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Katana Gomai posted:uh "6 to 7 times more" is also p. impressive but whatever, as long as you're happy It's neither impressive nor unimpressive. If I had to guess, I'd say unimpressive: It suggests Wii U selling really terribly in the UK. Astro Nut posted:Last I knew, there weren't any solid sales numbers on how well the Wii U was doing UK wise. Because the UK game charts folks are far too fond of percentages. You might be thinking of weekly Japanese sales, where the console was hanging around 5-6k for a bit. We aren't getting detailed sales data because they want corporations and individuals to pay for their reports, not because the chart tracking institute is "fond of percentages". NPD reports are comparatively cheap and of wider interest/circulation, that's why we have leakers reporting back the numbers on GAF (as well as Twitter). NPD themselves aren't publishing anything but relative sales data to the public at large.
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This was even funnier before I realized Louis isn't a mod anymore
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Kewpuh posted:
I'm not flaming.
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Louisgod posted:I'm not flaming. But your love of jerky burns hotter than any sun.
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Louisgod posted:I'm not flaming. Oh, you card 
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The WiiU is still a doomed system. Mario Kart, Zelda and that Smash Brothers game won't do squat in turning round the fortunes of a console with zero third party support. They'll sell well enough to the installed base who bought WiiU's and are desperate for any software, but that's about it.
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lynch_69 posted:The WiiU is still a doomed system. Mario Kart, Zelda and that Smash Brothers game won't do squat in turning round the fortunes of a console with zero third party support. They'll sell well enough to the installed base who bought WiiU's and are desperate for any software, but that's about it. and this is the death of the WiiU. MK8 can't just be a good game, DK: TF can't just be a good game. They all have to "save the WiiU" or something which saddens me, because if the games keep trending this way it's likely going to have the best straight lineup of quality games for any Nintendo console since the SNES.
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The Wii U is not a doomed system. It may not be their most successful release but so what? Why not just enjoy it for what it is. This isn't a contest.
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The Wii U is tanking so badly, it made Nintendo leave the gaming sector in search of fitness gimmicks.
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Shouldn't it be like world 2 since that's the desert world in super mario bros 3.
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Fame Douglas posted:The Wii U is tanking so badly, it made Nintendo leave the gaming sector in search of fitness gimmicks. They were already doing that in the Wii's prime, though. Remember the vitality sensor that never came out?
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Louisgod posted:I haven't bought it yet because I have until July 31st I was going to do that as well, but the normal launch price here was € 59. A store near me had it for € 49. Knowing Nintendo game prices I just don't see the price going lower than that in the first half year. No use holding off buying it if best case scenario means it becomes € 49 everywhere else. lynch_69 posted:The WiiU is still a doomed system. Mario Kart, Zelda and that Smash Brothers game won't do squat in turning round the fortunes of a console with zero third party support. They'll sell well enough to the installed base who bought WiiU's and are desperate for any software, but that's about it. The Wiiu is still a doomed system. The install base will increase quite a bit with those games. Problem is, the base will never be big enough to justify the cost needed by publishers to downsize their PS4/Xbone games to fit on it.
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, thinking I can find it for $10 or $15 cheaper somewhere (probably not though).
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Waltzing Along posted:The Wii U is not a doomed system. It may not be their most successful release but so what? Why not just enjoy it for what it is. This isn't a contest. It is doing so badly that it may be the reason they are finally driven out of the home console market. That is a big deal in terms of video games (i.e. not important at all).
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Suspicious Dish posted:I will probably buy a Wii U after market when the price drops to Dreamcast levels and fondly remember it as a good console with some good games that did not sell at all. It can be a good console with good games and still sell like absolute garbage. Some of my favorite things in life sold like absolute garbage and were completely unappreciated in their own time. I'm not trying to insinuate that the Wii U is gaming ambrosia, but it has a lot of fun exclusives already and I enjoy the time I spend with it. It's just selling worse than hammered poo poo.
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Waltzing Along posted:The Wii U is not a doomed system. It may not be their most successful release but so what? Why not just enjoy it for what it is. This isn't a contest. People don't WANT the Wii U to fail, I think there are a lot of people in this thread that enjoy Nintendo games. But thanks to a series of bad decisions, Nintendo might not make it through this console generation in its current form.
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Astro7x posted:People don't WANT the Wii U to fail, I think there are a lot of people in this thread that enjoy Nintendo games. But thanks to a series of bad decisions, Nintendo might not make it through this console generation in its current form. Yeah, this exactly. I couldn't be more delighted if Nintendo succeeded this generation on top, but the reality is that they are not and their decisions aren't helping out that reality.
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The games that are actually coming out are good, there's just... not a whole lot of 'em. There was that hilarious two month stretch before MK8 came out where they released precisely jack and poo poo. I'm still a bit annoyed at having to buy a dumb hunk of Bad Console to play the games, but still worth it IMO. They'll be lucky if they break even in the long run on this whole venture, though and I guess that's too bad.
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Astro7x posted:People don't WANT the Wii U to fail, I think there are a lot of people in this thread that enjoy Nintendo games. But thanks to a series of bad decisions, Nintendo might not make it through this console generation in its current form. I want the Wii U to fail and fail hard. Imagine how hilarious it will be to see Nintendo making lovely Free to Play iPhone games and middling platform games on the PS4? Almost as funny as Microsoft shutting down the Xbox division. Right now Nintendo is the Titanic slowly but inexorably heading towards the iceberg. I can't wait for the ship to start sinking. It will be awesome to behold.
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Waltzing Along posted:The Wii U is not a doomed system. It may not be their most successful release but so what? Why not just enjoy it for what it is. This isn't a contest. Yeah well I have my two dozen or so systems organized by order of success. My PS2 has not been unplugged in years. Monkey Fracas posted:The games that are actually coming out are good, there's just... not a whole lot of 'em. There was that hilarious two month stretch before MK8 came out where they released precisely jack and poo poo. There's like a dozen good exclusives and only one port worth getting(Rayman Legends). But yeah you only have a small pool to draw from, at this point the system should have 3 times that amount. It's not even getting interesting and cheap games like the Wii got(i.e. Castle Shikigami 3). Mind you the Wii-U is going to be out for two years and prior to last generation the average console lifespan was 4-5 years. They made a big mistake of having the Wii die right when the Wii-U came out instead of prolonging it until the newer system has games like sony is doing with the PS3 and PS4. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Jun 3, 2014 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:There's like a dozen good exclusives SM3DW, NSMBU, Mario Kart 8, Pikmin, ZombiU, Tropical Freeze, W101, that LEGO game? NES Remix? Nintendoland? ... Wind Waker?
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Edmund Honda posted:SM3DW, NSMBU, Mario Kart 8, Pikmin, ZombiU, Tropical Freeze, W101, that LEGO game? NES Remix? Nintendoland? ... Wind Waker? 
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The Taint Reaper posted:They made a big mistake of having the Wii die right when the Wii-U came out instead of prolonging it until the newer system has games like sony is doing with the PS3 and PS4. The Wii didn't die out when the WiiU was released. The Wii had been largely dead for about one and a half to two years when the WiiU was released. If I'm not mistaken, Nintendo's 2011 E3 presentation was almost all 3DS and the unnamed system that became WiiU, and the Wii segment was basically Skyward Sword and nothing else.
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thefncrow posted:The Wii didn't die out when the WiiU was released. The Wii had been largely dead for about one and a half to two years when the WiiU was released. If I'm not mistaken, Nintendo's 2011 E3 presentation was almost all 3DS and the unnamed system that became WiiU, and the Wii segment was basically Skyward Sword and nothing else. This is so true... looking at the releases for the Wii, the only Nintendo developed game we got in 2011 was Skyward Sword, and in 2012 was Mario Party 9. What in the hell have they been working on all this time?!?
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And I'm still expecting the majority of Nintendo's E3 to be about Nintendo 3DS, since Nintendo's goal is to turn a profit this year, and the best way of doing that is with the platform that is actually making money for them. With Wii U I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo went in the direction of eShop titles like Pushmo World to fill out the space inbetween Kart and Hyrule, Hyrule and Bayonetta, Bayonetta and Smash, Smash and X, X and Zelda, etc. Games like Mario vs DK, maybe a WarioWare DIY sequel (since the Gamepad has the same functionality), perhaps they'll bring Dillon's Rolling Western to the U. $10-15 titles. They can't have another calendar year like the past one where they at one point went nearly two months without a retail title from ANY publisher. They have to have at least one new Nintendo title every month, even if it's small. Even if it's just, like, Animal Crossing Plaza. Just a reason for people to turn their console on at all. We expect Smash for U to not be out until November, and that Hyrule Warriors and Bayonetta 2 will fit somewhere inbetween now and then (september and october?). So if they don't have some eShop titles planned for july and august then they're loving up. At least milk the consumers you got!! The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Jun 3, 2014 |
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Astro7x posted:This is so true... looking at the releases for the Wii, the only Nintendo developed game we got in 2011 was Skyward Sword, and in 2012 was Mario Party 9. HD art is hella time consuming. Especially when you try it for the first time almost a decade later than everyone else.
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lynch_69 posted:Imagine how hilarious it will be to see Nintendo making lovely Free to Play iPhone games Hilarious? More like extremely dull... if you think that's hilarious there's plenty of lovely smartphone games to laugh at today, you don't even have to wait.
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Electromax posted:Hilarious? More like extremely dull... if you think that's hilarious there's plenty of lovely smartphone games to laugh at today, you don't even have to wait. But you see it'd be funny because Nintendo deserves it because
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Quest For Glory II posted:And I'm still expecting the majority of Nintendo's E3 to be about Nintendo 3DS, since Nintendo's goal is to turn a profit this year, and the best way of doing that is with the platform that is actually making money for them. I'm expecting that too, but on the other hand, the swath of major next-gen titles that have been recently delayed into 2015 gives Nintendo the best chance they will ever have to gain the Wii U some real sales momentum. Just about every currently announced major title I can think of for 2014 except for Assassin's Creed Unity is cross-generation, and Nintendo is really the only company that doesn't do the whole year long hype window other companies do. If, by some miracle, Zelda U will be ready by this Christmas, the Wii U might actually stand a chance at putting up some respectable sales numbers assuming the lack of compelling reasons software-wise to pick up a PS4/Xbone continues through E3. It'd be just like Nintendo to not capitalize on the best opportunity they will have though, so I'm expecting no new major Wii U titles for 2014 to be announced. 
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Quest For Glory II posted:With Wii U I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo went in the direction of eShop titles like Pushmo World to fill out the space inbetween Kart and Hyrule, Hyrule and Bayonetta, Bayonetta and Smash, Smash and X, X and Zelda, etc. Except they kinda do that already. Looking at the stuff Nintendo has released. December 2012-May 2013 - NOTHING June 2013- Super Luigi U, Game and Wario July 2013 - Nothing August 2013 - Pikmin 3, Pokémon Rumble U September 2013 - Wind Waker HD (Wonderful 101 as well as a big non Nintendo release) October 2013 - Wii Party U November 2013 - Wii Sports Bowling/Tennis, Super Mario 3D World December 2013 - NES Remix, Wii Sports Golf, Sonic at the Olympic Games January 2014 - Dr. Luigi February 2014 - DKC Tropical Freeze March 2014 - Nothing April 2014 - NES Remix 2 May 2014 - Mario Kart 8 June 2014 - Wii Sports Club Baseball/Boxing, Pushmo World (Japan for now) August 2014 - Hyrule Warriors (Japan) Nobody pays much attention to the digital releases which is a problem, but NES Remix was popular enough that it did get a sequel...
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I think they really could if they wanted. They would have to patch a lot of their own games but they have not appeared patch averse to say the least. You wouldn't have to worry about splitting the controller base for third parties, because there are no third parties. They could still make some of their own games require it and sell it separately, like the kinect I guess.
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NES remix 2 was in development before 1 even released. The title originated from a programmer of wind waker HD who liked to play NES games on his breaks, but his breaks were so short he only could play very small chunks.
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I kind of want a Wii U because I haven't owned a Nintendo console since the N64 and I'd like to play the Zelda and Mario games I've missed since. The issue is that it's still ~£250 and as I've already got a PS4, it seems a bit silly. If I could get the latest Super Mario, HD WInd Waker and MK8 for £200 I'd probably jump. not not luvd fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Jun 3, 2014 |
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greatn posted:I think they really could if they wanted. They would have to patch a lot of their own games but they have not appeared patch averse to say the least. They probably could, but it's too late and wouldn't matter at this point. Like what's about to happen to the Xbox...
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