pcworld.com: Sales of Nintendo's new Wii U game console appear to be lagging those of its famous predecessor in Japan after its opening weekend, though the company says both sold out and comparisons are largely meaningless.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
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."
How do you expect them to sell consoles that don't exist yet? There were simply more Wii's at launch than there were Wii U's.
Why do journalists jump on this so hard? They avoiding the context of the situation.
It will do fine as long as it remains above 50,000 or so every month globally..
im actually i little worried for the wiiu. i just got mine on launch and was super excited but im very shocked at the lack of announced games for it going into next year. Yes we got wonderful 101, rayman legends, Bayonetta 2 and MH3 coming but what else? You would think for a brand new console the game reveals would be coming more frequently then this. i know its not e3 but outside of launch games, i dont see the sells doing too well soon. yes the online is great but bioshock infinite and now dark souls 2 was just announced but not for wiiu. this is very troubling.
They can't sell them cos they sold out in 2 days everywhere!!... I know this as my gf told me that the store worker told her she will be on a 3 week waiting list cos so many have ordered it!
Wii U is selling well in Japan, this is FACT
lol...this is silly....whats the point wiiu is more expensive then the wii was...and with all the lies and negative press from haters..in actuality wiiu is to be considered ahead of the wii in sales and once things gets right with the online part and commercials , wiiu will take off despite haters