Topic 'Re: Wii U' in forum 'Console/Handheld games' - dslreports.com

Re: Wii U

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:03:45 EDT

Olias posted : I've only played Nintendo games for one reason: Miyamoto. Since the first Super Mario Bros I was hooked. The platforms are expertly designed and never seem to go stale. That also goes for the 3D Mario games. I also appreciate the level of innovation Nintendo puts in without having to resort to brain-numbing, blood and guts violence. I think it was Miyamoto who said that you'll never see Mario or any of his characters shooting cops or hitting women. IMO, you just don't need it. That said, I'm holding out buying a Wii U until more games come out. The ones I'm really waiting for are:

New Super Mario 3D
New Zelda (although I would like to replay Wind Waker in HD)
New Mario Kart (especially online)
Yoshi Yarn

And my wish list:

Star Fox
F-Zero
Paper Mario
Duck Hunt (Not really, I just put that in to see if you were still paying attention).
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:20:15 EDT

silbaco posted :

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by Subaru:

I think with the game cube they wanted to try to bring more mature games to that platform as well right?

I don't recall them ever advertising more mature games for the GameCube. I always saw that more of a PG type gaming system.

There was a period where Resident Evil 4 was exclusive to the GameCube for the more mature audience.

Re: Wii U

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:19:03 EDT

ebgbjo posted : Nothing! I love Mario. Then again, I am almost 35 ;)

Re: Wii U

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:48:02 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by Subaru:

I think with the game cube they wanted to try to bring more mature games to that platform as well right?

I don't recall them ever advertising more mature games for the GameCube. I always saw that more of a PG type gaming system.
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Re: Wii U

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:10:13 EDT

C0deZer0 posted :

said by danawhitaker:

And as a 31 year old gamer, I ask, what the heck is wrong with Mario?

It ignores games like:
•No More Heroes
•Madworld
•Killer 7
•Ikaruga
•The proper release of RE4 + RE 0 + the REmakes

It's like how no-talent hacks like Bieber, Micki Minaj and Lil' Wayne basically dominate the radio play time even though the majority know there are much more talented artists out there. Their dominance in the public eye clouds people's ability to find the true, worthy gems in the scene.
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Re: Wii U

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:03:40 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by Subaru:

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by Subaru:

What's sad is how the Wii had good sales but this is not that great from I hear at all..

What's the biggest downfall in the wii U?

The Wii U has great potential, but it's the lack of really great 3rd party games right now. Nintendo swore up and down that they would be working with 3rd party developers to bring more mature games for mature, core gamers, so I'm still holding out hope for that, but their launch titles didn't reflect any of that. Their launch titles pretty much suck. I'm so over Mario, I'm not 10 any more. I want some really great 3rd party games. Bring them out now, and the Wii U will see a significant improvement in the perception people have of it, and in its sales.

I think with the game cube they wanted to try to bring more mature games to that platform as well right? That's the sucky part because when someone says Nintendo first thing they think of is Mario :(

And as a 31 year old gamer, I ask, what the heck is wrong with Mario?
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:30:42 EDT

Subaru posted :

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by Subaru:

What's sad is how the Wii had good sales but this is not that great from I hear at all..

What's the biggest downfall in the wii U?

I think with the game cube they wanted to try to bring more mature games to that platform as well right? That's the sucky part because when someone says Nintendo first thing they think of is Mario :(
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:18:51 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by Subaru:

What's sad is how the Wii had good sales but this is not that great from I hear at all..

What's the biggest downfall in the wii U?

Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:07:55 EDT

Subaru posted : What's sad is how the Wii had good sales but this is not that great from I hear at all..

What's the biggest downfall in the wii U?

Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:26:06 EDT

sleuth posted : Nintendo TVii, at this stage, is pretty useless.

However, I've been using the Wii U to stream Netflix and Hulu Plus. The touchscreen makes navigating those apps really easy. Worth $350 for that purpose? Hell no.

Re: Wii U

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:26:39 EDT

Gandalf4503 posted : I will probably get a wii u when it's cheap (probably a used one) for monolith's next game. My wii has been collecting dust for 3 years, so I expect the wii u to do the same, so I might as well get it for as cheap as possible so that once I've played what I wanted to play I won't feel guilty about not using it.

Re: Wii U

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:08:09 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by monchis:

I think I didn't touch my wii u for a month+ until monday I believe.

Also I bought zombii u and played it for 1h our and never again. Anyone want to buy it lolz.

I regret purchasing my wii u but I have an itch for owning anything new.

I'm in EXACTLY the same boat as you. :huh:
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Re: Wii U

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:58:41 EDT

Metatron2008 posted : Give zombiu a chance, it's amazing.

Re: Wii U

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:48:56 EDT

monchis posted : I think I didn't touch my wii u for a month+ until monday I believe.

Also I bought zombii u and played it for 1h our and never again. Anyone want to buy it lolz.

I regret purchasing my wii u but I have an itch for owning anything new.
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Re: Wii U

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:13:55 EDT

Subaru posted :

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by captokita:

Has anyone even seen a commercial for this? I've not seen one, but then again, I don't recall ever seeing one for the Wii either.

I guess I'm just curious how the big N is promoting this system and software?

Yeah, the commercials for the Wii U were all over TV before the system launch, and before the holidays. Haven't seen them since tho.

When I went to see skyfall they had a Wii U advert but yeah you are right hardly much seen after the launch.
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:06:06 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by captokita:

Yeah, the commercials for the Wii U were all over TV before the system launch, and before the holidays. Haven't seen them since tho.
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:09:00 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by captokita:

I saw some commercials right before the holidays, but I haven't seen any since then. Then again, I don't pay too close of attention to commercials. Stuff for games usually draws my attention though.
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:28:03 EDT

captokita posted : Has anyone even seen a commercial for this? I've not seen one, but then again, I don't recall ever seeing one for the Wii either.

I guess I'm just curious how the big N is promoting this system and software?

Re: Wii U

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:30:58 EDT

ebgbjo posted : Avengers, Wipe Out and Mario still get played a lot here. Pick up Lego City: Undercover on the 18th and know that is going to get a lot of game time

Re: Wii U

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:32:35 EDT

atuarre posted : I had a Wii and it was fun for a little while. I think the most enjoyable game I played was Animal Crossing. I sold it. I won't be getting a Wii U. My cousin got one when it first came out. The last time I was around his place I played it and did not find it fun. That control is too large. You could murder someone with that control, that is how large it is, and also having to look on the control during some of the game play is very distracting. Maybe I have just gotten to use to keyboards and mice. That's my two cents on the matter.

Re: Wii U

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:15:31 EDT

bionicRod posted : I read them. Gearbox said Aliens: Colonial Marines would be an awesome game that would revolutionize first person shooters and would be an awesome addition to Alien canon. Donald Trump said he had earthshattering news that would really "shake up" the Presidential election. People make all sorts of claims when they're trying to sell you something. It doesn't make them true. Again, I'm from Missouri. Show me.

And again, I hope I'm wrong. I like the system. But common sense, and the lack of announced games since launch (the summer of Luigi...gimme a break) says it's going to be the Wii all over again. If you can refute any of my points from previous posts with anything besides "...but they SAID there would be third party support", then please do so. Show me what I'm missing here.

Re: Wii U

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:51:52 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by bionicRod:

said by Metatron2008:

Congrats, you are right on a system that recently launched as having a low selection of games.

Just like the PS2, Xbox, PS3 (Unless you like Giant Enemy crabs....), 360, wii.......

Hell, aren't we still waiting for more good games on the PS vita then basically what is available on PSN plus for free?

Thanks! But, like the Wii, and UNLIKE all the other systems, core third party games are likely to stay virtually nonexistent on this console throughout its lifespan for the reasons I have outlined, keeping sales low, making sure third party games are likely to stay nonexistent on this console. It's a vicious cycle.

That said, I like the system. The touchpad is a neat little piece of hardware that I enjoy using. There will be a new Zelda and a new Metroid for the system eventually. I am not sorry I picked one up at all like I was with the Wii one month out. I'm just saying it will never be a core system that appeals to actual gamers until Nintendo starts focusing on games and enticing third party developers. Until then, it's a peripheral, which I'm fine with. I hope I'm wrong, time will tell.

Edited twice because it's too early to type.

You apparently must have not read ANY of the multiple links posted in this thread stating that third party development was going to be a major component of this system, as well as more mature games for core gamers. :uhh:
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Re: Wii U

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:43:10 EDT

bionicRod posted :

said by Metatron2008:

Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:58:14 EDT

Metatron2008 posted :

said by bionicRod:

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by sleuth:

My wife (whom I bought it for) and I haven't even touched our Wii U in over a month. They better start releasing some good games soon.

Same here. Frankly I'm disappointed in the games that are out for the Wii U. They pretty much suck for core gamers. I haven't touched my Wii U in over a month also. :huh:

Wow I never thought I'd see you say that. I hate to say I told ya so on the games front, but you argued and argued with me. Just had to point that out. :D

Even though I knew this to be the case, I did end up buying a Wii U and we are enjoying it. It's in the bedroom and mostly gets used as a hd streaming option and for Nintendo Tvii which is largely useless without dvr inclusion but I like anyway. Super Mario U is fun and I like that I can play it on the controller with headphones while the missus watches whatever it is she watches...but it sucks as a core gaming machine due to lack of third party support and most likely always will. No surprise there. Exclusives don't sell as many copies as multiplats obviously, and ports will probably be different enough to code ,what with the inclusion of the touchscreen pad, that a majority of devs just won't bother.

Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:36:26 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted : I didn't argue and argue with you. I'm saying that the games currently that are out for this 4 month old system suck. That doesn't mean that some seriously kick ass games won't be released in the upcoming future that will make this system a fantastic gaming experience, or that the overall gaming experience won't rise to meet or exceed my expectations.

Don't mix up the games that were released as launch titles, with the overall gaming experience and potential of a system. Historically, no real outstanding games have been released as launch titles for recent consoles. The exceptional games came later. (There might have been a few exceptions, depending on individual tastes.)
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:26:39 EDT

bionicRod posted :

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by sleuth:

My wife (whom I bought it for) and I haven't even touched our Wii U in over a month. They better start releasing some good games soon.

Same here. Frankly I'm disappointed in the games that are out for the Wii U. They pretty much suck for core gamers. I haven't touched my Wii U in over a month also. :huh:

Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:45:41 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by sleuth:

My wife (whom I bought it for) and I haven't even touched our Wii U in over a month. They better start releasing some good games soon.

Same here. Frankly I'm disappointed in the games that are out for the Wii U. They pretty much suck for core gamers. I haven't touched my Wii U in over a month also. :huh:
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:03:47 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by aefstoggaflm:

said by sleuth:

My wife (whom I bought it for) and I haven't even touched our Wii U in over a month. They better start releasing some good games soon.

Games designed for the Wii, will work on the Wii U too...

Well yeah, but those games have been around for a while. I can understand the desire for wanting more games designed for the system. My daughter is still interested in playing Mario and Nintendo Land, but she's also seven. Once I finish the challenge modes in Mario, I won't have much reason to play that since we already found all the star coins, secret exits, etc. and 5-starred the story mode. Funky Barn is fun, but the controls frustrate my impatient spawn and I don't always have the time to sit down and play with her. She'll appreciate that one more when she's a bit older.
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:40:42 EDT

aefstoggaflm posted :

said by sleuth:

My wife (whom I bought it for) and I haven't even touched our Wii U in over a month. They better start releasing some good games soon.

Games designed for the Wii, will work on the Wii U too...
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Re: Wii U

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:16:14 EDT

sleuth posted : My wife (whom I bought it for) and I haven't even touched our Wii U in over a month. They better start releasing some good games soon.

Re: Wii U

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:01:06 EDT

C0deZer0 posted : Not to mention the original Wii retailed for cheaper than any of the other systems you mentioned, WiiU included, at launch, so a lot of ebay hambeasts then bought lots of them to turn around and sell for insane markups for holiday shopping ebay bids.
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Re: Wii U

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:23:45 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by silbaco:

The Wii U had an estimated sales of between 50-60k for January. That is beyond horrible for a new console. Maybe the dinosaur (Nintendo) will get the hint and just exit the console business already. Yes, I said it.

That number is quite low. But compare the total number of Wii Us on the market to the same number of PS3s and 360s and Wiis on the market after their respective launches (all of which were in November of their respective years, so the length of time should be comparable:

»vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/PlayStati···_figures

»vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Wii

»vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Xbox_360

The Wii U is at around 3 million. The PS3 was at 3.6 million at the end of Quarter 3, which is about 1.5 months from now. The 360 was at 3.2. The original Wii did better than any of those.

"Sony expected to sell 6 million units by the fiscal year ending in March 2007.[17] Only 3.68 million were sold, falling short of that mark."

One valid argument might be that the 360 and PS3 weren't selling as many because they were harder to find I suppose, while the Wii U was easily attainable even in the throes of the holiday season. I sort of wonder if it's slightly a victim of its own availability in that respect. Because it's not sold out constantly, there's less buzz. There also haven't been any titles released since launch that would really help generate that buzz either.

I didn't find a month by month comparison, but it may be that everyone who *really* wanted the Wii U at launch or near it bought it already, while with the 360 and PS3 those sales may have been spread out more over that first two month period because of lack of availability. It'll be interesting to compare it all when the PS4 or next Xbox launches.

Re: Wii U

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:58 EDT

silbaco posted : The Wii U had an estimated sales of between 50-60k for January. That is beyond horrible for a new console. Maybe the dinosaur (Nintendo) will get the hint and just exit the console business already. Yes, I said it.

Re: Wii U

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:24:00 EDT

bionicRod posted : Thanks to you both for the responses, I appreciate it. She has seen that vid posted upthread and wants one, but now I'm not so sure. I hadn't heard of the Logitech Harmony before Metatron, thanks for the heads up.

Re: Wii U

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:54:56 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by bionicRod:

So for those of you that have one and find it useful...do you like the Nintendo Tvii? I'm almost to the point of pulling the trigger. This will go in the bedroom and will be mostly for my better half's benefit with Nintendo Tvii. We do have a dvr and subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime. I'm sure I will grab the Mario title to start off. Worth it?

I don't find the Tivii aspect terribly compelling. I was excited when I was first setting it up, but the interface seemed less than impressive. My cable company also had poor options for the channel stuff - neither one was accurate for my channel lineup where I live. I was able to save a bunch of my favorite shows, but the interface for that wasn't too great either. I can't even find a list of just my favorites and their airtimes, which is the sort of thing I was hoping for. I'm hoping as time goes on they'll flesh the feature out, but I definitely wouldn't include it was an aspect of the system that would be the tipping point to convince me to buy it, at least not right now.

It did find my TV and cable box pretty quickly, so I'll give it a few points in that regard.
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Re: Wii U

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:04:18 EDT

Metatron2008 posted : Its basically like a limited logitech harmony. It can turn on and off your tv, allow you to switch inputs, change channels on the tv, etc. You can use cable and satellite boxes (Works on my directv h24), and the mario game can be played on the gamepad. I've played the mario game while watching tv.

It's useful, but a logitech harmony is more useful. Will need to be a nintendo fan.

Oh, the netflix app is the best. It actually shows what shows and movies are in HD!

Re: Wii U

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:55:52 EDT

bionicRod posted : So for those of you that have one and find it useful...do you like the Nintendo Tvii? I'm almost to the point of pulling the trigger. This will go in the bedroom and will be mostly for my better half's benefit with Nintendo Tvii. We do have a dvr and subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime. I'm sure I will grab the Mario title to start off. Worth it?

Re: Wii U

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:45:20 EDT

sleuth posted :

said by Alpha Phoenix:

said by sleuth:

Does Nintedo TV only stream Amazon and huluplus? Or do I just need to download other apps?

Also, has the riddle for switching to streaming content been solved yet for sports fans? Not sure if a subscription based site offering live sports streams even exists.

Netflix, Amazon Plus, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Live TV, Movies, and plenty of other options, etc...

Here, check out this video demoing that feature:
»youtu.be/RnY-wpMbIv0

Thanks. I FINALLY watched the video. So Nintendo TV still just circulates around the main services of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu Plus - which are the 3 I would subscribe too anyway. Not sure of any other mainstream streaming sites anyway for TV and movies.

Still curious if there's a site that offers sports streams outside of NFL Sunday Ticket, NBA TV, etc. I would love to be able to watch other games that are not locally broadcast. I'm sure there's some copyright issues with this, but maybe someone will pleasantly surprise me.

Re: Wii U

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:48:25 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by BF69:

said by danawhitaker:

"In a span of four weeks of being on the market, Nintendo has sold over 1.8 million Wii U consoles. In that same amount of time, Microsoft sold 940,000 Xbox 360 consoles, and Sony shipped 540,000 PlayStation 3 consoles." (that's referring to launch, not a holiday sales comparison)

»gengame.net/2012/12/wii-u-off-to···-launch/

Your data is off

WiiU Nov 24th-Dec 15th 1.817 million
PS3 Nov 25th-Dec 15th 1.797 million
360 Nov 25th-Dec 15th 1.865 million

of course the PS3 and 360 numbers aren't counting sales on the 24th like the WiiU.

My data is for each of those console's launch windows, not this holiday season. I guess I didn't make that as clear as I meant to. Ergo, the number I linked was 940,000 Xbox 360 consoles in its first 4 weeks in 2005, and 540,000 PS3s whenever that launched. The Wii U sold more units in its 4 week launch window than the 360 or PS3 sold in their respective launch windows. Sony actually ended up only selling about half the number of PS3s they expected to within the first 4-5 months after launch, according to some articles I read.

Can you quote me the source on your numbers for the PS3 and 360 sales from November 25th to December 15th? I'm not doubting them, I just had trouble stumbling across them earlier when I was looking up information.

Something interesting I found was that in 2005, after the 360 launch, PS2 sales increased 48% in December 2005 compared to December 2004. So such trends aren't necessarily completely out of whack.
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Re: Wii U

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:43:49 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by danawhitaker:

Re: Wii U

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:22:34 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted :

said by hitachi369:

All I can say is I was at more than one store prior to Christmas and they had units on the shelf. For debut years for either the ps3 or 360 I cant say the same.

Which ones? The Basic (White),or the Deluxe (Black)?
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Re: Wii U

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:09:25 EDT

hitachi369 posted : All I can say is I was at more than one store prior to Christmas and they had units on the shelf. For debut years for either the ps3 or 360 I cant say the same.

Re: Wii U

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:16:40 EDT

danawhitaker posted : Out of curiosity, is the whole 360 and PS3 outselling the Wii U thing still being based off of Black Friday sales? If so, that's really not a fair comparison. Many retailers had discounted bundles for those consoles, whereas the Wii U had no deals at all except for simply existing (as should be expected, since it's a brand new console). I saw ridiculously cheap bundles on Amazon for the PS3, almost tempting enough to make me buy one. Several of my friends with Xbox 360s that were on the way out the door due to age/problems also used it as an opportunity to replace their existing consoles. The other flaw I saw with some of the sales comparisons was that in some cases they were comparing the full month of November for Xbox and PS3 to half a month for the Wii U (since it didn't launch until the 18th).

"In a span of four weeks of being on the market, Nintendo has sold over 1.8 million Wii U consoles. In that same amount of time, Microsoft sold 940,000 Xbox 360 consoles, and Sony shipped 540,000 PlayStation 3 consoles." (that's referring to launch, not a holiday sales comparison)

»gengame.net/2012/12/wii-u-off-to···-launch/

I haven't seen any full sales data for the holiday season past the Black Friday stuff, and I'll be interested to. But the Wii U isn't performing nearly as dismally as some people here would like to make it out to be. I for one was glad that I was able to readily attain one online without it being in some stupid overpriced bundle like the 360 launch and PS3 launch were notorious for. Some people think that not being able to find a console on store shelves is some kind of badge of honor for the company selling it. I think it indicates that the company prepared poorly for the launch in the first place. Nintendo has been guilty of this in the past too. I think the Wii U had just the right amount of difficulty. It wasn't a guaranteed deal in stores, but it wasn't outright impossible to the point people be beating each other senseless to get one either.
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Re: Wii U

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:07:02 EDT

MuDvAyNe posted : I will pick up a Wii U once it has a bigger harddrive and a price drop... or if Super Mario Galaxy 3 is released :D
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:36:37 EDT

silbaco posted :

said by captokita:

said by BF69:

So far since the WiiU debuted the XBOX 360 and PS3 are still outselling it. What's going to happen to WiiU sales next year at this time when the "PS4" and "XBOX 720" come out?

Established bases at reduced prices ALWAYS outsell the new stuff. Guess what, when PS4 & 720 come out, 360 & PS3 will outsell them too, so what will you say then? Nintendo's sales will also see a spike at that time over the newcomers as well, as they will likely hold the cheapest pricepoint.

Oh wait, you're just hating on Nintendo like usual. Carry on......

Established systems outsell versus a new console's very first holiday season? No, they typically don't. The Wii U was supposed to be a hot holiday item and it simply wasn't. It did not live up to the sales expectations.

Re: Wii U

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:46:19 EDT

danawhitaker posted : I'd be curious what percentage of those Xbox and PS3 sales are people replacing 1st and 2nd gen consoles too, rather than brand new purchasers.
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:29:33 EDT

captokita posted :

said by BF69:

So far since the WiiU debuted the XBOX 360 and PS3 are still outselling it. What's going to happen to WiiU sales next year at this time when the "PS4" and "XBOX 720" come out?

Re: Wii U

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:21:33 EDT

Alpha Phoenix posted : The Wii U currently doesn't have a great selection of games. But then again what consoles really have great launch titles? As developers push the premier titles out, that's when you're really going to see what the real demand for the Wii U will be, but as it is, it's only been out about a month now.
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:08:13 EDT

danawhitaker posted : That'll be dependent on the pricepoint of those consoles, and the selection of games they'll have at launch vs. what the Wii U will have. Personally, my daughter and I are really enjoying hers.
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Re: Wii U

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:23:21 EDT

BF69 posted : So far since the WiiU debuted the XBOX 360 and PS3 are still outselling it. What's going to happen to WiiU sales next year at this time when the "PS4" and "XBOX 720" come out?