Graphics.
Really? Yes. The Graphics are the key. If people find that the PS4 and 720 aren't large leaps in appearance for their games, then third-party devlopers will be willing to put their games the same way on the Wii U, because of its iPad style controller, which will and kind of already has people attracted, and also can open up new experiences. With third party support, people will probably choose the Wii U for its first party support as the deal-breaker, primarily because of Nintendo's strategy - of course this isn't confirmed, but Nintendo will most likely release a Zelda game and Super Smash Bros. game for the system around the time the PS4 or 720 come out to lure people and seal sales from its competiters.
Yes, Nintendo's online will be just fine. Here's why. Or rather, hre's two reasons why. Or more. Let me just say some of them here. First, obviously, they have or rather will have most of the features PSN and XBL has (minus the trillion apps that Live has of course), but it will have not only Voice Chat and Text Chat, but more importantly, VIDEO Chat. This will add an extra dimension, but the biggest thing is the introduction of MiiVerse. To be able to seamlessly communicate with friends on your controller's screen to ask for tips, comment on things, share achievements, all while your playing your game, or not.
But lets get back to the point. The graphics are a key point. Of Course graphics don't make hardware, but that was the main thing that caused a lack of third party support for the Wii. If it can hold up to the PS4 and Nextbox, then it's gamepad will look much less than a gimmick, people will choose its first-party games as a deal-breaker, and the Wii U can succeed. Nintendo can get their hardcore audience they want, and their console can lead, for the whole generation, in terms of sales, and respect.
Wii U Pro Controller. When you look at history, Nintendo is pretty much just combining their innovative controllers, not exactly copying the 360 controller.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
The Wii's lack of third party support was due to developer stubborness and the Wii controller scheme. The majority of devs put their B-rate and C-rate teams on the Wii while developing AAA games on the HD Twins (I'm looking at you, Ubisoft and EA).
Better grahics are not going to magically bring in the 3rd parties. Gamecube had some of the best graphics in its day, but the worst 3rd party support. Same goes for N64 (it handled 3D MUCH better than PS1 in a lot of cases).
Depends on what you mean by success. If you mean successful for Nintendo (Selling a lot of consoles) then graphics mean nothing. Look at the Wii. If you mean a success to gamers then graphics matter more, because like you said more third-party support + Quality Nintendo's exclusives finally in HD = A Console gamers will consider.
Games and game consoles are about fun and the gameplay aspects. Graphics can be a nice cherry on top, but I will play a game with bad graphics as long as the story is great, the gameplay is sound and if its fun.
On the other hand, I've stopped playing games that had great graphics because it lacked. The Wii U will be successful because people are starved for new hardwar. The Wii U wont be at a graphical disadvantage that many think, the Wii's disadvantage was pretty bad because it wasn't HD. The Wii U is fully HD. Even if the PS4/720 are better graphically, there wont be the difference that we saw this generation.
The controller?
What about the games?