SuperPhillip Central writes, "The Wii U is not doing well in sales across the globe. There is just little enthusiasm for the system, despite this week seeing some excellent titles released for it. While I am not in the category of people asking for a time of death for the system, I do believe that the window of time to turn around the Wii U is slowly but steadily closing. This article delves into possible ways Nintendo can fix the current sales problems with the Wii U, whether through new tactics or even new management."
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."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
I agree with some of the suggestions in the article.
I don't think a price cut would do any good, mostly because its little to no marketing for the Wii U! I haven't seen one freaking commercial for the thing since it's launch! I'm not saying buy up all the air time, but show something.
The other thing are the games! Many of the games coming out for the Wii U have already been out for the 360/PS3! You get a been there done that feel with it. Why drop a few hundred when I can have the same experience on the console I already own?
Its bad enough there is a stigma that the Wii U is basically a slightly better 360/PS3, and having no marketing just makes it that much hard to differentiate itself from competition.
Will the Wii U be an utter failure.......No
I believe it's going to take a massive hit though.
I think Nintendo needs to have a great showing at the next big gaming convention and show what you can expect in the very near future!
The biggest they need to do is market! My god pay for some air time and show people your product!
More games. Period. They are coming soon, and when they do, more people will want to play the U.
Simple, release games.
Without the power of the incoming consoles the Wii U will be largely over looked by third parties. Another Nintendo console basically only supported by a few Nintendo first party releases a year.
They really screwed up on the timing of the console and performance/power.
I think it was rushed to release because they knew the next round of systems was next year. Everything about it just shows at this point...
A console is simply nothing without games. The wii-u just needs amazing games to sell the system as well as good ads.