VideoGamer: "Not yet, but Nintendo is running out of time to put things right..."
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."
Wii U isn't dead and its not too late for Nintendo to patch up things software wise
I think the fall/holiday lineup will pick things up dramatically for the Wii U. A $50 price cut wouldn't hurt things either.
As stated, price cut is key as they can get into homes that might not be able to afford or locate one of the new systems. They also must have the new Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country and Zelda titles sell well.
Jesus, how about we let the upcoming rush of games come, see the christmas sales, then let mario kart and smash bros come out. THEN we'll talk. A system with no games doesnt sell, naturally. A system with as many good games as the wii u's getting within the next few years does sell.
A console from any of the big 3 doesnt die in less than a year, before the other consoles are even out. The wii u is an original, well made system that we've yet to see the best of. In fact the wii u arguably has the best line up of games through 2014, thats why im buying one over a ps4 and getting a ps4 around late 2014.
The Wii U is not dead.....yet but is very close. Just like the Gamecube, Nintendo's ignorance is what is killing them. They were lucky to strike gold with the Wii due to the casual were eating it up with a new fad known as motion control and Wii Fit and the Wii sold over 100 million units. The Wii U is a totally different story as the Wiimote Fad had already faded and at $350 with little third party support, power just barely more than than current gen, no direction for online gaming, it looks more and more like a Dreamcast 2.0 at this point. A $50 price cut would not be enough, they need to get this sucker to $199 by this holiday to even have a surviving chance. But due to Nintendo's current financial position, I don't think that is an option for another year or so.