Topic: Will Wii U take off this winter season?

MadAussieBloke wrote:

Sony_70 wrote:

Ryno wrote:

Sony_70 wrote:

Have to say despite this and being $500 the Xbox One is looking to be the console to beat on games alone.

I found the Xbox One launch list to be pretty meh personally. Nothing there that would make me happy about spending $500+. I probably will have a similar attitude toward the PS4's launch lineup too. I'm just over the brown depressing apocalyptic settings frequently featured in the games of today.

Xenoblade ripoff

Wind Waker clone

Old Nintendo fighter that failed against Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken & Virtua Fighter

W101 copy

Wii Sports/Wave Race 64

The same tired and boring games I can play right now on .

MadAussieBloke wrote:

Sony_70 wrote:

WaveBoy wrote:

Nintendo probably would lower the price if it weren't for the expensive Wii U game pad which costs probably twice as much as a dualshock 4.

Which is a big problem when the market has at worse Apathy about the control scheme.

Full body waggle kinect still is the most hated control in the history of gaming

SCAR392 wrote:

I think some the Xbox One games are looking pretty good, but I don't think any of these games will really draw anyone away from one or the other. I already have a Wii U, and at this point, I would say Xbox One is as close as people are going to the impossible expectations everyone seems to have these days, at least in regards to Nintendo.

If you look at all the games available, every single one of them is the same ol', same ol' with new visuals and some extra/more gameplay. That's fine, but all the consoles are doing it. The only games that are really new are the IPs like Ryse.
Knack is new, but I don't see anything I can't get anywhere else with that game.

I really don't see why people have doubted the Wii U so much. The way things currently are is not how the entire 8th gen will play out, and with all the criticism the Wii U has gotten for the past 2 years with alot of it being for no reason, expectations are through the roof for other consoles, and I haven't seen much of anything so far that proves that 2 years of complaints were justified.

Sony_70 wrote:

We finally got the launch day lists for the Xbox One and PS4 and How they compare to the WIi U.

PS4
DC Universe Online
Drive Club
Killzone Shadowfall
Knack
The Playroom
Resogun
Tiny Brians
War Thunder

Xbox One
Crimson Dragon
Dead Rising 3
Fighter Within
Forza Motorsport 5
Killer Instinct
Lococycle
Peggle 2
Powerstar Golf
Ryse: Son of Rome
Zoo Tycoon

I think if Nintendo tried more cross platform games it would help the Wii U, All of the stuff they showed yesterday has me wanting both a Vita and a PS4 to compliment each other.

DefHalan wrote:

All this forum is now is the Sony and Microsoft fan arguing with Nintendo fans. Can't we all get along and hope for the best from our favorite systems?

feline2 wrote:

@PokeTune why are all your post so negitive...i thought all ponys are nice

Sony_70 wrote:

We finally got the launch day lists for the Xbox One and PS4 and How they compare to the WIi U.

PS4
DC Universe Online
Drive Club
Killzone Shadowfall
Knack
The Playroom
Resogun
Tiny Brians
War Thunder

Xbox One
Crimson Dragon
Dead Rising 3
Fighter Within
Forza Motorsport 5
Killer Instinct
Lococycle
Peggle 2
Powerstar Golf
Ryse: Son of Rome
Zoo Tycoon

I think if Nintendo tried more cross platform games it would help the Wii U, All of the stuff they showed yesterday has me wanting both a Vita and a PS4 to compliment each other.

uptownsoul wrote:

@DefHalan I agree the more consoles on the market in "competition" the more favorable they have to get to the consumer. Which is always good on our wallets. But I will say in the spirit of good debate I like taking friendly jabs at my Nintendo friends.

DefHalan wrote:

uptownsoul wrote:

@DefHalan I agree the more consoles on the market in "competition" the more favorable they have to get to the consumer. Which is always good on our wallets. But I will say in the spirit of good debate I like taking friendly jabs at my Nintendo friends.

It just gets tiring watching a good conversation turn into the same posts over and over about how well or bad Nintendo is doing and people using their opinions as facts

Dreamsleep wrote:

Sony_70 wrote:

We finally got the launch day lists for the Xbox One and PS4 and How they compare to the WIi U.

PS4
DC Universe Online
Drive Club
Killzone Shadowfall
Knack
The Playroom
Resogun
Tiny Brians
War Thunder

Xbox One
Crimson Dragon
Dead Rising 3
Fighter Within
Forza Motorsport 5
Killer Instinct
Lococycle
Peggle 2
Powerstar Golf
Ryse: Son of Rome
Zoo Tycoon

I think if Nintendo tried more cross platform games it would help the Wii U, All of the stuff they showed yesterday has me wanting both a Vita and a PS4 to compliment each other.

But, it's been apparent for two generations now, that Nintendo no longer actively considers Sony and Microsoft it's competition. Otherwise, it's hardware would be comparable. So, it doesn't really matter, as Nintendo does not care what these two companies release. You may care. I may care. Nintendo doesn't care. If they did care, they would have released a machine comparable to the PS4, and Xbone. They have the money. And, everyone in the industry knew that Sony, and Microsoft, were going to AMD for their chips. Nintendo could have done the same. But, they didn't.

They realized a long time ago, that their first party games sell systems. End of story.

DefHalan wrote:

uptownsoul wrote:

@DefHalan I agree the more consoles on the market in "competition" the more favorable they have to get to the consumer. Which is always good on our wallets. But I will say in the spirit of good debate I like taking friendly jabs at my Nintendo friends.

It just gets tiring watching a good conversation turn into the same posts over and over about how well or bad Nintendo is doing and people using their opinions as facts

uptownsoul wrote:

But rallydefault the ps4 has 1M+ preorders or 25% of wii u's install base. Don't forget multiplatforms although not exclusives (obviously) still move consoles & drum up enthusiasm

rallydefault wrote:

uptownsoul wrote:

But rallydefault the ps4 has 1M+ preorders or 25% of wii u's install base. Don't forget multiplatforms although not exclusives (obviously) still move consoles & drum up enthusiasm

But why do I care, man? I don't give a flying squirrel that the PS4 has 1million+ preorders. Great. Fantastic. I'm supposed to buy one just because lots of other people are? Ugh... this is the problem with the social networking age we live in. Peer pressure has spread even to fictitious environments. The PS4 AND Xbone launch window games don't appeal to me, and the multiplatform games they are both getting will be better on PC. Activision or Infinity Ward or whoever just admitted that the PC version of CoD: Ghosts WILL be graphically superior to that of the next-gen consoles' versions. That didn't take too long, did it?

I bought a Nintendo console because it's the only one that will consistently give me excellent games I can't find anywhere else AND a control method that can't be reproduced consistently and by default anywhere else. Even Kinect is made for PCs, if you didn't know. The Wii U gamepad is not. For Sony's sake I will say that Knack looks interesting and I hope it works out, but aside from that ... meh. Killzone? DriveClub? I hope the PS4 launch window gets as much criticism (or more) as the Wii U did.

rallydefault wrote:

uptownsoul wrote:

But rallydefault the ps4 has 1M+ preorders or 25% of wii u's install base. Don't forget multiplatforms although not exclusives (obviously) still move consoles & drum up enthusiasm

But why do I care, man? I don't give a flying squirrel that the PS4 has 1million+ preorders. Great. Fantastic. I'm supposed to buy one just because lots of other people are? Ugh... this is the problem with the social networking age we live in. Peer pressure has spread even to fictitious environments. The PS4 AND Xbone launch window games don't appeal to me, and the multiplatform games they are both getting will be better on PC. Activision or Infinity Ward or whoever just admitted that the PC version of CoD: Ghosts WILL be graphically superior to that of the next-gen consoles' versions. That didn't take too long, did it?

I bought a Nintendo console because it's the only one that will consistently give me excellent games I can't find anywhere else AND a control method that can't be reproduced consistently and by default anywhere else. Even Kinect is made for PCs, if you didn't know. The Wii U gamepad is not. For Sony's sake I will say that Knack looks interesting and I hope it works out, but aside from that ... meh. Killzone? DriveClub? I hope the PS4 launch window gets as much criticism (or more) as the Wii U did.