"A look at how retailers are hurting themselves and Nintendo by treating Wii U games like a red-headed step-child." - Wii U Daily
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."
retail stores besides Target always had problems organizing their games. There was lengthy period where I started doing my shopping at Kmart "mainly" because they had this coupon marathon going for the games ranging from 15-30 dollars that you can use towards future purchases. Deals are good, but Kmart had this lady running the department who simply had no idea how to organize the games. I've never purchased anything from Wal Mart because they brand the games with their logos.
nintendo needs to bring out the first party soon or there screwed.
Pretty sad most of the wiiu games available are still the same launch games from last year. Except for a couple of 6 month old ports that have trickled out. I know things will get better eventually with wind waker hd and bayonetta 2 but those games don't even have a release date yet so hopefully Nintendo provides a lot at E3.
Plus there was a story on here a couple of days ago that said a brand new dbz game coming exclusively to wiiu this holiday season so while not huge, is still pretty cool.
For a second there I thought I was reading a Kotaku article @_@;;
The sad truth is that plenty of these companies just don't care and is far from unique to the Wii U. Like when I preordered PS All-Stars Battle Royale from BB, it was not only still in the back room on release, it took them an HOUR (60 minutes!!!) to find them. After complaining to them about the situation and getting a discount on a purchase, I found the Vita section of that store was haphazardly arranged. Not only were the games arranged in no logical order, I found the copy of Persona 4 The Golden behind a copy of "Smart As..." and it was under the card for Madden. On another preorder adventure with BB, I picked up Dead Space 3, which was also not stocked when I picked it up, nor were they able to find it in the back room in less than 10 minutes.
Besides Bestbuy, it's far from uncommon to see new releases / bundles stocked slightly before release. Typically the employees will even try to sell you said game if you ask for it, but most times the computer will reject you. I am pretty sure just about everyone has seen / experienced this and honestly, better shelving isn't going to sell a console any hype surrounding it.