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sethnintendo on 18 July 2013
oniyide said:
sethnintendo said:
oniyide said:
dominate?! LMAO! no, it will be all ok. but dominate is a strong word.


3DS will dominate.  Wii U will pick up this holiday season and finally get into a groove next year with MK and Smash. 


we're clearly talking about the WIi U here, and i know it will pick up. But Im not sure it will "domintate"

I won't call domination this year (obvious reasons).  However, I expect Wii U to dominate PS4 and Xbox one next year once MK and Smash are released.



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sethnintendo on 18 July 2013
mind said:
Depends on what do you mean by "doom", 3rd place in gen(2nd if x1 failes) and ~40m is not "doom", but not great either.

And Pikmin sales shows pretty much nothing, it's average, there will be no ~100k boost for wii u in a week or something like that,

Remeber Nintendo finished third with the GC.  However, Nintendo made way more money with the GC than Microsoft did (they didn't make any money with Xbox, only lost money).  Nintendo also made more money with GC + GBA than Sony did with the PS2.



DevilRising on 18 July 2013

I never thought for a moment that Wii U was doomed to begin with. I've always known that the problem was lack of games, and specifically the games drought from Jan-May, with the sole exception of a smattering in titles in March.

Pikmin 3 is a highly anticipated title, and I know there are many like myself who can't wait to buy it. I already have it pre-ordered.



Lonely_Dolphin on 18 July 2013
sethnintendo said:
oniyide said:
sethnintendo said:
oniyide said:
dominate?! LMAO! no, it will be all ok. but dominate is a strong word.


3DS will dominate.  Wii U will pick up this holiday season and finally get into a groove next year with MK and Smash. 


we're clearly talking about the WIi U here, and i know it will pick up. But Im not sure it will "domintate"

I won't call domination this year (obvious reasons).  However, I expect Wii U to dominate PS4 and Xbox one next year once MK and Smash are released.



I think it a needs big price cut before domination become feesible, just like with the 3DS. Even then I don't expect Wii U to "dominate," but simply sell better than the competition it definitely could.

Soundwave on 18 July 2013

I think consoles are done in Japan period. Nothing will "dominate" that market, Wii U will sell like the GameCube, the Wii Sports/Fit boom was a temporary 3-4 craze in Japan that faded away.

The next Nintendo game machine will be a console/portable hybrid probably specced similarly to the Wii U, just entirely portable.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 18 July 2013
Soundwave said:

I think consoles are done in Japan period. Nothing will "dominate" that market, Wii U will sell like the GameCube, the Wii Sports/Fit boom was a temporary 3-4 craze in Japan that faded away.

The next Nintendo game machine will be a console/portable hybrid probably specced similarly to the Wii U, just entirely portable.



I really don't think they'll ever release a console/portable hybrid, as they can make more money selling two different platforms. I bet what they'll do with their next console is simply to have it make better use of the gamepads, such as supporting dozens of them at once and letting people play different games at the same time.

Nyleveia on 18 July 2013

I call bullshit on the bold.  So you live in Japan huh?  And you bought Pikmin 3 right to switch it off a hour later?  I smell bullshit.

dont make me walk outside the bar im currently sat in and make you look stupid.
alternatively just ask a mod what isp im connected to.

Oh, and please, puuuleeeasse, respond with "okay fine so you live in japan i still dont believe the rest", because i'll take great pleasure in proving you wrong a second time.

As for pikmin, it just doesnt interest me, i never said it was bad, just that its not something i particularly found interesting while playing, i had not played the previous two and figured i would pick this up as i didnt have anything else to do with the launch wiiu sat under my tv - do i regret buying it? no, my wife might play it or one of my friends, but do i enjoy it enough to play it for more than the hour i did? no, not really.

As i mentioned in another thread my free time is limited, so spending it playing a game im not into doesnt make much sense.

It's a personal preference, if i said "omg pikmin 3 suuuuucks" then fair enough, be offended, but i simply said it wasnt a massive system seller (which you yourself stated too) and that i only played it an hour before turning it off, stop being so touchy.



Nyleveia on 18 July 2013
Einsam_Delphin said:
Nyleveia said:i have pikmin 3, i was one of those 100k ish that bougt it, and its about the first time my wiiu got switched on in months.

only to be switched off again an hour later


Are you implying you don't like the game? o_O

Also, I've always said it'll take a collection of games to sell Wii U, rather than any one game on it's own. The weekly average should gradually increase after each release. Pikmin 3 is only the start!


Yes, i dont particularly like the game, i bought it figuring id give it a shot, but its not my cup of tea.



ninjablade on 18 July 2013

lol even 360 had months where it sold 20-40k when some big games came out in japan, and this proof that the wiiu will be ok, it reminds why don't post here much any more.



Nyleveia on 18 July 2013
ninjablade said:
lol even 360 had months where it sold 20-40k when some big games came out in japan, and this proof that the wiiu will be ok, it reminds why don't post here much any more.


you dont post because there are people with a different opinion to you? why do you even use the internet in that case?