likely going to be their big title for the holiday, which is pathetic. 

Bloodborne is their only great release from Sony in the last 12 months and unlike Nintendo they haven't supported the Vita for sh*t either. Microsoft's big release of the last 12 months is Halo: Master Chief Collection (yet another last gen remake) and they can't even get that right, it's been horribly mismanaged.

Nintendo has release Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, Bayonetta 2, Smash Bros., Captain Toad, and some good handheld games to go with that in the last 12 months. Also ragging on Nintendo for not enough original IP while praising crap like Knack and citing things like Mortal Kombat TEN (lol) and Witcher III is rich.  

Nintendo was just stupid to make another console that alienated third parties by being a generation behind tech wise again, thus putting all their hopes on the fickle casual crowd and a controller gimmick again, and it back fired. Simple enough. 

The Vita is a nicely desigend handheld, but Sony can't compete against smartphones and Sony gave up the moment they got their nose bloodied. They don't have the disposition to fight for their handhelds. Just admit the real reason, memory cards being $15-$20 overpriced is a bogus reason considering you have no problem paying $50-$60 for PS4/XB1 controllers that really cost $1 to make. 

Who buys 2 Xone or PS4 controllers and don't pretend the Pro controller is much cheaper. There are great 3rd party IP's, like shadow of mordor and the evil within which are good, feel fresh and are a nice change of pace from the usual games which are good to.  I am talking about a console not just about his creator so it's only fair to compare the full libraries of each console/handheld. For each Nintendo game there is a good game to be found on the PS4.

 

Killzone could be considered big and sold over 2 million long before VGchartz numbers according to Sony. So that could be considered big. Infamous also did pretty big numbers,.although outside holiday season.

 

If you're so insecure that you directly read MK X but fail to read titles in 2015 referring to the 3rd major draught of the Wii U. That says more about Wii U's uninspiring line-up than the line-up of the Twins which offered way more the last 6 months.