They may have said that all their IPs would go with them, but that's just phony bluster. Their IPs would be sold off to the highest bidder, just like any other company liquidation. There's nothing special about Nintendo that would prevent that.
But the console itself is poorly-specced, gimmicky, and lacking in even the most common features; no amount of games will change that. It just wasn't designed to compete this generation.
More like a THIRD console, not worth getting unless you have money to waste.
Wii U will be a distant 3rd this generation, the design is just too poor to compete with the true next gen consoles. Shame Nintendo didn't put more stuffing into the system.
And he was right. The Wii U continues to sell far below the PS4 and XB1 on a week-to-week basis, and despite the occasional bump from the rare new first-party releases (like Smash), it will continue that way for the life of the console. The Wii U just doesn't have the necessary hardware to compete in the coming years, it is really a last-gen system, and can't even match games from those older consoles, in many cases.
Nintendo cut far too many features out of the Wii...
I agree with this article, Amiibos are nothing more than cheap gimmicks from a company that is well known for gimmicks in all of their recent hardware. It's a shame, because Nintendo USED to be the best company when it came to gaming hardware (in the days of the NES and SNES), but they've been mired in bad gimmicks tied to cheap hardware for over a decade now. Ammibos are just one more example of that philosophy.
They just don't understand the importance of so...
Sadly the resolution on the 3DS is so incredibly low at 400x240 (per eye, lol) that it really can't do justice to this type of game. Nintendo went for a gimmick in the design of the 3DS, instead of actually focusing on solid hardware.
They could instead have done away with the silly 3D gimmick (most people just turn it off anyway), and provided a higher resolution screen instead; but as is typical of this company these days, they opted for a gimmick and cheaped out on t...
Too bad they're so behind the times and mired in silly gimmicks tied to cheap hardware, they really haven't changed much at all over the last decade or more. And they still enforce harsh, anti-consumer DRM in all their gaming hardware, whereas Sony and MS easily allow people to replace broken/lost/stolen consoles with new ones, and transfer the games to the new devices.
Wake up, Nintendo is so behind the times, it isn't funny; and it shows in their terrible sale...
I agree with this article. But to take it a step further, Amiibos are just another example of Nintendo's philosophy of adding gimmicks to their products, instead of focusing on solid gaming features. These expensive little toys really don't add much to the gaming experience, they're just a way for Nintendo to try to make money by offering a few weak little DLC items for each figure. At $13 per figure, the value just isn't there at all.
Three games and some cheap little toys? No wonder the Wii U is failing, the release schedule beyond weak.
Shame Nintendo didn't just focus on solid gaming hardware, instead of the usual anemic, feature-lacking hardware combined with a gimmick. They did the exact same thing with the Wii, 3DS, and now Wii U, but people are tired of the gimmicks. Very sad.
Have you tried Geltabz? I have them on my DS4 and they work great, might solve your problem.
Typical Nintendo, making their hardware as cheap as possible, to increase their profits! They did it with the Wii, the 3DS, the Wii U, and now the silly little amiibo toys. No surprise at all.
So the whole point of this article is that Nintendo focused far too much on one gimmick (the gamepad), and should have focused a lot more on another gimmick (NFC)?
That's the entire problem with the Nintendo of today: they're more into cobbling idiotic gimmicks into their hardware, than actually focusing on solid hardware that is competitive and can play many games for years to come. No wonder the Wii U failed!
Because of Nintendo's harsh, anti-consumer DRM, which ties all digital purchases to hardware instead of account, everyone should avoid purchasing any digital games or content from Nintendo. If your hardware breaks, is lost, or stolen, you lose all your digital games. No other company enforces this kind of abusive policy on its customers.
Vote with your wallet, just say NO to this anti-consumer policy.
It really isn't "of high quality". The Wii U is so lacking in even the basic features, and very weak in terms of specs, that it simply can't compete with the true next gen consoles. In order to accommodate the expensive gamepad gimmick, they severely downgraded the base console itself, leaving it unable to compete in the years to come. No wonder 3rd parties have abandoned the Wii U, it simply isn't able to keep up with modern gaming, due to it's weak CPU, weak GPU...
Wow, you used up both your little bubbles on those meaningless comments? At least add something useful to the discussion at hand. There is no question that Nintendo just doesn't trust their "loyal customers", thus their anti-consumer DRM for all recent consoles and handhelds.
No way would I ever buy a single digital game on any of Nintendo's platforms, when they act like you don't own it, and are not entitled to transfer the game to another console, ...
Nintendo's harsh, anti-consumer DRM policies are a joke. I believe that the company is greedy and untrusting, believing that every consumer is trying to rip them off. So they maintain this abusive policy, treating their loyal customers like garbage.
There is a simple solution to this though; all customers should simply refuse to buy ANY digital content from them, for any system. Just buy physical games only. They might actually wake up and change this idiotic policy, ...
Wii U will never reach the popularity of any previous-gen consoles, nor will it be able to compete with the two true next gen consoles (PS4 and XB1). Nintendo just cut too much out of the base console, to accommodate the gamepad gimmick. They gambled on cheap, feature-lacking hardware tied to a gimmick, just like they did with the Wii before it, but this time the gamble failed.
Maybe for their next home console (if they ever release one), they'll finally get the message...
Unfortunately, Nintendo no longer has the expertise to design good gaming hardware. Just look at all the products they've released in the last decade or so.
It's clear that Nintendo's philosophy is to make the cheapest possible hardware, then throw in a gimmick to try to reel people in. Wii, 3DS, and Wii U all follow this pattern. All are low tech pieces of hardware, missing commonly expected features, and all were based on gimmicks.
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Buying Nintendo would be a huge mistake for any company. They're bogged down with a failed 8th gen console, and have been losing money for the last few years. Their hardware products have been substandard for years, and their game releases are in a rut, rehashing the same few IPs over and over. Even the 3DS has had declining sales, which they periodically boost with new models (adding features that should have been there in the first place, forcing their loyal fans to keep rebuying the...