Topic: Is a big problem in the Wii U's line up the lack of Divsertiy.

I don't see a problem with Nintendo's current or upcoming lineup. Nintendo always overloads their consoles with their own software.

I recently got a Wii U and I love it. My most anticipated game is Monolith's X and you what I wanna see more on Wii U?
I wanna see more diverse Nintendo IPs and JRPGs. That's all I want.

@JamesCFox and @kkslider5552000 Agreed.

I've got like 30 retail titles- plus about 10-15 indies. I bought a lot of them b/c they were on sale and hard to pass up. If you are really a game enthusiast, you are going to miss out on a lot of the new stuff, but for somebody like me, who for the most part wants to play Nintendo stuff and have option of some racers, fighters, shooters, I've got my plate full

The lack of diversity can be pointed at the fact that AAA titles of the "mature" and "brocore" field are overflooding the market which is making it impossible for good games (even niche ones) to see a decent profit

Damon's Souls says hello,

@banacheck That's one game against a mountain of others. I luv that that series though.

You guys say this like a game that is viloent or bro core can't be good which is a pretty big fallacy.

@shingi_70 There's nothing wrong with a violent game. But can you tell me some good brocore games?

Agreed.
Or just a lack of notable games all together. They're going to have to find a way to get more than just Nintendo games on the system if they want it to sell.

@Blast

Gears of War
Call of Duty
Fifa
Skyrim

My favorite gaming franchise is Halo which once upon used to be the main game played by Bros. (Again whatever it means)

I have to disagree. I don't think its anyones fault to be quite honest. The masses enjoy their Call of Duty and Halo so they keep buying them. The corporations want to make as much money as possible so they keep making them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying Call of Duty or Halo or any of those "Brocore" games more than a Super Mario or a Zelda. The video game industry changed when we got online multiplayer lobbies on consoles. The fact of the matter is that most gamers would rather play a Call of Duty over a Super Mario because of the interaction that it gives you with the rest of the gaming world.

Just because there are some of us who would rather play a game for its storyline rather than shooting each other in a virtual world in hopes of ending up with the best record, doesn't mean that we are superior. I know it wasn't said in this thread but I am sick and tired of people labeling other gamers by what they choose to play. Its a form of entertainment, everyone is entitled to play what they enjoy. Those same people could just as easily call us immature little kids for playing "cartoonish" games like Mario, Zelda and Kirby. And you all know that you hate it when they do that so how is it right for us to judge what they play.

At the end of the day, the video game industry is where its at because the masses would rather play online multiplayer games more than anything else which is why we keep getting Call of Duty wanna be titles every year. Eventually, people get tired of Call of Duty and it dies out and then we move on to the next thing. Thats just the way it works.

But to be honest, I don't think the video game industry as a whole is suffering in terms of diversity. I think the Wii U is suffering a little but this year looks better. Sony and Microsoft have a large selection of games on the 360/PS3 and eventually will have the same on the Xbox One and PS4. Steam has the largest selection out there. People just don't notice it because games like Call of Duty are always in the spotlight but I truly believe that the gaming world is doing just fine. I constantly find new things I want to buy/play across the various platforms I own. There is never a period where I can't find something new to buy, in fact I shop for games like girls shop for clothes and by that I mean I stay in the store for an hour if not more trying to decide what to spend my money on.

@DexInDaJungle

Halo isn't brocore and focuses morso than any nintensi game out there.

Other than that I fully agree with your post.

I played Gears of War 3 online everyday, for a while. I still don't see the issue with Nintendo's lineup.

EDIT: Also, I bought 2 Wii U CoD games, Deus Ex, Tekken, Sonic, Injustice, RE, Monster Hunter, ZombiU, 8 indie games, nd I bought 3rd party VC games. I count those as part of Nintendo's lineup.

In general, I think there's a fairly diverse selection of games, just not necessarily a lot in each genre. I think the biggest problem in terms of diversity is the lack of sports games. (Wii Sports games don't really count. Especially since they are just 100% rehashes of the games we all overplayed on Wii and never really need to play again.)

But in terms of true sports games, we got token efforts with Madden/FIFA/NBA2K, and that's been it. No hockey, no baseball, no new Madden or FIFA. Sports games on the Wii U have been left behind and I doubt this will change as they almost exclusively come from third parties.

To compare to the N64, just baseball games alone, the N64 had:
All Star Baseball 99/2000/2001
Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball
Ken Griffey Jr. Slugfest
Triple Play 2000
Bottom of the 9th
Mike Piazza's Strike Zone

I might even be missing some... It's too bad.

I think that the Wii had more diversity than the 360/PS3. Sure it didn't have as many brown looking FPS or M rated titles, but that isn't diversity as it was as equally hard to find good platformers, family friendly or kids titles on 360/PS3. The Wii had more unique games than the other 2 combined.

It isn't really a problem for the Wii U either. What is a problem is the lack of games in 3 major genres - FPS, sports and RPGs. With COD being the only choice for FPS, no licensed sports titles and no big RPGs (until 'X' or SMTxFE) the Wii U lacks games in areas that are the main staples on the other platforms. Unless Nintendo start making their own FPS and sports titles or gets some 3rd party exclusives I don't see that changing.

Sorry but I disagree. Maybe for the 360 that argument is valid but the PS3 had a bunch of big family friendly titles like their Sly Coopers and Rachet & Clanks. You had all the lego games, Little Big Planet and for a long time the Guitar Hero/Rockband franchises. All their racing franchises like Gran Turismo. They still had a lot of Disney/Pixar related games and games from the Rayman and Sonic franchises. The Ps3 had a lot to offer in terms of family friendly but it also had all those FPS games and they also had stuff like Uncharted, Infamous and God of War. I could go on for a long time.
Don't take it the wrong way, the Wii had some great stuff too and if I was a parent with a child who was into video games I'd happily get them a Wii but there would be a PS3 sitting right next to it. The Wii had a lot of platformers and thats great but they lacked a lot in other departments. Where were games like Bioshock, Dishonored, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire?

Sorry but I disagree

The start of over half the posts on this thread.

lol there is nothing wrong with people discussing gaming! Even when they disagree it means that there is enough in the gaming world to talk about which is good. I don't think there is anything I enjoy talking more about than video games and I think that goes for a lot of people on here.

that's right!
the only problem is when it becomes an excessively passionate discussion

What do you mean "maybe for the 360 that argument is valid"? More than half of the games you listed were released for every system, including the 360. And 360 does have its own racing sims competing with PS3.

Just sayin'