Really, really good to see a bump in Wii U sales even if it is still sorta floundering in Japan.
People have been saying they should give up on hardware for a long time, even with high 3DS/DS/Wii sales people were like "oh make games for iOS/Android and you'll be rich Nintendo" despite the fact that these people ignore their $8 billion cash, 30% income from third party game sales on all their platforms, the benefits of being able to sell $40-$60 software and of course the money they make on each hardware unit sold.
@LOL WUT
You could be right but had Rayman launched only on Wii U in February then it would have sold even more than it did on Wii U because there was a software drought and they wouldn't have had a PR nightmare on their hands. I imagine Ubisoft took a loss on the 360/PS3/PS Vita versions.
For Rayman I think its pretty clear the 360/ps3 versions are to blame for selling badly though I'm sure even the Wii U version fell a little short. For Splinter Cell it appears that the Wii U version tanked the most so every console has some blame in this situation.
@Th4Freak
It was pretty clear in my comment that I was referring to games tanking outside of Japan. If not then I'm telling you, that's what I meant. Nearly every PSV game tanks outside of Japan. There are a few exceptions but not as many as there needs to be. Look, I'm not trying to diss the Vita (though saying anything negative about it on N4G will grant you 100 disagrees in a minute) but that's just the facts that we've been shown so far.
Guaranteed to sell well? Maybe in Japan it could turn a profit but with how bad software sells on Vita in US/Europe the FF X/X-2 remakes will tank outside of Japan commercially. There is no denying it. I mean, top exclusive Vita games that are not remakes barely sell 30k in their debut months so why would a remake of two very old FF games do anything? Not trying to burst your bubble but once FFX/X-2 remakes sell badly on Vita Square Enix will likely use that as an excuse to ignore both Vita a...
Respawn is a studio formed by and mostly comprised of former Infinity Ward employees. With the huge scandal that happened with IW after West/Zampella left they likely don't want to go back to being owned by someone again.
You won't change your mind just because of a console color but there are plenty of people who would, if the price/lineup is right in combination with that color. Heck, I'd probably buy another 3DS XL right if they released that clear casing one they showed off in the past.
I get it, the colors don't influence you but you aren't the only person in the world. I doubt that very many people will say "OOH a mango or red wii u, time to jump on board!" but ...
@Thepcz
New colors won't fix the sales problem but hey it can't hurt to have options? Also, the Wii U literally just had a steady stream of exclusives.
It had Wario in June, Pikmin in August, Wonderful 101 in Sept, Wii Party U and Sonic Lost World this month, Mario 3D World, Wii Sports Club and Mario Sonic Olympics in November, Wii Fit U in December and Donkey Kong in Feb.
Whether that very steady stream of exclusives gets consumers o...
Cross platform play with one console and PCs isn't anything new. This is about a console maker actually being open to allowing play with OTHER console owners. That's huge.
This is like asking why Nintendo advertises their products at non-Seattle Mariners MLB games.
160 million userbase of 360/PS3 vs 0 userbase of XB1/PS4? It's an easy choice to make business-wise. Inevitably the next-gen versions couldn't sell more than 500k-1 million each anyway in the first year or so since PS4/XB1's user bases will be so small. I think the biggest take away from this is that if they had 1000 people working on it and over $250 million spent on it but still couldn't get GTA Online to work at launch then they may not managed PS4/XB1 versions much better....
Did you see the footage from today? Mario 3D World looks stunning. Not MK8 level but it has much bigger levels with up to 12 player controlled characters on screen at once in addition to dozens of enemies. Sorta makes sense why its 720p.
Because the title has a comma in between the part that talks about current-gen needing an install, then it was my mistake but an understandable one that they were talking about other versions needing two discs. Give a person a break for being mistaken.
Really? Geez man, forgive a person for making a mistake and misinterpreting something too quickly, especially personally attacking someone just over a simple mistake.
Man, misinterpret something and everyone loses their minds.
If I'm not mistaken, wasn't this just announced today or yesterday at the Eurogamer Expo? This isn't about the Beyond app itself, rather the ability to play the entire game (Not the co-op they talked about via the app before) on a iOS/Android device
Because people cared about that on PS3/PSP? What gives you confidence this will be any better, even if they make it mandatory for devs? I mean, they said they wouldn't repeat the same PSP mistakes on Vita and look what they're doing. Long software droughts with too many PS3 ports (all good games mind you but literally they're doing the same things people ended up bashing the PSP for)
That or you don't pay enough attention? They haven't marketed the Wii U very well at all but its hard to miss the off-tv play portion of the console at all if you look at any ad for it for more than 10 seconds. I mean, heck it was one of the big things Reggie keep yammering on about how Batman Armored Edition was a "new game" last year which was turned into a meme on gaming sites.
They sold 14 million in 2011/2012 and are aiming for 18 million this year (which is entirely attainable with $129 2DS and Pokemon)
I'm guessing and I could be really wrong that sales will go like this
2014: 17.5 million 2015: 15 million 2016: 13.5 million 2017: 11 million 2018: 8 million 2019: 5.5 million 2020: 2 million for a total of 118-125 million. Not near DS levels but not bad either. I'd say 2017 will be the year they release their next-gen handheld whi...