If the earthquake in 2011 was the main reason for the horrible launch for the Wii U in late 2012- then Nintendo has some explaining to do- They sure failed to mention this problem BEFORE the Wii U launch- quite the opposite-
There is much I like about Nintendo but they have taken advantage of their customers as of late- particularly re the Wii U- They let those of us that supported their launch twist in the wind w huge delays, an incomplete console and little software- no...
What does the Vita have to do w the Wii U? I don t see the connection-
If the Vita does horrible or it does great it won t effect the future of the wii u
I saw your post just after I hit send on my post) we are thinking alike and I agree re Nintendo- I own a Wii U and have bought a relatively large # of 3rd party games for the Wii U since it and the Wii are our only consoles)- that is why I wish all good 3rd party games sell well even if they are the types of games I don t care for as much
I think the sales of BLOPS II on the Wii U may be closer to 250,000 than 500,000- according to VGCHARTZ ( I know they do not count digital sales), the # of non digital sales on the Wii U is under 200,000 as of 7-13-13 if you add %20 digital sales (just a wild guesstimate on my part) about 240,000
Maybe if Activison added a map to COD GHOST that had included rescuing Peach and/or added Mario instead of the dog then sales on the Wii u would go up -
Hones...
The reason(s) EA has for abandoning the platform may spur other publishers- The fact EA is abandoning the Wii u alone would not effect the decisions of other publishers-
If EA said " our games are making a fortune on the Wii u but we are abandoning the console because we are XBOX and SONY fan boys and we just don t like Nintendo"; do you think that would spur other publishers to quit the Wii U too? Heck No it would do just the opposite- it would attract other dev...
EA has put games on the Wii U just like Ubisoft has- neither companies software had good enough results to entice them to continue (beyond what was already planned and/or perhaps executed) until or unless they see a viable chance to earn an acceptable return on their investments. It is that simple- If the Wii U hardware does not allow the to port some of their games in the format they wish and/or it cost more to port some of their games to the Wii U due to hardware reasons ( I do not know i...
1 game for Wii U?
If you have invested in a Wii U and/or are considering investing in one, then sales mater quite a bit due to the fact they are so low- If they were selling a ton then sales would not be as important to console owners because success of good sales makes for a strong console/library and it is more likely its lifespan will be long and other dev s will invest in it as well. But when sales remain poor then the console will be weaker as there will be less development in it and less good games goi...
They should just call it the "Me Too Box"
They take everything Sony has done and then say "me too guys! we are doing that too! We are listening to you!"
The 3ds is selling great- but Nintendo still needs the Wii U to sell hardware and software
The 3ds software sales # s are naturally trending p strong but if you combine the Wii and 3ds software sales they still fall below MSFT and Sony software sales by a good margin
I do not know what kind of software Number s Nintendo needs on average to become/remain profitable (as well as generate funds for R and D) but I think the totals still need to be a good bit hi...
It does not matter who or what the Wii U sales to date ARE compared to- The Sales are horrible- heck even Nintendo execs have acknowledged poor sales- they missed their sales targets then missed the sales targets again after a huge reduction in the target- they have acknowledged the #1 reason for lack of 3rd party support IS LACK OF HARDWARE SALES! Even Nintendo execs are not digging as deep as some of the defenders are for excuses or the attempt to tell someone that it is really chicken sal...
Monster Hunter U, Lego City U and Pikmin 3U all sold some games as expected- but the number of people in the market willing to by a Wii U primarily for those games has been pretty limited and short lived. The cumulative effect of good games like these will surely add more buyers but I do not think the full effect of these sales will happen until a price reduction is in place-
Clearly sales will go up over the holiday season and with lineup of good games coming now- but I d...
Those are amazing numbers- is it any wonder why Wii U has no 3rd party support and why the wii s 3rd party support dried up after a few years
good article- agree w everything except the line in which you say this data could "potentially be misleading" - IMO the data IS misleading. Without the more in depth data discussed in this article the info presented in the study means little to nothing
why do we have to wait till Aug 4 in NA!? What is so magic about that day- why not this Fri same as the EU??
The Homestead/Estate quests in the latest AC could have been fun if they had a purpose- instead they seemed to try and cultivate a part of the game but forgot to tie it in to anything- so it was just kind of there- I kept thinking they would make sense eventually but nothing-
there were many parts of the game like that- they had the more linear game story then a huge sandbox w all kinds of quest but no cohesion, tie in, purpose- if they had tied in then it could have be...
How are these BS articles allowed to post w out huge disclaimers next to the headline- or better yet they should not be allowed to post at all?
There are WAY too many gamer "news articles" that are headlined as if it was news when they are nothing more than some teenage minded opinion
me too
All this talk about Xenoblade makes me want to play it again- I have logged a lot of hours on it already but have not played in a while-
Is there any reason why the game can t be re released? Clearly there s a demand for it? Maybe they could release a "special edition" or something w a little extra content-
seriously does anyone know why the game has not been re released?
If the earthquake effected the development of the Wii U and the software to go with it- then why didn't t they delay the launch of the console? Why did they let their supporters who bought the console at launch based on games Nintendo said would be ready during the launch period, spend their hard earned money knowing there was going to be a huge software drought and major delays in announced games?
Nintendo also made a lot of noise about 3rd party support as well- they ...