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dahuman on 24 November 2012

lol somebody actually revived this thread, this is funny as hell.



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dahuman on 24 November 2012
BuckStud said:
Pyro as Bill said:
MDMAlliance said:
"The guy from MS who said that WiU is little more than a 360 is correct." based on what? What you just said? A lot of what you said is BS to begin with.


It's a HD-Wii and doesn't even have a Kinect-level gimmick to sell it......yet.

It's a 360 that plays Nintendo games. That's it. Don't expect much/anything to come from the extra screen.

You obviously don't have one.  I have one along side my PS3 & 360 and the Wii U is very cool.  We've been playing games on it all day and the second screen is far cooler than I thought it'd be.  As for the Kinext, I sold ours about a onth ago as it just never got used and my Move controllers have been stashed in a drawer for months now.  The Wii U Game Pad is far from the "gimick" that people that don't have one think it is.  Now grow up and stop being such a "fanboy".

 

look at the posting date lol



F0X on 24 November 2012

At least Wii U has a good gimmick. Kinect serves a better purpose as a bludgeoning tool (not really, but I have yet to play a Kinect game that wasn't a waste of my time).



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Metallicube on 24 November 2012
Pyro as Bill said:

The guy from MS who said that WiU is little more than a 360 is correct.

Kinect sold more 360s than 3D did for the PS3 or 3DS.

PREDICTION: Kinect will sell more 360s/720s than an extra (controller) screen will for Wii-U.

The extra screen WILL NOT sell the Wii-U.

PREDICTION: Not a single 'assymetric gameplay' game will hit 10M or 20M. 

Nintendo has absolutely no idea what they're doing. A year in and we're already seeing the 3DSXL. Desperation. 2D Mari-U will do no more for WiiU than MK7 did for 3ds. The extra screen will hardly be used after the first year, maybe Nintendo will keep using it but 3rd parties will prety much drop it for it's GAMING features.

If Nintendo wins next gen it will be because Sony and MS completely eff up. Sony's nearly out of here but MS should win if they don't focus on Kinect and continue appealing to the PC gamer.

PREDICTION: If Wii-U has a 10M or 20M seller it will be because of motion control or symmetric local multiplayer. 


No, you're right. The extra screen/motion controls will not sell the console. The games will sell the console, as has always been the case. And with games like 2D and 3D Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash Bros, Call of Duty, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, I find it hard to see a scenario where the Wii u doesn't put up at least respectable numbers. 

Will it replicate or surpass Wii's success? Highly unlikely, but I see no reason it couldn't end up selling like PS3 or 360 when its all said and done.



Teriol on 24 November 2012
osed125 said:

I love seeing how everyone says Nintendo is doomed, it makes me laugh :)

yeah me too LOL.



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Roma on 24 November 2012

lol I can't wait for the numbers to come in!



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techhunter80 on 24 November 2012

I wouldn't say that, just let me take a wild guess of what could happen. Nintendo says there will be a new zelda, metroid, star fox and an all new epic series coming out next year and the wii u becomes the best selling console of all time! Maybe I went to far.....no.....that can happen.



WindyCityHeat on 24 November 2012

Anybody with a single working eye can see that nintendo isnt in a good place. It's not an original thought lol.

Only people who cling to wii-era domination are weirdos on here.



coolguy on 25 November 2012

Motion gaming is dead.kincet failed and the wii u will be fine.



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Teriol on 25 November 2012
prayformojo said:
Jumpin said:
prayformojo said:
My prediction? The Wii U is Nintendo's Gamecube all over again. The thing people forget about Nintendo is, they've really only ever had two commercially dominant systems, the NES and Wii. The SNES was beaten by Sega for most of it's life cycle and the N64 and Gamecube were both completely destroyed.

The only reason the Wii was such a commercial success is because it was the "it" thing to own for a few years. People who didn't know what a video game was bought it because it was "cool". Nintendo failed, somehow, to realize that trends like this implode in on themselves and made the error of going "all out" with casual gaming. They didn't think about the fact that by doing so, they were going to lose the core which are the ones who will ALWAYS be around. So basically, the casual left the party when the party wasn't "cool" anymore, and the core were offended and moved on to Sony and Microsoft. Now, who's left? Basically, just Nintendo die hard which were the ones buying and supporting the Gamecube and there aren't even close to enough of them to make a difference next gen. So I predict a gloomy, dead last for them.

What is this "Nintendo core" that you're talking about that has "gone over to Microsoft and Sony"? You need to explain that statement further, because it is a strange one to make. If anything, it is the opposite is true; the Wii is the first Nintendo home console since the SNES that mostly all Nintendo fans bought. I know I am getting a Wii U, and I would say there is no indication that most others won't either since it doesn't have the problems of the N64 or the GameCube; and the Wii and DS both proved extra horsepower is not that big of a sales factor anymore. Also, the biggest selling games in the industry are all Nintendo games except for Call of Duty - only Nintendo consoles get Nintendo games.

I never said "Nintendo core". I said the "core" gamer which are gamers who aren't rooted into a brand but rather core gaming in general. Nintendo fans, people who bought the Gamecube, they are always going to be there for the big N. But that's not enough to win a generation. The Gamecube only sold 20 some odd million units and finished last. There simply aren't enough of them to have an impact needed to win out.

In order for Nintendo to do what it did this gen, it's going to have to get all the core gamers on their side and my argument is, they threw them away by basically ignoring them for the last 6 years. Take a look at their e3 shows. Remember that Wii Sports Resort debacle? Or how about Wii Music? They basically ignored the Halo,Killzone,GOW,COD,Ico and Uncharted demograph...IE "core". They did this because soccor mom's and the like were all buying into their products and they foolishly threw all their resources that way. When that whole trend died, and the casual went away, what happened? They tanked because there was nothing left.

If the core gamer left, and the soccor moms moved onto the next fad (ipad/iphone), what's left? Nintendo fans. And Nintendo fans aren't nearly enough.

just to point something that is obvius (your ignorance) nintendo in the home console systems to date count with 3 comercial dominant systems: NES 61.1 million WW, Super Nes 49.10 million WW, and Wii 98 million WW. sony have two ps1, ps2 microsoft has zero comercial dominant systems.

now in the portable market Nintendo till this day has detroyed all rival platforms. so please next time try some valid argument.



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