Gamespot:
The Wii U has gotten off to a slow start, but retailer GameStop isn't betting against the system anytime soon.
"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.
If they did then collectors wouldn’t be getting f***** over with discless collectors editions
No shock, GameStop is alive because of trading. If they don't have used games on their shelves they are absolutely donezo.
Well of course the GS boss thinks this... that's their bread and butter business. That and funco pops and clothing, though those two were added as a means to supplement the decline in people buying used games or even new games. GS just sucks overall when it comes to gaming. I buy my physical stuff on Amazon or Best Buy.
As for "requiring" disc drives... nah. Not anymore, but i like having them as an option. They had a means back when games actually ran off the discs and were more/less complete. Now they are incomplete and the disc is really an installer with a license to play. If you want to change games you have to take out the disc and put in another. Its more convenient to just use digital. I have been into digital for years now and when the PSPortal comes along i wont even have to go into my game room. I will just play my PS5 from my couch downstairs. I have a bunch of digital installed games to my 5... I'm all set.
Gamingbible writes: "Luckily, if you’re living in the US you can trade your Xbox into Gamestop, where you’ll receive a hefty amount of cash as well as a $50 bonus for certain customers, just short of enough to buy the PS5."
At this point in time If I didn't own a PS5 I would have done this in a heartbeat but I had already acquired a PS5 first before I acquired an XBSX.
I'll stick to keeping both. Gamestop though... seems kind of desperate to take in Series X units. What could they be plotting???
I just want some games for my series X I have both since release and after weighing the offerings in PS Essentials to Gamepass I quickly realized I Owned anything of worth in both catalogs. And, the things I didn't I didn't see as justifiable for maintaining both subs.
Since then my series X is a legacy machine that I play my old games on and that's it. 3 years ago I really thought from that Xbox showcase we were going to have some great games by now. Instead, it's just been a lot of meh
GameStop’s chief financial officer is resigning, in the latest of several executive departures from the video game retailer.
Way to state the obvious.
The WiiU is in pretty much the exact same position after 7 months that 3DS was in after 6 months. The 3DS went along for 6 months with no real notable releases (aside from OoT), and Nintendo turned things around w/ Super Mario 3D Land, and have continued support quite well for the console with at least one big title releasing every month or so since.
And let's remember that's the WiiU has only been out for SEVEN MONTHS (since November 2012). And they look to be releasing that big game to invigorate the platform... that is also a 3D Mario. Plus a Zelda. Plus a Donkey Kong. Plus a Pikmin. All this year.
It's exactly the same as the 3DS.
The only real difference is that Nintendo has done nothing to appease the early-adopters that have been suffering for so long with so little to play with, nor have they dropped the price to encourage further sales.
Now all Nintendo has to do is get more 3rd party developers to think like that. But nobody wants a house in a sinkhole. Everybody wants a house on a hill. That hill isn't here yet.
Lol at my attempt at metaphors.
Not yet.. If all those games they showed during the ND for E3 release & dont boost its sales by much, then count it out.. Them staying alive during the release of BOTH PS4 & Xbox One isnt going to be easy.. I wish em luck but i dont think Mario Kart & Smash Bros will save em without a significant price cut
The only way ill buy a Wii u is if a new Zelda is released. And a smash bros.