No matter how weak the Wii U sales are now, they are likely to get worse. The launch dates of key games seem to be slipping from March quarter to June quarter, including the important Pikmin, Wario and Wii Fit franchises. The Wii U now must depend on Rayman and Lego City in coming months.
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with the rumoured specs of ps4 which makes it like 12 times the power of the wii u and the imminent announcement of ps4 the wii u crisis will get worse and not like the crytek games which i like on pc. wii u is rubbish and finished
I can overlook a typo here and there...but man.
Though I am not buying one right away, imaging what the future holds for this system will probably lead me to buy one at some point in the near future.
There's no doom here just the usually blind hate towards Nintendo...
I am accurately predicting the fall of Nintendo's Home Console production. There is only one console that Nintendo has produced that has beat their original NES sales of 62 million, that console being the Wii, which has sold roughly 97 million.
The Wii was a phenomenon with the casual market. Motion controls brought something new and fresh to the gaming scene that really took everyone by surprise. There were viral videos of women playing the Wii in their underwear, there were old people buying the Wii to play Bowling, there were people who really weren't gamers at all who bought the Wii for entertainment at parties, there were parents who bought the Wii for their kids, and then there were the hardcore Mario/Metroid/Zelda fans who also bought the Wii.
The WiiU however is in a completely different situation from its Wii counterpart. This time the WiiU has been released a year earlier than the PS4 and the Xbox 720. There are currently not many games available for the WiiU, with key game franchises being delayed for the system. The WiiU tablet has not taken the masses by storm like the WiiMote and Nunchuck controllers did. The electronics market has been saturated with tablets for the past 3 years, and therefore the Wiiu tablet controller does not stand out as a must have item to the general public.
The WiiU's hardware, while slightly more powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360, has not shown itself to be anything more than a current generation console. Meanwhile there is a large amount of hype in the gaming industry regarding the imminent release of the PS4 and Xbox 720. People are focused with anticipation on the higher capabilities of Sony and Microsoft's next consoles which most consumers will see as the true next generation console experiences.
Nintendo relies on game franchises that have been around for almost 30 years, and while I love and still own my original NES from when I was a kid, Nintendo has not grown up with me. Sony on the other hand has come out with numerous different franchises over the last two console generations which has caused the Playstation platform to boast the most diverse customer base in gaming today. Sony is also unifying all of their assets to create a shared ecosystem between the PS VITA, PS4, Bravia TVs, Smart Phones and Tablets. The most interesting of Sony's assets is GaiKai, which I personally believe will be the lynch pin to an explosion of market capitalization. Sony is about to change the gaming business, and they are about to change music and video entertainment, which I believe will be a huge threat to Apple in the coming years.
Microsoft on the other hand really only has three major exclusive games such as Halo/Gears of War/Forza, and has shown a self propelled momentum of around Warp 8(In Star Trek terms) moving them more towards the casual gamer and farther and farther away from their traditional core gaming audience. They are creating their own ecosystem across Smart Phones, Tablets, PCs and their Xbox Consoles, which puts them heads and tails above Nintendo when it comes to capabilities and overall appeal to the consumer.
I predict that when E3 comes around, that any excitement for the WiiU will be all but gone. Sony and Microsoft will steal the show at E3, laying the foundation for strong holiday sales, and a buzz for the gaming industry that hasn't been seen since the PS2 first entered the market. Of course the hardcore Nintendo fans will still be buying Nintendo's core games like Mario/Zelda/Metroid, but I don't believe the WiiU will last for more than 3 years at most.
I might have to start a blog since I could't fit everything I wanted to say into my comment :D
Besides. Monster Hunter Ultimate 3rd is only exclusive here in the US. Most die hard Monster Hunter fans have already imported or, even though I'm not a fan of piracy, downloaded Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for the PSP which is the exact same game. Not the exact same. 3G is a very very very slight upgrade. Capcom is well known for releasing the same game with subtle changes.
Unless they already own a 3DS, I wouldn't think those that have Portable 3rd would spend $170 to purchase the 3DS and a game they already own or already have access to. Although I'm sure they'd buy a 3DS for Monster Hunter 4's release.
This is one of those instances where the naming of the game is making me hesitant to buy it. I didn't really enjoy handheld controls for a monster hunter game but wouldn't mind trying it on an actual console with an internet connection.
We all know this. Metroid, Zelda, F-Zero, Smash bro's...you know the list...
The Wii U will be fine. *Yawn*
It'll find it's audience. You have to give it more than a couple of months.
that said I don't think any console will die early like dreamcast did( which I loved btw) ps2 had a DVD player and sega had financial problems, because of these issues sega had the risk was too high to continue production. Dream cast was ahead of its time too looking at the controller of the wiiU and dreamcast they are kinda similar. Nintendo isn't in too much trouble financially but unless we see a huge price cut like the 3ds I don't see the wiiU selling as much as the wii or 3ds. Let ps4/720 come out with a similar price of the wiiU the wiiU will sell like the 64. I wouldn't buy a wiiU if I had a choice between ps4/720 at the same price...fanboy feelings aside answer honestly..... Would you?
"The Xbox 720 will use an IBM PowerPC CPU and a custom version of AMD's 6670 GPU,
while the PlayStation 4 will have an AMD A8-series APU and HD 7670 GPU"
the wiiu is a tri core + a 5000/6000 series amd gpu updated with some new features
similar to the ps2-xbox-gc generation the wiiu will be able to keep up graphically on some levels.
how about HD7970M like stated in this article
http://n4g.com/news/1157525...
@badz149
check out this vid from ReviewTechUSA: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
the evidence is hardening..and furthermore= a 7970m cost them 200 bucks...lets do the math...this console wouldn't cost less than minimum 500$ if you add cpu, storage and memory costs...there is no way for sony to pull something like this off...and with most recent rumours claiming sony to abandon the dualshock and going the Nintendo route I just can't see a powerful console being made for a reasonable price...
like fatstarr already posted...these rumours with the 7970m are bullshit
And especially when it's backed up by a You Tuber.
I mean, obviously REVIEWTECHUSA Youtuber > eurogamer.
Yeah....
You're lucky I'm only able to give you 1 disagree.
the WiiU will sell
"People are seriously underestimating the power of the WII U, I hope you're enjoying your last Nintendo console"
lol i think u better recheck your statement unless you like looking like an idiot.
"with the rumoured specs of ps4 which makes it like 12 times the power of the wii u and the imminent announcement of ps4 the wii u crisis will get worse and not like the crytek games which i like on pc. wii u is rubbish and finished "
i would NOT count on ps4 or nextbox being anywhere near as much as 12x the wii u, maybe, MAYBE 2x if we are lucky, they will both be using laptop gpu's and low clocked 1.6ghz 8 core cpu with 4gb ram, basically they will be akin to a good gaming laptop
nowhere in the realm of 12x anything, heck, they won't even be 12x the vita, let alone 12x the wii u
ps4/nextbox will be great, and surely a step above the wii u, but, in the most likely scenerio, they will be about on par with a nice quality gaming laptop, able to deliver 1080p gaming, with crisp, anti aliased edges, a rock solid 30fps with no screen tearing and most of the high end effects enabled, a huge leap over what we get with last gen ps3/360
and even if it was, no devs made anything to even tap into 10% of that power.
People are seriously underestimating the power of the WII U, I hope you're enjoying your last Nintendo console
The fact that the PS3 is "super powered" is why it's battling the 360 for last place. Difficult and extremely expensive to produce soft ware for. Why do a lot of ports that run in sixty frames per on the Xbox 360 run at 30 fames per on the PS3. Why does Black Ops 2 run the worst on the PS3? Difficult and extremely expensive to develop for.
This "rumored" twelve times more powerful than the WiiU PS4 today might as well be an illusion. I don't think it exists but say it did... who is going to be able to afford to develop games for it? I don't know. The WiiU is a great system and in a year or so it'll probably be the least expensive and easy to develop for. That's why the good guys win again. A beautifully designed video game console with a amazing new controller. Vastly improved online set up. Incredible new way to interact with your entertainment center. Indestructable hardware, the best first party software in the business period.
At least you'll be able to console yourselves with the fact that, "There's nothing wrong with silver!"
Isn't it true though that the Wii U is selling far better than the PS3 and 360 did at launch? I don't see how anyone can realistically state it's in a "crisis".
In total only 4 games I bought for Wii, it'a a waste of money. I will not make that mistake with Wii U.
It still is selling considerably better than ps3's launch and graphics don't matter to the video game market as proven by ds, playstation, ps2, and wii.
Think this is just more of the same from "games journalists". Sony does bad it means nothing, microsoft does bad it means nothing, Nintendo does bad, IT'S A CRISIS!(just like the 3ds right?)
Dual GTX 690's with a six core i7 @ 5ghz can't do that. So put down the crack pipe. It's an asinine rumor.
Once again another poster who doesn't know squat about business or remember the start of the last generation.
Don't you remember back when the 360 and PS3 came out....great games came out on what???? The PS2/xbox and NOT the 360/PS3.
Now....what did Crytek do? Oh it's the same thing. Want to know why? Because developers need to make money....that's why they make games in the first place.
Crysis 2 LOST money. If Crysis 3 doesn't MAKE MONEY, there probably won't be a Crysis 4. EA might shutter Crytek.
So what does this have to do with the Wii U...you might be asking... Simple just like devs didn't make games for the 360/PS3 when they only had sold a few million consoles, the Wii U is now in the same boat, and thus won't get some games simply because of that.
Oh and the same will happen to PS4/720...though I doubt you'll say they are DOOMED because of it. Because, they aren't....it's NATURAL.
Nintendo is doomed, ha.
Wii U isn't rubbish, your opinion is, and flies in the face of all history, facts, and common sense
No, what is saddest is that all of these "WiiU/Nintendo is doomed" articles are passed off as objective journalism.
Couldn't that interpretation be extended to all fan boys of any system though. All sides seem to have their extremes this gen.
Prior gens the internet wasn't anything like it's been since the mid-PS2 days, so while fanboys and trolls were around, they were much less noticeable, and believe it or not, often ignored...strange concept, I know.
A fan boy...as you describe them...are an annoyance to all. There's nothing wrong with being a fan of a system, but when it's taken to extremes, like we often see, it makes everyone look bad, not just on their respective "sides", but on the whole gaming community in general.
It's bad enough we have console wars like we do now, we shouldn't also have troll and fan boy wars as well...ie.who's the worst.
So you excuse 360 fans for doing the exact same thing?
Newsflash, all fanboys do the same thing.
Alternatively, if they think they can rely on their own games, then show them to us!
They are saving the most important games for E3 when the new xbox/ps4 are going to be announced. No need to be a genious to realize that.
I just figure if these retarded articles are done by professional ppl with knowledge about it or they just put some cheap part-time journalism student to do it.
every single person I know who owns wii u loves it.I know six people all adult core gamers.
all my Sony and Microsoft friends who played mine loved it and are going to own it.some are going to rebuy games just to have off TV play.
so lets remember wii u has been out 2 months so calm down and relax.
remember the 3ds is doomed stuff cause it had no games no 3rd party support and nobody wanted a 3d system.now its out selling DS in the same time period.
any sane person knows it takes awhile for a Console to get going.so when people say doom and gloom 2 months In its just hating.
Nintendo will have to counter the next Xbox and PS with software. When they're actually announced. They can't counter something that doesn't exist. People who aren't like us that read gaming news everyday don't know there are probably two new systems coming out this year.
Actually you need a reality check.
The console is selling fine. The two systems you speak of won't be that much more powerful, it's impossible....they aren't going to even be a midrange PC from last year.
My GTX 670 and i7 920 @ 4ghz will stomp a PS4/720. That's a processor from 2009 and a midrange graphics card from May 2012. By the time the PS4/720 come out it'll either be the GTX 7 line or 8 line. All depends what year they come out late 2013 or late 2014.
The Wii U gets tons of 3rd party support, which is evidenced all around you...if you close your eyes and don't see 3rd party support, doesn't make you right.
All the consoles will be fine and fun, but let's not treat the Wii U like it'll suck and the 720/PS4 will be uber. Because none of the consoles will be uber or anything close to it. They'll all be fun though.
Note, I'm not saying consoles are actual children.
Cuz the two Sony consoles you mentioned aren't STILL dealing with the doom and gloom.
I wanna believe you didn't mean to make it sound like the Wii U is only facing these types of ridiculous articles because it's made by Nintendo, but I'm fairly certain you DID.
Thing is: it's ridiculous to write this sort of stuff for ANY console within its first year... unless it's sold like 5 units.
Nintendo is not doomed as of yet.They still have a chance to prove themselves at e3 2013. Nintendo can make a huge turn a round if they show some incredible games worthy of buying.
None of those games is NEXT GEN....Not a single one.
The Wii U is supposed to be an 8th generation home console, and thus far, from what I have seen, it hasn't represented 8th generation software well at all.
So to me, I'm thinking, "Why would I buy such a machine for $350?"
Apparently, alot of other people are thinking the same thing, and that may be the Wii U (and possibly Nintendo's) undoing.
This is not a troll, but I'm telling you how I'm feeling about this situation.
I'll bet anybody 2-3 years from now the Wii U is doing just fine. And its funny to cause Nintendo had a better launch than the PS3 and Xbox 360.
And what does the Vita have to do with the WiiU?
I'm honestly shocked that there are still no articles on how bad sony is doing right now compared to nintendo when that's something that needs to be talked about ASAP instead of pretending it's not happening and claiming the company that still is making profits is somehow failing based on famitsu week by week numbers in nowhere else but japan. Post Holiday season, where sales for everything of course will take a dip.
Another thing, the Vita is still new. Maybe you should wait before you start writing it off as a failure...?
Also just want to point out launches don't matter too much really it matters more what you make at the end of a cycle. Not insulting the Wii U launch sales just saying it's too soon to actually say if it's sales now will actually matter or even mean anything later on.
What people also don't understand is all these companies are losing money fairly recently so it isn't that big of a deal just yet, it's no doubt just like Sony has been if Nintendo needed to they could get the money to push the Wii U even if it was struggling somehow. These guys aren't completely broke yet and they have back up plans for times like these trust me.
They will shell out all the cash they have to make sure they stay in the industry as long as they can or until they just can't bleed anymore. They could also just layoff some employees or separate divisions they have around the world.
Like I said shit hasn't hit the fan just yet for anyone. If anything Sony is fighting the hardest right now, Nintendo is feeling the hurt Sony is but no where near the same level so no worries and well Microsoft will always be rich as all fuck so that is nothing new.. Damn you Windows.
@kuroukage
wii who wii who wii who. Sounds like a whambulance to me lol
Give me more well build games.
Right?
And Wonderbook is just a nice little thing for the kids, thats all it is, and thats all its been promoted as, not pushed down the troats of core gamers, you know, like MS did with kinect.
The sad part is, the Wii U should have released in 2006...
Theres just no practicality in paying so much for cheap tech in 2013!
Two screens, arkward to watch both, irrelevent tech.
The same thing being said about the Vita and 3DS. People like you were claiming Vita would blow the 3DS out of the water. Who is to say the PS4 will fair any better than the Vita? Just curious, because I have a feeling the next gen is going to be a sea of red for many players.
Next, Wii US, which will be on par with ps3, will be released after Wii Me.
Yup, these consoles will sell like hotcakes because of those childish/girlish/family titles, just like those iOS/Android titles.
The 3ds sales are people from DS buying 3DS. Because they lowered the price.
Wii U isn't in the same place. Even if they lower the price, it will never get to wii sales.
mums/dads/gramps/uncle nev, don't want the wii u, they only bought the wii to play games with their kids/grandchildren etc with the motion control.
40+ is the max wii u will sell, said this from day 1.
Wii U does not appeal to my gaming needs. N4G Nintendo heads can't understand as a mature gamer I don't wanna play cartoons and cutesy games.
Yeh, there's a few mature titles...but nothing over and beyond what can be experienced on much more affordable hardware.
It may be early days for Wii U, but already a worryingly high percentage of 3rd party studios are already dismissing the Wii U due to commitment to upcoming hardware and possibly having to down scale (already??) to Wii U specs.
Happy to own both PS3/360.