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Who is making the right choice?

Microsoft 129 40.31%
 
Nintendo 191 59.69%
 
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Turkish on 13 May 2014

Holy crap who is voting for Nintendo? What decision did Nintendo make to improve the situation of the Wii U??????
This is ridicilous.



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fleischr on 13 May 2014
Turkish said:
Holy crap who is voting for Nintendo? What decision did Nintendo make to improve the situation of the Wii U??????
This is ridicilous.


Mario Kart 8 bundle.

More or less a price cut as you get an extra controller and an extra free game for only $30 more. You still get the free game even if you're just buying MK8. There's some pretty generous preorder bonus floating around too (gift cards of almost $25) .

Plus all deluxe set owners are now getting 10% discount on all digital purchases.

And likely lineup for the second half of 2014 that's undeniably EPIC.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

Anfebious on 13 May 2014

Is this a captious question?



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

fleischr on 13 May 2014
Seece said:
_crazy_man_ said:

Why not both?

Microsoft is smart for dropping an optional feature that has few applications.

Nintendo is smart for not abandoning the core aspect of their system that sets it apart from the other systems.

generic-user-1 said:
nintendo is doing it right for the gamer. the gamepad is just nice.

Pretty much.

Gamepad is more essential to its respective platform than Kinect as well.

Current efforts suggest not surely? There isn't much notable that uses Gamepad and I see a lot of people claiming it's useless.

@ THE1 - Yeah lets see if they announce some really integrel gamepad stuff!

A lot of people claiming it's useless probably have not played the games that are using the gamepad or have some other grudge against the WiiU.

A lot of people claiming the Kinect is/was useless probably never used it.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

tiffac on 13 May 2014

Right now, definitely MS but we'll what Ninty is up to on E3.



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Mummelmann on 13 May 2014

MS seem to be making some good decisions, but they still made some bad ones in the beginning (all the way from E3 2013). Nintendo seem to keep making mostly bad decisions imo and they haven't really found a remedy to make things better at all for their Wii U and the 3DS keeps on nosediving on the charts as well.

If you look at the companies as a whole; no one in their right mind could vote Nintendo and if it's console division only; MS still has them beat for the last couple of years. I maintain that the Wii U is and was a mistake from the very beginning.



reggin_bolas on 13 May 2014

Gamepad needs to go; it's the first step to redemption. I don't care how comfortable you think it is; most consumers are on the fence because of it.



Frogger on 13 May 2014

Microsoft by a mile. This is coming from a guy who, to this day, has only ever owned Nintendo systems.



sundin13 on 13 May 2014

Its a very different scenario...
1. Kinect is a peripheral, Gamepad is a controller
2. XBO was launched at a profit so price cuts could be more easily afforded where Wii U launched at a loss
3. Wii U dropped 50$ in price and bundled a game where XBO dropped 100$ in price and didn't bundle a game

Neither are making the "right decision" because their is no "right decision"...however, it is far easier for Microsoft to drop the Kinect (and the price) than it would be for Nintendo to drop the Gamepad (and the price)...



gergroy on 13 May 2014

I dont really see how nintendo could ditch the gamepad at this point. It is pretty much the ome thing the wii u has going for it...