The author wonders if the upswing in Wii U sales is due more to a general "meh" attitude concerning the competition.
Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.
Games such as Mad Max, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Batman: Arkham Knight desperately deserve a modern-day revisit.
"Hammerwatch II's journey to Xbox has been long and perilous. After first launching on Steam in the fall of 2023, the game finally turned up on PlayStation 5 last December. Since then, Xbox gamers who enjoyed the original Hammerwatch and the sublime Heroes of Hammerwatch have been anxiously awaiting their turn at the long-promised sequel. At last, the wait is nearly over because Hammerwatch II will hit Xbox and PlayStation 4 on April 23," says Co-Optimus.
Or more likely the difference occurred because June 2014 saw a Nintendo game being released. While in June 2013 did not. I can't find the Wii U numbers for May but it saw a boost as well due to Mario Kart. It is still unknown if Mario Kart bump is merely a bump or legs( July and August figures will tell you that)
I don't think there's disappointment among fans. I think less casuals are buying game consoles. People don't talk about it, but casuals actually did buy a lot of 360s, PS3s and especially Wiis. I think there is a little less of that this generation. And that's okay because this is a generation for core gamers IMO.
I think the surge is with Mario Kart 8...
I cant read the article...
Theory is ridiculous..
MK8 is the reason... move on
Now this is definitely a case of grasping at straws! Exactly what is the WII U offering now that it wasn't offering almost 2 years ago? If anything it's actually offering less! Less 3rd party support than it initially started out with, the only exceptions being that enough time has passed that some of it 1st party titles are finally beginning to release.
But it's online infrastructure is inferior to this gens consoles, specs are inferior to this gens consoles and, overall gaming support is inferior! Sure there are 2 or 3 games here or there appearing on the WII U that aren't coming to other consoles by 3rd party developers, but turn that around and the amount of 3rd party developers games coming to this gens consoles but not the WII U easily triples.
The WII U is a nice console to have I'm sure, but not as a stand-a-lone.