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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - RUMOR: Activision Upset at Black Ops II Wii U Sales, Says Nintendo Fans Are All Talk

NeilStrauss on 02 March 2013

Anyways, it is too soon, it would sell more if there were more WiiUs out there. T



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Mmmfishtacos on 02 March 2013
Kresnik said:
d21lewis said:
I bought Black Ops 2 for Wii U on launch date and believe me, NOBODY on Wii U is "all talk" because nobody has a headset.


I cannot let this great post go unobserved.  Thanks for the laugh :P


But the sad part is everyone does have a mic. It's just Nintendo won't let you use it....



Darc Requiem on 02 March 2013
Mmmfishtacos said:
Kresnik said:
d21lewis said:
I bought Black Ops 2 for Wii U on launch date and believe me, NOBODY on Wii U is "all talk" because nobody has a headset.


I cannot let this great post go unobserved.  Thanks for the laugh :P


But the sad part is everyone does have a mic. It's just Nintendo won't let you use it....


Yeah I still can't wrap my head around stupidity of that decision from Nintendo



zippy on 02 March 2013

I would like to get BLOPS 2 on WiiU, but have you seen the ridiculous prices games retailers are charging???? its the same with most of the WiiU games, the pricing is just plain stupid.



S.T.A.G.E. on 02 March 2013

Even on a successful Nintendo console the most successful games are Japanese made, western or not.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 02 March 2013
Darc Requiem said:
If third parties want sales on Nintendo platforms they are going to have to commit. They've conditioned millions of Nintendo console owners over the past 17 years to think that third party games are crap with shoddy releases. That attitude won't change overnight. They had a golden opportunity to make inroads last generation with the Wii and they failed miserably.

A mistake I constantly see on forums is the assumption that most gamers are informed. Gamers that frequent forums are in the minority. Most gamers don't frequent forums. Nor do they follow the industry via the internet with baited breath. People need to step back and realize this.


Not true. Gamers followed third parties to the consoles that support third parties. Third parties did not have a golden opportunity, especially when 95% of the people who own your consoles are casuals. Western companies outside of Blizzard dont have much pull with the Japanese  and the sales will show on the Wii. Core titles sold not even ok in proportion to how much the console sold. There were some great JRPG's and core titles too.



S.T.A.G.E. on 02 March 2013
ShadowMarshal said:
It's irrelevant to argue the minutia of supposed technical defects, that nobody even cares about. It's not the game, it's nintendo. It's been proven with EVERY cod game on nintendo lol.

Just stop, it's a fools errand. Anyone blaming Activision for nintendo's poor sales needs to stop. These type of discussions are rampant on the nintendo threads, ever since it became obvious as to nintendo's early demise this gen.


THANK YOU GOD SOMEONE IS LISTENING!



Darc Requiem on 02 March 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Darc Requiem said:
If third parties want sales on Nintendo platforms they are going to have to commit. They've conditioned millions of Nintendo console owners over the past 17 years to think that third party games are crap with shoddy releases. That attitude won't change overnight. They had a golden opportunity to make inroads last generation with the Wii and they failed miserably.

A mistake I constantly see on forums is the assumption that most gamers are informed. Gamers that frequent forums are in the minority. Most gamers don't frequent forums. Nor do they follow the industry via the internet with baited breath. People need to step back and realize this.


Not true. Gamers followed third parties to the consoles that support third parties. Third parties did not have a golden opportunity, especially when 95% of the people who own your consoles are casuals. Western companies outside of Blizzard dont have much pull with the Japanese  and the sales will show on the Wii. Core titles sold not even ok in proportion to how much the console sold. There were some great JRPG's and core titles too.


I disagree. It's been nearly two decades since a Nintendo home console had full third party support. There is an entire generation of gamers that weren't even born since you could buy a Nintendo home console with top notch support. That's literally a generation of gamers that cannot grasp the concept of a Nintendo home console with full third support because they've never seen it.



oniyide on 02 March 2013
milkyjoe said:
ethomaz said:

milkyjoe said:

Rayman Legends wouldn't have been in the same situation as Rayman Origins and you know it.

Regardless, late ports aside, 20k is obscure niche JRPG in America territory. It would be utterly ridiculous to expect a game like Rayman to perform worse than that.

In a 3 million userbase? It's not Mario that sells for 50% of the userbase... it's a niche game that sells for less than 5% of the userbase... I can't a first week bigger than 20k.

It's going to be interesting when Rayman eventually releases in September, because even though the Wii U userbase will be higher, there will be some who choose to buy the game on another platform, or even choose to not buy it at all out of protest to the decision. Thus, the logic you are using to say 20k FW now would be just as relevant in September with the first week on Wii U then.

this makes no sense, who would do such a thing, if the Wii U version is going to be the best one, why not buy it for Wii U if you have one?



oniyide on 02 March 2013
zippy said:
I would like to get BLOPS 2 on WiiU, but have you seen the ridiculous prices games retailers are charging???? its the same with most of the WiiU games, the pricing is just plain stupid.

i agree, but im pretty sure it has to do with the publishers and not the retailers