Let's rename the console Wii Ubi

It only does Nintendo & UBISoft published games.

This is a very contreversial excuse that Avalanche is giving. I can see where these guys are coming from - They simply don't want to spend a plethora of cash on a system with a very little amount of users. That's understandable,since money is hard to come by these days. BUT ~ by forefitting to make games for the Wii U isn't doing ANYTHING to help increase that small install base.

It's a circular trap. Software sells hardware.

~ No hardware sales = No software.
~ No software = No hardware sales.

See how that goes? Someone needs to break that trap - which in this case, is Nintendo's duty. They do plan to revive the Wii U from the Summer on-ward, starting with the release of Pikmin 3. By the end of the year, the Wii U should have at least 6 million+ units sold (from since release) - hopefully.

At the end of the day ~ It really isn't the end of the world. All consoles go through this "infancy drought" stage, but they pick up eventually. You don't have to look to far back in history to see that. Just look at PS3 and 3DS. Both were "too expensive" at the time, and didn't have any games worth playing. That's exactly how most feel about the Wii U. So, both of their owners decided to drop the price a bit, and they released a few quality titles and BOOM. Now look at them? 3DS and PS3 are dominating the charts right now.

The Wii U could see a similar future. Once Nintendo gives it that push, it's release schedule could be like the 3DS - Heavily saturated.

It's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. Third-parties say the install base is too small, so they don't release games. However, games are the thing that get people interested in a console. Then Nintendo doesn't try to overshadow third-parties at launch(something third-parties complain about often) so Nintendo doesn't release much. Third-parties then are still unhappy.

Meanwhile, consoles with zero install base (PS4 and NextBox) are already getting loads of support. It's a cop-out, and they should just say they have no interest in the Wii U.

nintendo chose a very bad time to get into the HD console business

People it's not that hard to figure out. 3rd party games don't sell that well on Nintendo home consoles and that's why companies choose not to release games on the their systems. It's called Return on Investment. If Nintendo users start buying more 3rd party games then things will change.

What's that point of companies taking the time to implement exclusive features for their console and spend money when they are not going to get nothing back in return. Business 101.

I know some of you want to pad the facts but the truth hurts sometimes. Buy 3rd party games(home console) and they will come. It's up to the Nintendo owners to make the change. How long has this happened with their home consoles. Come on people stop with the selective memory and think. It's simple...BUY 3RD PARTY=MORE GAMES....HELLO???? Change the trend and they will come.

Yet there developing a game for the PS4? How big is that install base? Zero I think.....

And the Wii's fanbase is huge! Did they make any games for that system? NOPE!

All right Avalanche....I can smell BS from a miles away in your statements. Just stop. You don't want to develop for the Wii U cause you think the PS4 is much better.

You don't have to make all these excuses. Develop for whatever system or systems you want.

Not to troll but what other games besides Just Cause has Avalanche made?

Wii U is doomed.

"Nintendo could learn a lot from Sony by reaching out to developers and generating enthusiasm." Lol that has to sting a little ha.....lol

Lol! Nintendo is finally getting a tasted of their own medicine after how BAD they treated Devs during the NES&SNES era! When 3rd parties were limited to the amount of games they could publish per year. Nintendo prevent third parties from making ports of NES titles for other competing consoles. All carts had to be made by nintendo and paid for up front.

This is really telling of how Nintendo treated 3rd party devs its from wiki.
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"Nintendo's intention, however, was to reserve a large part of NES game revenue for itself. Nintendo required that they be the sole manufacturer of all cartridges, and that the publisher had to pay in full before the cartridges for that game be produced. Cartridges could not be returned to Nintendo, so publishers assumed all the risk. As a result, some publishers lost more money due to distress sales of remaining inventory at the end of the NES era than they ever earned in profits from sales of the games. Because Nintendo controlled the production of all cartridges, it was able to enforce strict rules on its third-party developers, which were required to sign a contract by Nintendo that would obligate these parties to develop exclusively for the system, order at least 10,000 cartridges, and only make five games per year.[51] GameSpy noted that these "iron-clad terms" made Nintendo many enemies during the 1980s."

And it appears some still exists and want nothing to do with Nintendo and the Pii U!

And they're expecting the PS4 to have a bigger install base than the wii u (considering it'll probably have been out for a year when their game/s is/are out)?