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DevilRising on 21 August 2013

There is literally zero chance that Nintendo would ever "just dump it". They're not fucking Sega.

The absolute worst case scenario, is that sales don't pick up enough, and they have to take a bigger hit and drop the console price to spur sales. Otherwise, especially once Mario Kart and Smash come out, it's gonna be fine.

And for me, personally, I could give two fucks whether or not Wii U gets a lot of the big "AAA" third party games, because I'm often not that interested in them these days anyway, and the Wii U also has a HUGE queue of indie games in development for the eShop. When you get multiple developers stating that Wii U eShop is more "indie friendly" than Steam, you know something good is happening. And Nintendo is bending over backwards to do all they can, it seems, to help small indie devs get games on eShop.

I don't know about you, but a strong combo of first party Nintendo titles, along with a nice selection of indie games? That's about all I need. Any GOOD third party retail games that come out, that's just a bonus. And if there's something SUPER good that I can't get on Wii U? It'll probably be on PC.



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jonathanalis on 21 August 2013

in 2014 would be a better deal.
if you say the need games and price, i say that it only need time.
price and games will come.



CarcharodonKraz on 21 August 2013

the only thing that kinda has me on the fence is the fact that i need a second person to really make the wii-u cool. I really like the idea behind sonic and mario and rayman with this tablet 2nd player, but my wife will only play so many games, only so many games will offer something that cool, and all my other friends are either growing out of games, or playing online.



Proxy-Pie on 21 August 2013
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.



Daisuke72 on 21 August 2013
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.

used

also

I thought Wii U was still $350?



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Proxy-Pie on 21 August 2013
Daisuke72 said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.

used

also

I thought Wii U was still $350?

Basic set is 300$



Rab on 21 August 2013
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.

used

also

I thought Wii U was still $350?

Basic set is 300$


Yeah you also don't have to pay for online, games also look to be cheaper, controllers are backwards compatible (BC) as well as games, works out a lot cheaper

Cost estimate:

XB1 - ($500 + Subs for 5 years = $800) + Extra Controller Costs + No Game BC

PS4 - ($400 + Subs for 5 years = $700) + Extra Controller Costs + No Game BC

Wii U - ($300 + No Subs for 5 years = $300) + BC with Wii Controllers + Games BC



zorg1000 on 21 August 2013
Rab said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.

used

also

I thought Wii U was still $350?

Basic set is 300$


Yeah you also don't have to pay for online, games also look to be cheaper, controllers are backwards compatible (BC) as well as games, works out a lot cheaper

Cost estimate:

XB1 - ($500 + Subs for 5 years = $800) + Extra Controller Costs + No Game BC

PS4 - ($400 + Subs for 5 years = $700) + Extra Controller Costs + No Game BC

Wii U - ($300 + No Subs for 5 years = $300) + BC with Wii Controllers + Games BC

Ive got one correction, PS+ costs $50 so 5 years of subs would be $650



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Daisuke72 on 21 August 2013
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.

used

also

I thought Wii U was still $350?

Basic set is 300$

Why would anyone buy the 8GB version?



Daisuke72 on 21 August 2013
Rab said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
MohammadBadir said:
Daisuke72 said:
Because for $50 more you could get a PS4.

You could get a PS Vita and a PS3 for the same price.

You could get a Xbox 360 and a 3DS for the same price.

I enjoy my other consoles more so than I would a Wii U to justify spending that much money on the hardware. Will wait until price cut, as of now, the value simply isn't there.

for 100 dollars more.

used

also

I thought Wii U was still $350?

Basic set is 300$


Yeah you also don't have to pay for online, games also look to be cheaper, controllers are backwards compatible (BC) as well as games, works out a lot cheaper

Cost estimate:

XB1 - ($500 + Subs for 5 years = $800) + Extra Controller Costs + No Game BC

PS4 - ($400 + Subs for 5 years = $700) + Extra Controller Costs + No Game BC

Wii U - ($300 + No Subs for 5 years = $300) + BC with Wii Controllers + Games BC

Not everyone will sub, and gaikai is gonna bring bc, and PS+ is $50 a year.