Oh please these are some of the worst ideas I have heard. It's like everyone is trying to con Nintendo to get their games on some phone or other platform any more. Sorry, you want you buy. Nintendo sells mostly their own games and that's all money in the bank and the reason they're sitting on 13bil.
All they need to do is get the big games out and advertise right and it will surely be profitable. Not saying it will "win next-gen" or anything but who ...
Well christ you do have to advertise. I don't think I have ever seen an ad for 3DS.
Much in the same way most people never knew Wii U came out.
Agreed. While it doesn't bother me much while playing the fact that we still have 720p and 30 fps games in 2014 when 1080p has been the home tv standard for years now is pretty lame.
Sad that they aren't utilizing the game pad for mmo type online games. It would be excellent for skill bars, etc.
Why the big 3 have barely gotten into the mmo market save DCUO and FFXIV I just don't understand.
Back then it was still in doubt whether Sony and Microsoft were making new consoles.
This is true. What he states is still foolish because having games few people want for cheaper and a cheaper console that plays fewer games people want in no way equals success.
Get the big games out people want NOW and put people on mandatory overtime if you have to.
I bought Wii U because I felt like it but I can't say there was any game related reason for doing so. Change that ASAP and at least put out some official release dates.
Everyone I know plays COD and Battlefield on XBox. It's the sole reason they have an XBox for the community of playing online with their buddies. Hard thing to change although I'm sure a few jumped ship to ps4. Anyway the community XBox has for those games can't be beat.
Yeah hate the whole mobile gaming argument. Phone games are and will always be just a quick fix for the five minutes in the waiting room or 15 minutes on a bus. They are little threat to big handheld games like Zelda.
Probably as I'm sure they will turn it around. Maybe this is the wake up call they needed.
They only have themselves to blame for a confusing name, poor line up and poor advertising. Granted when they released Wii U it was still unknown as to whether Sony and Microsoft were making new consoles and when, much less what stats they would have.
Releasing their biggest game the same day ps4 came out was a huge failure in timing.
One exclusiv...
No ads until late and none advertising two of the top selling games of 2013, COD and Black Flag. No big 3rd party exclusive releases (or 2nd party). No hype and bashed all over the internet by even top gaming companies like EA and Naughty Dog. No love for the Wii U = poor sales.
Great console but geez get the big games out already.
Well something should be done about this before it's too late. With all the new consoles out and streaming, etc. on the horizon the timing couldn't be worse. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft, Sony, Netflix, Amazon and the rest band together to kill this legislation before it kills their growing online business. This is all about control and cable companies have been ripping us off with their 999 channels of b.s. for quite some time.
...a windows free gaming future...ahhh
Going for the gold.
With the ram phones are coming out with I'm sure it's possible to make an hd little powerhouse handheld that can run most games and stream the rest on the go. Only going to get better in a year or two.
I'm sure that's true sometimes but wasn't for the end of year ones.
lol never gonna happen, there will be riots in the streets...
Oh....shit
Probably just a placeholder which should mean it comes out before that.
Mario and Black Flag definitely top my list.
I saw this same scenario a lot while holiday shopping. Mostly women being helped by an employee and looking for Wii games. Employee would ask, "for the Wii or Wii U?" The customer never knew what he was talking about. I'm pretty sure most people in the U.S. not only never knew Wii U launched but still don't know it exists. The name is the number one mistake here. It creates confusion and since most people bought a Wii at some point they aren't going to even think about b...