XMNR: In a move that completely contradicts Nintendo's standard console sales strategy, the company announced Wednesday that the Wii U will be sold at a loss.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
Crazy news. It must be the controller.
Interesting news
If Nintendo is selling at a loss that marks me wrong with my prediction of them returning to great profits leading into 2013. But more importantly what does this mean for other corporations who have been said to have "much more capable hardware" Than the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system. It makes me wonder if such a risk is still worth taking, especially from brands that are financially unstable. I always believe that making a profit from day one was one of the most important business decisions within a console launch. These days not even a company as conservative as Nintendo can create such a reality.
If this is the story for the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system, it will be interesting to see if any major risks are taken from anyone else hardware wise next generation. It looks like there will be balance issues between raw graphical capability VS advancement and innovation.
What would you rather have your platform of choice do? Take the Nintendo path taking on expensive innovation, or shoot for a massive graphical leap?
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I wonder if this has anything to do with the foxconn issue. I remember them insisting on the not selling the Wii U at a loss. Now they won't be able to manufacture it as cheaply(though Sony and Microsoft will continue to use them and everyone will ignore it.) There has to be some new development that brought this about.
Still, I wonder, how much of a loss. Black Wii U is $50 more and the only real expense it offers is a disc they manufacture themselves which can't cost them anymore than 5 dollars. Increasing the flash storage from 8 to 32 GB is also probably no more than $5-$10 dollars.
All of this isn't adding up.
ok...well nintendo did the right thing....and i expected that because with the controller and the graphic gpu processor which every third party developers has said is very powerful then wiiu is quite a system.....haters will hate though and speculate about things that microsoft and sony has yet to announce.....im glad nintendo has not revealed the true spec of the wiiu because i bet sony and microsoft are looking to cut cost by bring out a system that is barely more powerful then the wiiu and shows no difference since they will all be 1080p and let their fanboys run wild about nonsense