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Is the Wii U doomed?

Yes 586 59.19%
 
No 404 40.81%
 
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Locknuts said:

I think it's time to face it guys: Nintendo has left their main console to die.

Even with the billions they made from the Wii/DS era, and after they saw that they couldn't develop HD games fast enough, they didn't do what was necessary to ensure that the Wii U had a steady flow of content. They should have done as Sony did with the PS3 and paid out the ass to save their reputation as a hardware manufacturer.

They should have paid for content. Plain and simple. GTA, Far Cry, Bioshock, all those big western games. But Iwata seems to be too much of a tightass to spend money on anything that Nintendo doesn't at least partially own. Does that make good business sense? Well Iwata is the businessman and I guess he thinks so, but as a customer I'm not confident enough in their next system to buy it. Sadly after the atrocious Wii and the abandonment of the potentially wonderful Wii U, I don't ever see myself buying another piece of Nintendo hardware.

The Zelda delay is the writing on the wall people. The Wii U is now officially doomed. I hope like hell that XCX and Splatoon are all they're cracked up to be, because they're the last major games we're going to see until the next system comes out.

I rag on Sony a lot, but what they did with the PS3 was glorious and I respect them for that, I wish Iwata had the cojones to do the same.

Peace

/rant


Nintendo cant do the same, they lack the money and media power of sony to turn things around like sony has. Just imgane them paying every third party devoloper to port heir games on the wiiu, it would have bankrupted them. GTA is a huge game saleswise but so is call of duty which was ported to the wiiu. And has call of duty increased the sales of the console when it came out? it didnt



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Captain_Yuri said:
Yea cause we always know what games Nintendo has in store right? /s

I hope you're right.



About time.



I'm now filled with determination.

I doubt the WiiU will finish with more quality exclusives then PS4 (to me at least) considering Sony will have more indies & third party exclusives as well as their own first party and they don't waste their resources on the Vita. What I find surprising however is that people are downplaying multiplats?! If the PS4 wasn't my main console, and I had to choose between the XOne & WiiU, I would purchase the X1. That is not to say I'd prefer XOne exclusives over WiiU exclusives but third party releases really make it a one - sided conversation. GTA, Fallout, FF, KH, NBA2K, MGS, Batman, Star Wars Battlefront, etc.



Well.., as I stated previously, the Wii U will never catch the Wii in sales, but is by no means a failure. Looking at this from a commercial standpoint, sadly, the Wii U is the worst selling Nintendo console to date. However, there are still great games to play on it. I am not sure what Nintendo has other than Splatoon for the year, but I do know that the Wii U is an amazing console in terms of the cache of titles to experience.



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Let's see:

Games announced before E3 2014 that were released after the event:

Hyrule Warriors (announced December 2013)

Bayonetta 2 (announced September 2012)

Super Smash Bros for Wii U (announced January 2013/E3 2013)

 

Games announced at E3 2014 that were released after the event:

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker (December 2014)

Kirby an the Rainbow Curse (Februay 2015)

Mario Party 10 (March 2015)

 

Now, the interesting part. Games announced before E3 2014 that have not released yet:

Xenoblade Chronicles X (announced January 2013, 2015 overseas, April 29th in Japan)

Yoshi Whoolly World (announced January 2013, 2015 first half)

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem (announce January 2015, TBD)

 

Games announced at E3 2014 that are not released yet:

Splatoon (May 2015)

Mario Maker (2015)

Star Fox (2015, before Zelda)

Project Giant Robot (2015)

Project Guard (2015)

The Legend of Zelda (TBD)



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Kuksenkov said:
curl-6 said:

Not just sales; it's also about the console getting one of its most important games sooner rather than later or not at all. I'm still very much hyped for Xenoblade, Yoshi, and Splatoon, but I need more than just a few key releases per year.


Mario Maker, Xenoblade, Splatoon, Yoshi, Mario Party, Devil's Third, Starfox = Only a few key releases.

Mario Maker, Xenoblade, Splatoon, Yoshi, Mario Party, Devil's Third, Starfox + Zelda = Good amount of key releases per year, Wii U has games coming, blah blah blah.

More negativity! Must be a normal day on VGChartz.

I bought my Wii U because of Monster Hunter, and I'm not disappointed at my purchase AT ALL. I've gotten a chance to play some other great games as well, and a way to LEGALLY play Golden Sun GBA, Fire Emblem GBA, and F-Zero GBA. Backwards compatibility, amazing internet browser, off-tv gameplay... Bitch I'm happy.

Because Zelda outweighs all those other releases in both commercial importance and gamer anticipation.

Xenoblade, Splatoon, Yoshi,  Mario Party/Maker, Devil's Third, Starfox, these are not tentpole releases. HD Zelda is a big reason why many Wii U owners bought their system. Taking it away is like taking the cake and leaving the icing.

It's great that you're happy with your purchase, but it's understandable why a lot of people are pissed off.



Soundwave said:

Letting Retro make 2 games at a time instead of 1 hardly brings any real balance either. Rare would work on like 5-6 games at a time in the 90s. 

To be fair, making games in the 90s took vastly less resources than it does today. Working on 5-6 current gen titles at once isn't viable for any one developer.



curl-6 said:
Fanboy_Slayer said:

Delaying Zelda means "many oppertunity" damn you Sony fanboy will troll very hard to try to make NIntendo go third party. You kids today really need to lear how to form your own opionon. 

I want this on record, I have been called many things, but never a Sony fanboy! XD If anything I get flack for bashing Sony.


LOL that guy HAS to be new





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