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What's the point of no return for WiiU?

When/if MK fails 121 35.07%
 
When/if Smash fails 64 18.55%
 
When/if a $100 cut fails 78 22.61%
 
Other 79 22.90%
 
Total:342
supernihilist on 04 January 2014
Seece said:
supernihilist said:
hmmmm what?
never. it will have the usual 5 year lifespan as every other Nintendo home console.
Whats your point? or are you only trying to downplay WiiU for the sake of it?


Hmmm? what's that about?

Did you read the OP? Stop thread whining just because it isn't Pro Nintendo.

i feel bad for you, you are a sad person. but i know you dont think that way, this is just stealth trolling, which seems to be the norm here....and its sad

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Seece on 04 January 2014
supernihilist said:
Seece said:
supernihilist said:
hmmmm what?
never. it will have the usual 5 year lifespan as every other Nintendo home console.
Whats your point? or are you only trying to downplay WiiU for the sake of it?


Hmmm? what's that about?

Did you read the OP? Stop thread whining just because it isn't Pro Nintendo.

i feel bad for you, you are a sad person. but i know you dont think that way, this is just stealth trolling, which seems to be the norm here....and its sad

Why would you feel bad for me? I won't feel bad for you when you get modded, go check the rules of this site and abide by them



 

oniyide on 04 January 2014

some people are salty



Mirson on 04 January 2014

I would say the price cut. The 3DS was having weak sales in the beginning, but they picked up after the price cut.

I imagine that the majority of the people who own a WiiU are already looking forward to MK7 and Smash. SM3DWorld has solid sales, but it didn't really increase WiiU numbers. So I expect something similar when those games releases. Also, Smash is coming out on the 3DS which will eat up some of WiiU's interests.



supernihilist on 04 January 2014
Seece said:
supernihilist said:
Seece said:
supernihilist said:
hmmmm what?
never. it will have the usual 5 year lifespan as every other Nintendo home console.
Whats your point? or are you only trying to downplay WiiU for the sake of it?


Hmmm? what's that about?

Did you read the OP? Stop thread whining just because it isn't Pro Nintendo.

i feel bad for you, you are a sad person. but i know you dont think that way, this is just stealth trolling, which seems to be the norm here....and its sad

Why would you feel bad for me? I won't feel bad for you when you get modded, go check the rules of this site and abide by them

lol i think not being a sad troll is far more important in my life than being banned on a site, at least for me, have a nice day



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Seece on 04 January 2014
supernihilist said:
Seece said:
supernihilist said:
Seece said:
supernihilist said:
hmmmm what?
never. it will have the usual 5 year lifespan as every other Nintendo home console.
Whats your point? or are you only trying to downplay WiiU for the sake of it?


Hmmm? what's that about?

Did you read the OP? Stop thread whining just because it isn't Pro Nintendo.

i feel bad for you, you are a sad person. but i know you dont think that way, this is just stealth trolling, which seems to be the norm here....and its sad

Why would you feel bad for me? I won't feel bad for you when you get modded, go check the rules of this site and abide by them

lol i think not being a sad troll is far more important in my life than being banned on a site, at least for me, have a nice day

No less sadder than being kicked off the site multiple times (clearly not wanted) yet coming back. Go away Degrue and get the point, you're not allowed here!



 

Max King of the Wild on 04 January 2014
supernihilist said:

lol i think not being a sad troll is far more important in my life than being banned on a site, at least for me, have a nice day


wait... calling someone a sad person/troll isnt being a sad troll? you are really being a hypocrite here



thismeintiel on 04 January 2014
Max King of the Wild said:
tripenfall said:
It is the current 8th generation leader you know.... I wonder about XBone, with PS4 going great guns and nil Microsoft support in Japan what's the point of no return for them? Will they sell more than the original Xbox?


Its got a 1.xx mil lead after being in the market alone for a year. It wont be the leader for long. They arent in trouble yet... the point of no return is past being in trouble... yes, both will sell more than the original xbox. Wii U wont

Yea, the One should definitely beat the first Xbox, unless 2014 turns out to be god awful.  I don't expect it to be, but I think it will do worse in every region, compared to the 360, when all sales are in.  Probably ~1M in Japan, if they are lucky.  Given the numbers we do have for EU, it doesn't seem that the One is going to be a hit there.  I'm guessing it will do half of what the 360 did, so ~15M.  It should do the best in NA, so ~40M. 

Of course, those numbers are if MS drops the Kinect and lowers the price to compete with the PS4 next year, like I expect them to.  Otherwise, numbers are going to look worse.

Edit:  Whoops, forgot @ OP

2014 is the final year to turn things around.  If the Wii U doesn't improve incredibly this year, with all the things Nintendo throws at it (probable $50 price cut, MK, SB), then its fate is sealed.  Same thing goes for the Vita, as well.  Though, I think Sony is actually making some profit off of the Vita, while Nintendo is losing money on the Wii U.



 

zorg1000 on 04 January 2014
oniyide said:
OT i picked other because people will believe what they want and keep moving goalposts. The new thing is well 2013 was a weak year, funny no one was saying that in 2012. Lego City, Rayman, Sonic, Mario, Pikmin, W101 were all supposed to be big guns.

I dont think most people were saying those were all big guns but if most werent delayed than it could have given Wii U a consistant and solid exclusive release schedule, its possible Wii U could have had one exclusive per month in 2013.

Jan-Wii Fit U

Feb-Rayman Legends

Mar-Lego City Undercover

April-Pikmin 3

May-Wondeful 101

June-Game & Wario

July-New Super Luigi U

Aug-Wii Party U

Sep-Wind Waker HD

Oct-Sonic Lost World

Nov-Super Mario 3D World

Dec-Mario & Sonic Olympics

I admit thats not the greatest line up but it would have given at least some momentum throughout the year and its likely Nintendo would have actually advertised it since there were exclusive games coming every month. Instead it had 2 exclusives in the first 6 months of the year with zero advertising and the release schedule/advertising didnt pick up until the last few months of the year.



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oniyide on 04 January 2014
zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:
OT i picked other because people will believe what they want and keep moving goalposts. The new thing is well 2013 was a weak year, funny no one was saying that in 2012. Lego City, Rayman, Sonic, Mario, Pikmin, W101 were all supposed to be big guns.

I dont think most people were saying those were all big guns but if most werent delayed than it could have given Wii U a consistant and solid exclusive release schedule, its possible Wii U could have had one exclusive per month in 2013.

Jan-Wii Fit U

Feb-Rayman Legends

Mar-Lego City Undercover

April-Pikmin 3

May-Wondeful 101

June-Game & Wario

July-New Super Luigi U

Aug-Wii Party U

Sep-Wind Waker HD

Oct-Sonic Lost World

Nov-Super Mario 3D World

Dec-Mario & Sonic Olympics

I admit thats not the greatest line up but it would have given at least some momentum throughout the year and its likely Nintendo would have actually advertised it since there were exclusive games coming every month. Instead it had 2 exclusives in the first 6 months of the year with zero advertising and the release schedule/advertising didnt pick up until the last few months of the year.

big guns might have been the wrong choice of words, but people were saying that they were going to help the WIi U, it didnt.