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Mad55 on 29 March 2013

This is pretty crazy time for Nintendo to make a engine just for the wiiu that uses the wiiu to it's fullest and sell it to developers for cheap. Yea that will happen.



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teigaga on 29 March 2013

Everyone calm down! All this means is that the Wii U won't have much 3rd party support. From the beginning I always thought that if you bought a Wii U for the eventual Mass Effect 4 and Final Fantasy 15, GTA 6 etc, were doing this whole gaming thing wrong...



KungKras on 29 March 2013
hunter_alien said:
KungKras said:
JakDaSnack said:
KungKras said:
JakDaSnack said:
Birimbau said:

Nindendo fans, good luck with Nintendo exclusives only again.


Is there any other reason to buy Nintendo Consoles?  

If Nintendo gets 3rd party games they don't sell and all of the haters laugh and say that the game is on every other platform.

if Nintendo doesn't get 3rd party games, nothing changes and haters laugh and say that the game is not on the Nintendo platform.

It's the exact same cycle. 

Except for when games do sell like Epic Mickey 1 or Goldeneye or Resident Evil 4.

Epic Mickey was an exclusive, Goldeneye was made by Rare and was an exclusive, and Resident Evil 4 was originally an exclusive but later ported to the ps2.  I guessed you missed the part I bolded, if it's an exclusive then sure, it might sell pretty well, but if it's launched alongside everything else, the nintendo version rarely sells well.

What game on a Nintendo platform, that launched side by side with other versions (NOT CoD BLOPS2) and wasn't gimped in any way didn't sell well? Soul Calibur 2 on GC outsold the PS2 version. CoD 3 on Wii, despite being gimped outsold the PS3 version. People learned their lession about CoD on Wii after that though...


No they didnt... they simply accepeted that the Wii version will never have the AAA online component that is necesarry for CoD...

 

OT: why are people even surprised about this announcement? I mean the WiiU is an underpowered and underperforming system. If Nintendo doesnt get their act together fast, not even the ocasioanl japanese support will be enough for them #DQ10willbombontheU.

What do you mean AAA online component? From what I can remember, it played like the HD games, but lacked features that could have easily been implemented. For crying out loud, the Dreamcast ran Quake 3 just fine.



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teigaga on 29 March 2013

I'm sure it will be made compatible with the Wii U at later point.



teigaga on 29 March 2013
Birimbau said:
Nintendo E3 conference preview:


LMAO

Honestly though, the wii U will do fine. It sold 60k this weak just some randoms games (monster hunter/Lego city) came out for it. Once Mario Kart and Windwaker is here it will sell at a good pace.



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Gugerface on 29 March 2013

Looks like Wii U is getting even worse treatment than Wii. I guess that is to be expected, considering the sales numbers.



fillet on 29 March 2013

Wii-U not "next gen" confirmed, as all sensible people stated already and as all desperate people denied.

Was plain as day already.

This is not a fanboy comment but people really need to stop taking things so personally and acting so precious. Some of us take a genuine interest in the hardware and couldn't give a monekys if it is or isn't next gen on a defensive personal level! The Wii-U will surely receive some top games during it's lifetime including the usual Nintendo greats, that isn't in question.

I'm very pleased a top developer from a top development company that's respected has finally come out and said it. It should even help with the "is Wii-U next gen" threads.

Good all round for everyone :)

*I have a Wii-U, (have every console except Vita) and take no delight in this announcement but do take delight in clearing up the mystery.

Amen!



Izo on 29 March 2013
BenVTrigger said:
Izo said:
I will keep buying Nintendo consoles for their exclusive like I always have. Considering I own multiple consoles not having a multiplat doesn't effect me at all. Besides if you enjoy Nintendo exclusive more than 3rd party multiplats you would still need the Wii U.

Does it suck that Nintendo isn't going to get multiplats? Yes
Does it effect me or anyone who loves Nintendo games? Nope (unless Nintendo goes under, which will never happen)


It does effect you though.

Do you honestly think shareholders will be happy with Gamecube or N64 level sales after the Wii?  Having terrible 3rd party support does hurt the console big time.  People talk about how huge Mario and Zelda are but they werent able to raise Nintendo to high console sales on their own.

Its increasingly looking like Wii U is the next GameCube, not the next Wii

It may suck for Nintendo and it may suck for the share holders but unless they don't pump out first party exlusives it really doesn't effect me. As far as I am concerned the wii  was one of my least favorite Nintendo consoles. High sales or not. With Zombi U, NSMBU, and Exp. Monster Hunter the Wii U is already leaving a better taste in my mouth than the Wii did.

I still believe the Wii U will end up getting more third party support than the Wii did. We shall see.



Andrespetmonkey on 29 March 2013
wfz said:

I think I said it a few months ago, but this again is a prime example of what the industry thinks about Nintendo. It's just the way things are. Nintendo is going to have a tough time ever being taken seriously by the current industry leaders.

When you look at what the Wii U is doing, and then compare that to what the PS4 is doing (and what 720 will likely do), it's understandable*.

*Concerning it's technical capabilities. Wii U is slightly more powerful than what devs have dealt with for 7-8 years now, but the other 2 present a significant push forward, a "generational leap" in graphics and physics, so it's no surprise the Wii U is a bit of a joke to tech nerds talking about next gen engines.



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Maris on 29 March 2013
fillet said:

Wii-U not "next gen" confirmed, as all sensible people stated already and as all desperate people denied.

Was plain as day already.

This is not a fanboy comment but people really need to stop taking things so personally and acting so precious. Some of us take a genuine interest in the hardware and couldn't give a monekys if it is or isn't next gen on a defensive personal level! The Wii-U will surely receive some top games during it's lifetime including the usual Nintendo greats, that isn't in question.

I'm very pleased a top developer from a top development company that's respected has finally come out and said it. It should even help with the "is Wii-U next gen" threads.

Good all round for everyone :)

*I have a Wii-U, (have every console except Vita) and take no delight in this announcement but do take delight in clearing up the mystery.

Amen!

I don't think its what he's saying as much as the way he's saying it. Rational people can see the Wii U isn't going to be on par with the next Xbox/PS4, but the guy didn't have to laugh outright at the question he was asked. Makes him seem petty and unprofessional.