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GameStop President Tony Bartel: 'Don't Count The Wii U Out'

Much of the focus heading into E3 2013 and coming out of the show has been the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft. With PlayStation 4 and Xbox One slated to ship this fall just before the important Christmas shopping season, there’s another “next gen” console in the race.

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AJBACK2FRAG3976d ago

The Wii U is very cool and will win this generation. The weakest console always wins!

MasterCornholio3976d ago

I think that price has more to do with anything than the power of the system.

Just look at PS3 vs 360 vs the Wii and you can see that the Wii won due to its low price point.

The problem with the Wii U is that its only 50€ cheaper than the PS4 which is the most powerful next gen console.

Brasi19893976d ago

I'm not sure how accurate that statement is. However the most powerful console, spec wise, has never won a generation. (and of course by won I mean have the most market share IE sales)

Trago13373976d ago

That's true. More specifically the cheapest console always wins.

The Nes, SNES, Game Boy, PS1, PS2, DS, 3DS, Wii, etc all had the most market share. and what do they all have in common? they were the weakest ones.

dark-hollow3976d ago

@MasterCornholio

And having the weakest hardware = cheap price and easier to cut prices in the future.

The Wii u may have a £50-£100 cut price in the near future along with the huge 2014 library of exclusives, the sales will explode just like it did with the 3ds.

Klad3976d ago

The Wii U Premium currently at £239 is £110 cheaper than the PS4 at £349 on Amazon UK & £190 cheaper than XBox One at £429.

WII U
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nin...

PS4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Son...

XBOX ONE
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mic...

Triforce0793976d ago

The wiiu is the weakest console in numbers maybe,but in pure graphics/results all 3 are quite close,i mean at E3 i didn't see a clear winner,if anything Nintendo's 1st party games and Beyonetta2 looked spectacular and all their games were 1080p/60fps which is amazing and what you would expect ps4 to be doing on all its games but it wasn't makes me wonder if wiiu's gpu edram gives it the edge ???

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3-4-53976d ago (Edited 3976d ago )

@gamer They've been saying that since the late 80's. Obviously genius's like you are ALWAYS right...

s8anicslayer3977d ago

Gamestop has been very vocal as of late, of course he's going to say that they are not brand exclusive they will sell you their entire inventory 20X over if you'd like to.

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No_Limit3977d ago

It is a misprint. The title should be "Wii, U're Out!"

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

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."

RiseNShine11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

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.

gold_drake10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

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.

Inverno10d ago

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.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

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."