One reason some people waited in long lines to be the first to get the new Nintendo Wii U console has nothing to do with the games. With Wii U devices all but guaranteed to be sold out at retailers around the world this Christmas, some buyers immediately put their new consoles on Ebay. Wii Us are already selling for over $500 on the site. There were well over 2,500 consoles listed on the world’s largest auction site just hours after it went on sale on November 18 at the Nintendo World store in New York City and around the globe.
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."
Sell it for a bunch of money, buy another one with games and still have money.
Just looking at ebay and the sensible sellers are the ones getting the hits. Most are buy nows but the guy who has 15 and selling them at $1000 (bid price 800 glad to see no actual bids) is a moron. No one is going to buy that.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/N...
(despite this "There will be a big shortage on Wii u and we have a few to sell" tactic)
$500? Not worth it.
Hell, the WiiU isn't even worth retail price. Far from it.
I was browsing reddit earlier and saw a post where a guy purchased 8 of the delux consoles and was selling each of them for $750.
People like this are ass holes. Yea I know, free market but it's just a douche thing to do.
Edit- I also like that the seller on that one ebay page with the 15 consoles states that "There will be a big shortage on Wii u and we have a few to sell.". Well no shit. There wouldn't be if assholes like you didn't buy all of them to re-sell for jacked up prices.
I walked in target in Mass today and walked out with an 8GB...they had 2 Deluxe there but wanted the white....there was plenty at Target..I went during church hours..
One Asian lady(the cashier said) came with about 16 different people since you can only buy 1 per person...then she attempted again while I as in line and they sent her away...
Another guy was buying before he went to AUS...because they are expensive there
I bet you they are going on Ebay or Craigslist...
I seen people selling target "Reserve Cards for $100 each...
Basic - $500
Deluxe - $650
That's ridiculous...but hey it's capitalism