GamesBeat's Dan Hsu details why he thinks Nintendo has set the Wii U up for failure.
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."
Great stuff, Shoe. I think Nintendo has made a grievous error in trying to straddle the fence between casual and hardcore. I can't see the casuals ponying up for a new console so soon, and there's little for core gamers but ports.
The Wii U lasts three years before Nintendo makes some kind of drastic change.
"It’s unfortunate that Nintendo wants to do something different, whereas the rest of the industry is trying to standardize controllers.”
Love or hate whichever company you want, i love all 3 and sometimes hate decisions that each of them make, but people who makes comments like these need to GTFO of gaming development.
It's unfortunate that a company tries a different approach and tries something new in the industry? Sell your IP's to a company more beneficial and then please leave.
I agree with the article. I'll be happy if I'm wrong though. Besides the initial launch excitement, Wii U sales will dwindle in 2013. Nintendo hasn't provided any FIRM reason as to why PS3/360 players need to jump over to the Wii U.
All things I've considered, but I'm actually quite excited to get one because it is so damn different.
Of the games I've played, I haven't had much trouble adjusting to the button layout. I will admit it was weird at first. I'm also not fond of analog sticks being on the same plane (even for the PS3). I actually try to stay away from PS3 first-person shooters because the left analog is too low for me, so this might actually be better than that.
And I'm completely down for a somewhat new Mario Bros. game, and of course the console-defining games will come. Would it have been better to see them at launch? Absolutely.
In short: HD Zelda. Sold.
How that translates into grabbing the hardcore and casual market... well, I don't know. I don't think anyone is really going to know at this point.