Writer Leo Stevenson says, "This isn’t going to win me any popularity contests, but I can’t possibly be the only person who was left less than impressed after watching Nintendo’s most recent Nintendo Direct, can I? Sure, I can admit that there was some interesting, even promising, news revealed last night. But for every interesting tidbit there were just as many “announcements” that either only confirmed what we already knew, were “too little too late” or a thin smokescreen frantically attempting to veil the truth. That truth? That the Wii U is struggling to find traction with consumers, is failing to shift the numbers Nintendo were hoping for and is once again a Nintendo console without much of any third-party support."
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."
I think your a glass is half empty kind of guy. I remember when the Atari 2600 was cutting edge tech and have owned almost every console since. Every console has a flat spot after launch, partly as a result of consumer's insatiable need for new thrills, partly due to post Christmas slow down, and probably largely due to overly high expectations.
If you owned an Atari or Sega console then you will be disappointed in the end, but give Nintendo credit, they will deliver most of their promises. Not all, but what company does? Remember, they are in the business of making money and so they will charge whatever they can. Good luck to them I say. I hope you can enjoy your wii u as much as I and my family do in the future. Just as we enjoy our Xbox 360, PS3, 3DS, PSP, etc.
"Too little too late"
The system is two freaking months old. And that particular Nintendo Direct was made to show Nintendo's first party games and partnerships, the intention was not to show third party games. And Iwata pretty much apologized about the lack of first party titles for January and February on the Wii U, I don't see them trying to veil the truth there.
Does that make their situation any better, nope. The Wii U is struggling in for it's first couple of months just like EVERY other system launch. People need to realize that a system doesn't immediately start out as amazing and always needs time to grow. I mean just look at how far the PS3 has come from it's very dark early days. People need to calm the hell down with the Wii U and Vita doom they keep spewing. Those systems are going to be just fine.
Just no pleasing some people!
Looking back at the launch years for 360 and PS3, I think Nintendo are doing fine.
two months in is to little to late.and we should take you serious?
your just hating that's it plan and simple.
most people who own wii u love it.
give it time to get more games.
anyone remember two years ago when the same thing was said about 3ds and 27 million units later its killing it.
and same thing with vita give it some time.I swear the gaming press has become jaded crybabies.not all of them cause there's still some great one's.but alot are spoiled jaded crybabies its the truth.
The Nintendo Direct was for Nintendo published games ONLY. Third Party games will be spoken about a little later, more than likely E3 or just before to help build up some hype.
This was actually said in the direct, if the author actually bothered to listen..