The article is nothing more than fanboy fantasies about a company that lost its way a long time ago. When I think about the Nintendo of today, the only thing that comes to mind is their obsession with gimmicks to set themselves apart, and poorly-designed hardware. The Nintendo of old that many loved, the one that produced great systems like the NES and SNES, died years ago. The modern Nintendo is on a path to irrelevance, with poorly thought out gimmicks like waggle controls, headache-indu...
@ seatunt, its easy to find comparisons of cross-plat games that came out on the Wii U, 360, and PS3. Eurogamer has "face-offs" that compare all three platforms in detail for certain games. One example is Batman: Arkham Origins:
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
And another is Darksiders 2:
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Well to be fair, the Wii U really is a poor excuse for a console, considering when it came out. Poor specs and a distracting, awkward gimmick just can't compete in this generation; the system can't even match games from the last generation, sadly.
Clickbait article if I've ever seen one!
This could be the dumbest title for an article ever.
You forgot to mix some 1s in with your exclamation marks.
The campaign really should be #TheTimeIsPast, Wii U just didn't have the solid hardware design to compete in the true next gen.
"Playeressence" is one of the most fanatical Nintendo fanboys out there, that guy's Youtube pro-Nintendo rants are a total joke!
@ marloc_x - The difference is, those "gimmicks" aren't REQUIRED, they are not FORCED onto you like Nintendo's poorly thought out stuff. Don't want to use the bulky gamepad to play games? Tough luck, you have to!
@TheWackyMan - No, it doesn't. Unless you're a diehard Nintendo fan (a dying breed these days), Wii U offers very little for the money. The console itself is woefully underpowered and lacking in even the most common features (internal HDD and Ethernet port, to name two, but there are many more). The game selection is poor, unless you like Nintendo first party rehashes. The Wii U is probably the worst console to release in the last 20 years, a system completely based on a distracti...
LOL Wii U has already failed, it isn't "winning" anything. It's a shame Nintendo bet everything on a bad gimmick (once again), instead of designing a solid console; but they only have themselves to blame. The bulky, awkward, distracting gamepad doesn't make up for the poorly-designed, feature-lacking console. The Age of Gimmicks has (thankfully) come to an end.
5th all your sad desperate fanboy excuses still don't make the XBox One worth it, and this is coming from a person who loves the 360 and owns hundreds of games for it (me). After last year's E3 and Microsoft's bungled plans (always-on DRM and no used game sales, plus the forced Kinect gimmick that drained valuable resources from the XB1 console itself), I opted for the PS4 and never looked back. Judging by the current sales, I'm not in the minority at all.
Nothing is going to "save" the Wii U; the problem is that Nintendo bet everything on the gamepad gimmick, leaving the console itself hugely underpowered and lacking in even the most basic features. Gimmicks alone aren't enough to drive sales, and there really isn't anything Nintendo can do to fix that. Best way to save the Wii U, scrap it and just try again, this time with a decently designed system.
Almost no one owns any kind of VR device, its no wonder this Kickstarter failed; too few potential customers exist for the product, and the technology is too new/not widespread.
Welcome to Fantasy Island, where diehard Nintendrones go to dream that their beloved company is actually succeeding! (Which of course, it isn't).
Unfortunately there is no reason to buy a Wii U, games are really unappealing and the bulky, awkward, gimmicky gamepad ruins the experience. But I might get one when they go on clearance next year for $99 or less. :P
I have 91 digital games on one of my Vita systems, a mix of all types (full-sized Vita, smaller indies, PSP, PS Mobile). I have a second Vita as a backup and use that mainly for physical games. People who say "Vita has no gamez" really don't know what they are talking about; there are plenty of great games out for it now, and many more on the way. Too many jaded/entitled "gamers" out there, for sure!
Your loss!
LOL your usual spam post didn't get in first this time, you're slipping dude.
Actually I thought it was pretty funny, but diehard Nintendo fans apparently didn't think so; and it was closer to the truth than they'd like to admit.