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GR Showdown: Is The Wii U's Future In Trouble?

"With Wii U software sales dropping and the inception of Sony's and Microsoft's next-gen console, is the future Nintendo's Wii U already in jeopardy?"

~ Game Revolution Staff

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Bumpmapping4071d ago

Too early to say but losing alot 3rd party support is not a good thing.Hopefully Nintendo can get the momentum back in there favor E3 and a price drop.

classic2004070d ago

I think it will sell but it will not be a wii in sales, once you lose third party history shows you either become a gamecube or a N64. In this case with the wiiu will be bought by the core nintendo gamers but core gamers in general are going to be turned off by lack of third party games and many of these gamers don't care about traditional nintendo exclusives. The casuals will go microsoft or even sony if sony can put up a fight in that department but casuals are not loyal and if microsoft better come with those foteleza glasses because no casual gamer is going to run out for kinect 2.0 on another xbox.

Casuals are never loyal to anything except the next Ipad or Iphone.

000014070d ago

a price drop is unlikely, i think itll have a better outing than the gamecube but definitely not as good as the wii. itll be fine once the first party games roll in.

boldstarr4070d ago

Make a mario game and you're good to go

knifefight4071d ago

Once the Wii-U software gets rolling, I think things will stabilize. Maybe. Probably.

PeaSFor4070d ago

hopefully, as soon they get a Zelda/Metroid, it will be the time to get the console.

AKR4070d ago

My goodness. The console is in it's infancy - a THREE MONTH infancy. Give it some time to mature, then worry.

It already has a goid lineup for this year. Next month brings the first three awesome titles:

Need for Speed Most Wanted U
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER

Give the Wii U some time. Devs are in the prime of the 360 and PS3's life , and are still trying to learn the U's hardware. Remember how 3DS did a complete 180? It CAN happen on the Wii U as well.

Only time will tell, so just sit back and wait.

MasterCornholio4070d ago

The 3DS did a 180 with sales because Nintendo severely dropped the price and they had Mario Kart, Super Mario 3D land and MonsterHunter Tri G during the holidays.

I honestly dont think that Nintendo will severely drop the price before the holidays, but they could get a good line up. But like i said the problem with all this is that the PS4 and the 720 will be 2 hot new products on the market which is why Nintendo really needs an amazing line up otherwise they wont be able to sell many Wii Us.

delboy4070d ago

A 300$-350$ WiiU vs 500$ ps4 or next box?
I think WiiU will do great.

dbjj120884070d ago

Well we know it'll at least stick around for another year or so. I think the Wii U is fine, even if it is underperforming.

Old McGroin4070d ago

It may be under performing but that is only compared to the original Wii which was a phenomenon and one of the best selling consoles ever. At the 3 month mark the PS3 and 360 were also under performing when compared to the original Wii's sales figures and I would guess both the PS4 and Nextbox will also under perform when compared to the original Wii.

I think people need to move away from comparing sales to the Wii, it's getting old.

Theyellowflash304070d ago

Wii U software sales dropping? Wheres the data to prove that? The sales of software are pretty good, and users are purchasing games off the WIi U eShop.

lilbroRx4070d ago

Another things is that there hasn't been much software related retail in the past few month.

Its a natural dropped ie. no games to buy, not a preferential drop,ie because people aren't interested.

The Wii U needs only software. Monster Hunter 3 and Lego Undercover come out this month. I guarantee that there will be a huge spike in sells at the end of the month as well.

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Wii U games that still haven't been ported to Switch

The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.

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Vits2d ago

I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.

The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.

Z5012d ago

How would XCX work without dual screens functionality?

Cacabunga2d ago

Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1

Profchaos2d ago

This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.

Stevonidas2d ago

Devil's Third is HIGHLY underrated.

repsahj2d ago

They should remake Starfox to the switch 2. Very beautiful game during gamecube days.

Chocoburger1d 23h ago

Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.

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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."

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8 of the most useless amiibo figures ever released

A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.

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