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Guitarguy on 19 June 2016
Einsam_Delphin said:
Guitarguy said:


LOL really? Nintendo HAVE entertained this in the past, so they have set a precedent which trumps "common sense".

"[It] will enable fun and movement not seen before. I expect it to become a third pillar, next to GameCube and Game Boy."
-Satoru Iwata, Gamasutra (January 07, 2004)

http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=515

You stated Nintendo never said the NX won't be a replacement to the Wii U, I showed you they did actually say it and then you went into semantics and ambiguity of the word "pure". Well damn, I guess the Wii was not a 'pure' replacement for the Gamecube because it had motion controls and was a 'new way to play'. Much like the N64 had an analog stick compared to the SNES's D-pad. You even mention difference design and branding being factors in a console/handheld not being a replacement. Well I guess the Xbox One is not a replacement to the Xbox 360, well I guess the Gamecube was not a replacement for the N64, or the Genesis to the Master System, or the Vita to the PSP...

I also don't want to sound mean, you sound pretty cool to me, but I do think the explanation is quite evident.

 

 

A quote from 2004, yeah that's not relevant. Game development has become far more difficult and costly since then.

No they did not actually say it. "It's not a replacement" and "it's not a pure replacement" mean two different things. Yes that one word does make all the difference, and no there's nothing ambiguous about it, we all know what pure means. To make it easier for you to comprehend replace pure with only/100%/full/complete, and as an example, when you kill someone in Splatoon you aren't purely killing them but also spreading ink.

lol no worries man. good luck with that.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 19 June 2016
Guitarguy said:

lol no worries man. good luck with that.

 

Good luck with what?



Mbolibombo on 19 June 2016

This is good news everyone.



Rustynail on 19 June 2016

I can smell a Virtual Boy 2...



silvergunner on 19 June 2016

During their last results release, Nintendo claimed they had shipped 13.2 million Wii-U units and planned to sell 800k in the next financial year. By simple addition and the fact NX is out next year, it seems to me like Nintendo only built 14 million consoles. It's likely they stopped producing them during the (disastrous) Year of Luigi.

From my observations though there's no need to run out and grab a Wii U. Gaming shops are piled high with preowned consoles as well as loads of boxed new consoles. With the sparse software release schedule (2-3 more games for 12 months) expect that number of preowned consoles to increase.

I think also one can wonder if Nintendo are looking into doing an Atari and burying all the unsold consoles and games in the New Mexico desert. They've already copied Atari by angering their fans with low quality, unfinished games (Pac Man, Star Fox Zero) and insisting it's the gamers at fault and not their hardware designs (Jaguar, Wii-U).



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Lucas-Rio on 19 June 2016
silvergunner said:

During their last results release, Nintendo claimed they had shipped 13.2 million Wii-U units and planned to sell 800k in the next financial year. By simple addition and the fact NX is out next year, it seems to me like Nintendo only built 14 million consoles. It's likely they stopped producing them during the (disastrous) Year of Luigi.

From my observations though there's no need to run out and grab a Wii U. Gaming shops are piled high with preowned consoles as well as loads of boxed new consoles. With the sparse software release schedule (2-3 more games for 12 months) expect that number of preowned consoles to increase.

I think also one can wonder if Nintendo are looking into doing an Atari and burying all the unsold consoles and games in the New Mexico desert. They've already copied Atari by angering their fans with low quality, unfinished games (Pac Man, Star Fox Zero) and insisting it's the gamers at fault and not their hardware designs (Jaguar, Wii-U).

You are completely wrong.

The prices for te Wii U are only going up. You don't find anything under 300€ new now, and soon all the left Wii U will be selling around 350€.

The Wii U is going to achieve collector status very soon and the price for this rare console will climb very high. Already people who were hloding out for a price cut have gave up their hopes. The price is only growing at this point.



Lonely_Dolphin on 19 June 2016
RolStoppable said:

*more text than a half-assed cop out deserves*

 

Heh, we're both arguing the same thing against equally questionable users. Shall we join forces and commence total domination?



Stefan.De.Machtige on 19 June 2016
Lucas-Rio said:
silvergunner said:

During their last results release, Nintendo claimed they had shipped 13.2 million Wii-U units and planned to sell 800k in the next financial year. By simple addition and the fact NX is out next year, it seems to me like Nintendo only built 14 million consoles. It's likely they stopped producing them during the (disastrous) Year of Luigi.

From my observations though there's no need to run out and grab a Wii U. Gaming shops are piled high with preowned consoles as well as loads of boxed new consoles. With the sparse software release schedule (2-3 more games for 12 months) expect that number of preowned consoles to increase.

I think also one can wonder if Nintendo are looking into doing an Atari and burying all the unsold consoles and games in the New Mexico desert. They've already copied Atari by angering their fans with low quality, unfinished games (Pac Man, Star Fox Zero) and insisting it's the gamers at fault and not their hardware designs (Jaguar, Wii-U).

You are completely wrong.

The prices for te Wii U are only going up. You don't find anything under 300€ new now, and soon all the left Wii U will be selling around 350€.

The Wii U is going to achieve collector status very soon and the price for this rare console will climb very high. Already people who were hloding out for a price cut have gave up their hopes. The price is only growing at this point.

Indeed. No real price cut will come. Nintendo is still losing money so will sell the Wii U for as high as they still can. Retailers may do some discounts, but it won't be much in my opinion.

I might buy a collecter one if a limited Zelda bundle comes out :p.



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Ganoncrotch on 19 June 2016
Tigerlure said:
Not for that price. Maybe when it gets down to $199.

Pretty much this for me.

Also when he says that fans should buy one now... really does the think that there are Nintendo fans who have been on the verge of buying it for the last 4 years but now that they are pulling the plug on the tiny amount of support that the system has gotten he thinks that it would be a good time to jump in? Like... how much buyers remorse does he want to give his "fans" who are already clearly not brand loyale enough to have purchased the system already? Insane.



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ArchangelMadzz on 19 June 2016

I thought they said the NX wasn't a replacement for Wii U?



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