more hard hitting gamer journalism on N4G
I think Nintendo made an effort in choosing the games .... they made sure they were not giving away anything someone might pay for-
Sometimes Nintendo would be better off not giving customer loyalty gifts at all- These type "give away s are supposed to be a way of saying "thank you" for being a good customer and spending your gaming dollars on our products when you could have chosen to purchase elsewhere or not at all- it tends to put a low value on the messa...
why are single sourced, "anonymous" rumors even stories to begin with? The headlines of these stories are incredibly misleading to begin with- These type headlines are usually written as statements not questions as they should be (if written at all)
gamer journalism is an oxymoron
No Chicken Blaster
Open question:
What market did Nintendo target with the Wii U?
I bought one for my 7 year old Son but due to the huge delays in games that would appeal to kids and adults (like Lego City, Wonderful 101, Pikmin and Rayman) and the fact that he was already getting tired of Mario platformers (due to having played many on his 3DS and Wii recently), The Wii U was not in good position to attract kids or parents wanting to purchase a console for their kids
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You are willing to be patient w the wii u and its game release console because you have not purchase one yet- fair enough- but the people who have purchased a wii u already and other people-entities that are invested in the wii u have already had to be VERY patient - to say lets wait till the end of 2014 to see what the console has to offer is a long time - those of us that own one don t have much choice - either wait or sell it for next to nothing- But the retailers and developers who a...
Nintendo is the Company that completely botched the Wii U launch and continues to carry on as if it "business as usual". I feel sorry for those of us that invested the Wii U console at launch or close to launch-
there is a lot I like about the wii u- but it will be cheaper sooner or later, there will be more games on it ...eventually but at this point my biggest concern is how much Nintendo will continue to invest in it and how long they will invest in it- will ...
Cool the Wii has a new tablet controller?! When will they be out? How much will it cost? Isn't it time for Nintendo to bring a new console to market? I love my wii but I would like an HD console and would love a shot at playing some 3rd party games w out having to buy 2 new consoles
Is the new Wii tablet HD maybe?
Lilibro- I said I doubt any RETAIL developer is making money on the Wii U- I don t have information on the Wii U E shop sales for the download only games-
However, no matter how you look at it- Zombie U is the 3rd highest selling retail released game on the Wii u- (that includes digital sales)
and Ubisoft was not encouraged by its sales- it is pretty hard to sell a lot of software if there is little hardware in the market to use it
3rd party dev...
I have purchased many wii U games- 1st and 3rd party- but I am the exception obviously as all but 2 games TOTAL are not selling well on the Wii U- Some of those 3rd party games are excellent- some have dropped the same time as other consoles (see Injustice and RE Revelations- I bought both)
The 3rd highest selling game on the Wii U is ZombieU- Ubisoft, says they lost money on it- I doubt any retail developer/publisher has made money on the Wii u to date-
I hope they offer a big price cut soon- Either way they are not going to make those sales projections-
Can anyone confirm if their sales projections are for the calendar year 2013 or if they are for Nintendo's fiscal year which ends June 2014? they will not make the 9 million sold on either date but at least the latter gives them more time to try and come a bit closer
Even though I bought a Wi U at launch, I still want a price drop soon as I am worried...
Re success for the purpose of my post:
how many do you think they need to sell for Nintendo to feel as though the Wii U is either successful or o their way to success (by 4-1-2014)
Re the example about MSFT and the XBOX- I was not playing games or following the industry at that time so I don t know how MSFT felt about their console or Nintendo for that matter- However, I am sure they planned on losing big $ s to break into the console market (how much I do...
1) Aprox how many Wii U consoles need to be sold by April 1,2014 in order for it to be considered either A) Successful and/or B) well on the way to a successful product for Nintendo and this generation of home consoles? (that is total consoles sold globally from day 1 launch November 2012) we are at aprox 3.4 million now
2)How many consoles need to be sold during Wii u lifetime for it to be considered successful for Nintendo?
3)Will Nintendo offer specific Wi...
I simply stated that the price difference between the Wii U and PS4 is $50 (which is a fact)- how can there be 4 "disagrees"?
The Basic model is barely stocked and sells a miniscule % compared to the Deluxe- so using the basic as a price comp is not intellectually honest)
It seems the issue is between Asda and Nintendo re the WiiU not selling- So Asda drops the price and takes a big loss and still does not move the stock very quick- they probably went to Nintendo and asked for a some protection against future losses - after all why would a retailer buy a product have to sell at a loss then turn around and buy more of the same product, carry it in inventory, take up shelf space etc. just to lose money again-
I would bet Nintendo decline to giv...
The price difference is $50 $349 for Wii U and $399 for PS4-
Is "gamer journalism" an oxymoron?
There are some good ones out there but there are too many that are not )or maybe there are just too many venues for sham journalist
Did you not see the "?'s" in my post???
I asked several questions-
I do know for any competitive business that taking care of your customers is typically a good idea-
Misleading customers, intentionally or not, is typically not good for business-
which industry is sex not used openly and often to sell?
Anyone ever picked up a typical women's magazine? I would say they use sex and objectify women as much or more than any other medium other than Hollywood
If I make even a slight negative comment about gamer journalism (on click bait rumor/satire/theory stories posted on N4G) my comment does not last seconds before it is taken down- usually I my comments are 20 to 100+ comments down
How can these blatant spam comments last as long as they do right at the top of the comments in plan view?
any chance they are paying for the right to be on N4G for defined amount of time? I have no idea- just asking