Amidst a wasteland of negativity and scepticism, a developer spurs our hopes, claiming that the Wii U could outsell the Wii.
On the Wii U, Giants Software’s Mark Schwegler says, “There’s a lot of potential that’s not tapped yet, if it is and if it will be then I think it could be more popular than the Wii because it’s something more.”
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From the games POV it already does wii games better than the wii. That is related to upscaling and convenience of the system overall.
As far as untapped potential, that has been a very common thing even since the days of the 2600. Generally, game development improves within a platform over time.
this is primarily due to experience with the hardware and knowing where certain limitations exist. finding creative ways around those and delivering an optimized product as a result.
We have seen it on the NES, Genesis, SNES, PS1, PS2 and we are seeing it on the PS3 and 360. Even the wii received some better made games slightly before the release of the wii-u.
Now patience is a tough thing to have but its worth it if the end result delivers. I have been entertained by many a late bloomer game in the various console generations that really impresses me. Already calling the wii-u a failure is not warranted just as those calling the ps3 a failure was not warranted. Or any platform a failure for that matter.
It just takes time and good creative development to get the best out of something. Trouble is, too many companies are just looking to do the quick cash in on any investment instead of really putting in the teamwork to make a quality product. Some...not all (just to clarify).
those that do put in the effort, you can tell they have a passion for creating games.
Well elaborated, well thought reply with absolutely zero fanboyish nonsense behind it, grounded on common sense and optimism > 2 agrees, 10 disagrees. Sigh.
People must really hate to read. Bubble up for intelligent comment.
You're forgetting a couple things.
DINNER PLATE: the controller. imagine holding this beast during a 4-hour skyrim sesh---AINT GONNA HAPPEN. touch controls won't help a damn. I'm sorry, but if you consider absolute reaction time, looking at my damn controller SUBTRACTS FROM THAT. pretty colors and flashing screen notwithstanding.
ONLINE: jesus christ. When is Nintendo going to swallow their pride and admit THEY DONT GET ONLINE. i was born and raised Nintendo; I owe them my childhood, but seriously, MS has been doing this RIGHT for two generations, Sony's playing the same tune. Nintendo is lagging behind.
GAMES: Make or break. Nintendo is brilliant at first party, but considering previous points (1) and (2), why the #@%^ would a dev choose the Wii-U if not to make a half-assed port? Beyond that, why would I even choose a Wii-U multiplat game over a PS4 or Xbox-whatever?! Not a damn reason.
Nintendo: you're breaking my heart. Figure it out soon, or this will be the first gen I won't throw you a dime.
I would argue that Nintendo would be more successful if they could get third party game sales to see an improvement over Wii.
I can see why Nintendo isn't taken seriously anymore, much to their competitors avail.
See you at e3 kids!
The system had a great launch, but it's moving very slowly now. Hopefully, that'll pick up as upcoming games are released, but as it currently stands, the Wii U isn't going to put up Wii numbers.
If you're being objective- and your comment says you'd rather try and bash others than do so- then jay's comment is sensible.
IF.
Edit: To be fair, he SHOULD have had more content to his comment, but that doesn't stop the comment itself from being fairly reasonable... which is rather the opposite of trolling.
3DS wasn't a hit at launch and Wii U wasn't too great in comparison itself, 3DS needed a giant slash before it started selling and at this point? 3DS doesn't give Nintendo profit per sale and I'm unsure about Wii U, all I know is the only way for them to sell more is to slash the price or introduce a better software lineup. If they slash the price it will promote higher sales, but less profit at the end of the day.
Nintendo better think of something fast, beyond simply pumping out more Zelda/Mario games.
At this point I'm pretty certain those who are bias against Nintendo are going to remain so no matter what the hell they do.
So in 2014,every console will have great games, but the cheapest will sell the most.
So don't be surprised if wiiu sells beyond everyone's expectations.
there is no casual wave for it to ride on this time, which, lets face it, was the vast majority of the wii audience.
it is certainly not grabbing the PS3 and xbox audience, being a gen behind and lacking third party support. so it is screwed. plain and simple.
Casuals have moved away to tablets, core gamers are already fixated on Orbis and Durango (or PC). Even third parties are getting the hell away from the WiiU.
It's already in the water breaking apart, the second half is clinging to life.
Once the PS4 games are shown, it's game over man, game over.
Third party support wouldn't help much anyway. The gamecube was a beast of a system and that still didn't bring on third party support. But this is old news. Nintendo has never really cared about third party support, they are used to single handedly carrying their systems forward.
Didn't help that much.
But at least the 3DS is doing great so the WiiU doesnt need to beat the Wii to Nintendo to have success.
The Wii U is better system the the Wii but that can be said with alot of systems that are better then the Wii.
Sales-wise? May not be able to fill those big shoes.
But as it relates to overall software quality and quantity?
Maybe-so. I say this because the Wii U has even more potential than it's predecessor when it comes down to games. The GamePad opens up a whole new window of ideas and possibilities, that the Wii Remote & Nunchuck can't compete with.
We know Nintendo will put their best foot forward in showing off it's system - but it all goes by what third-parties do.
The Wii had a a good amount of third-party titles, but not nearly anything to gloat about. It's backlog is filled with hits-and-misses, and complete utter trash. It was painful to walk into the gaming section of a store - or even a full fledged game store, and have to scan through a rack of 50+ Wii games, with only 3-5 of them actually being worth the time and money.
Wii U could possibly be treated a bit better, if devs are willing to actually elaborate on it, and not just fire-off any old weekend project or skin-bare port on it.
The Wii U has some potential to be amazing. It's already highly unique - it just needs someone to give it that push in the right direction - OTHER than Nintendo. I just hope third-party developers actually try and treat the Wii U at a respectable standard, and not misuse and abuse it like they did with the Wii. That was just unacceptable, most of the time.
We've already seen some great concepts put into play ~ and as time goes on, and devs get more and more used to the console, we could see even better uses.
So yes - Wii U does have a chance of outperforming it's older brother. Maybe not in sales - but in overall quality - yes.
The only way this will happen is if sony and microsoft reveal their consoles and the graphics are within the field of the wii U. This then has to be followed up by developers releasing multiplatform across ps4/720/Wii U. Wii U versions must launch day and date as the other systems. But even then, it'll probably be a split 70m, 70m, 70m...
The leaked specs of orbis pretty much confirm this isn;t going to happen. Although the wii U may get multiplatform releases, they will be a noticable step down unless the game features a simplistic cartoony artstyle. Ala mario or sonic
Same will be with ps4 ports for wiiu.
Not so much for subHD rez COD games but anyone who plays traditional games (COD/Fifa/Assassins creed) will notice the difference between Battlefield on ps3 vs PC ultra settings. At least enough to make an informed purchase of the higher end system over the lower one.
unless of course by average joe gamer you were refering to people who play just dance and the like?