@rjejr They did more then enough, it had a lot of push at some point, it didnt work out... do you want them to keep throwing money into te WiiU ? Sony abandoned the Vita not even 18 months after release.
This game will never sell well, with or without marketing, its too niche.
@jeb_leeds Because the Vita was never as powerful as people made it out to be (its not even HD like sony likes to say)
In fact, AMD announced a system with 8 times the power of the PS4 (I dont know the price but thats besides, its the fact that the new consoles arent as powerful as companies made it out to be), not only that, the Nvidia system based on mobile technology has slightly more than 50% the power of the PS4... give it 2-3 years and Mobile technology will have as much power as the PS4/XB1
@arnoldlayne83 I dont think the WiiU was a bad idea at all !! I ws really excited actually, DS/3DS has very good double screen games that take full advantage of the double screen setup, you just need to adapt this.
But somehow Nintendo never understood why they did this, i feel like they released something that they could never "get". I dont think it would have sold 100m consoles but if Nintendo had released the WiiU with a game of their own with clever use of the gamepad (I never counted Nintendo Land by the way) maybe its faith would have been somewhat different.
Im not agaisnt the double screen gimmick, ZombiU did it really really well and added a lot to that game, but the problem is that most of the time its added because its there and sometimes, ends up affecting the whole product.
Affordable Space Adventure and ZombiU are the only games i can remember which had a significant use of the Gamepad, fun thing ? neither was from Nintendo.
It was never bad, but people were expecting the big bombs (rightfully so... But hey, there will be a Direct coming... Right guya ? ) and besides a few games Nintendo has never been good at announcing games 1-2 years before release.
I think Directs are awesome and its the right movement BUT... most companies have 1 maybe 2 times to talk with the people so they can ahve a lot of blockbusters from 1 year to the other.
Directs are indirectly affecting Nintendo E3 since its really really hard to get a new blockbuster tittle in so little time.
I LOVED the event, it was godlike. I was screaming, laughing and all kind of stuff while they were playing Super Mario Maker... i cannot believe i was screaming to my screen like i did with the football WC game between Chile and Brazil or a game from my team.
That was by far the best way to advertise Super Mario Maker, and im glad they did.
@ikki5 Its already selling, doubt it would do any good to cut the price, just get as much as you can by now.
Splatoon is hot and its selling WiiUs at this price, doubt thats the problem (if anything, drop the price AFTER Splatoon lose some steam, to entince more people being on the fence)
@ikki5 EA has the record, and it put some of their bigges games on it, Dead Space 1-3, Dragon Age Origins and 2, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Medal of Honor.
A bunch of indie games will never surpass that, worldwide or not. Let alone PC playerbase its infinite times bigger.
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Re: First Impressions: Trying to Believe in Devil's Third
@JaredFogle cherry picking, thats nice.
Re: First Impressions: Trying to Believe in Devil's Third
The graphics are... Wow
Even in the youtube video you can see the huge frame rate dips, this looks like a PS2 game...
Even though the gameplay looks fun lol
Re: MEGABytes to Blend a Cafe and Arcade Together in Glasgow
Hopefully this cake isnt a lie
Re: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away Aged 55
and i still cant believe it :/
Re: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away Aged 55
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Re: Talking Point: The Mystery of Devil's Third and Its Drift Away from the Spotlight
@rjejr They did more then enough, it had a lot of push at some point, it didnt work out... do you want them to keep throwing money into te WiiU ? Sony abandoned the Vita not even 18 months after release.
This game will never sell well, with or without marketing, its too niche.
Re: Gunman Clive's 3DS Outings Are Dashing To Wii U In Rootin'-Tootin' HD
Getting them again
Re: Nintendo Says That Star Fox Zero's Gyro Controls Can Be Turned Off
Yay
Re: The Current State Of Virtual Reality Just Isn't Fun, Says Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime
I dont know if its fun or not but...
its clearly one of the futures, better embrace it.
Re: Next Metroid Prime Home Console Title "Would Likely Now be on NX"
@jeb_leeds Because the Vita was never as powerful as people made it out to be (its not even HD like sony likes to say)
In fact, AMD announced a system with 8 times the power of the PS4 (I dont know the price but thats besides, its the fact that the new consoles arent as powerful as companies made it out to be), not only that, the Nvidia system based on mobile technology has slightly more than 50% the power of the PS4... give it 2-3 years and Mobile technology will have as much power as the PS4/XB1
Re: Next Metroid Prime Home Console Title "Would Likely Now be on NX"
@jeb_leeds Terrible and niche games + indies = nobody cares = sales arre pretty bad.
Re: Next Metroid Prime Home Console Title "Would Likely Now be on NX"
@Samurai_Goroh cant you blame them ? Its just like Sony with the Vita, its just not worth it.
It sucks for us owners but what can you do about it ? At this point releasing any new games have a serious risk of affecting the series as a whole.
I hate it but thats about we can do :/
Re: Talking Point: Metroid Prime: Federation Force and Entitled Fury
I think the game looks cool, but the biggest problem is that it has "Metroid" in its tittle, if it didnt, nobody would rage.
Re: First Impressions: Our Maiden Flight In Star Fox Zero Prompts Mixed Emotions
if its running at 60fps i could care less about graphics anyway.
Re: First Impressions: Our Maiden Flight In Star Fox Zero Prompts Mixed Emotions
@arnoldlayne83 I dont think the WiiU was a bad idea at all !! I ws really excited actually, DS/3DS has very good double screen games that take full advantage of the double screen setup, you just need to adapt this.
But somehow Nintendo never understood why they did this, i feel like they released something that they could never "get". I dont think it would have sold 100m consoles but if Nintendo had released the WiiU with a game of their own with clever use of the gamepad (I never counted Nintendo Land by the way) maybe its faith would have been somewhat different.
Re: First Impressions: Our Maiden Flight In Star Fox Zero Prompts Mixed Emotions
Im not agaisnt the double screen gimmick, ZombiU did it really really well and added a lot to that game, but the problem is that most of the time its added because its there and sometimes, ends up affecting the whole product.
Affordable Space Adventure and ZombiU are the only games i can remember which had a significant use of the Gamepad, fun thing ? neither was from Nintendo.
Re: Nintendo's E3 'Roadmap' Infographic Shows Off Upcoming Releases on Wii U and 3DS
It was never bad, but people were expecting the big bombs (rightfully so... But hey, there will be a Direct coming... Right guya ? ) and besides a few games Nintendo has never been good at announcing games 1-2 years before release.
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's E3 Digital Event Brought Franchises We Wanted, But Not The Blockbusters
@AyeHaley so does my PS4
while my PC and WiiU gets all the gaming in the world
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's E3 Digital Event Brought Franchises We Wanted, But Not The Blockbusters
3DS was really good
sadly, and just like Sony, they do have another console, do something for it :/
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's E3 Digital Event Brought Franchises We Wanted, But Not The Blockbusters
I think Directs are awesome and its the right movement BUT... most companies have 1 maybe 2 times to talk with the people so they can ahve a lot of blockbusters from 1 year to the other.
Directs are indirectly affecting Nintendo E3 since its really really hard to get a new blockbuster tittle in so little time.
Re: Yu Suzuki's Shenmue 3 Could Yet Come To The Wii U
Its kickstarter, i would not be surprised if they add a WiiU/XB1 goal at some point
Re: Feature: Nintendo Wins at Its Own Game - A Review of the Nintendo World Championships
@rjejr Shenmue 3 and FF7 are both coming to PC, for the same price you get a much better experience (much better graphics and frame rate)
Like always, PC wins again.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Wins at Its Own Game - A Review of the Nintendo World Championships
I LOVED the event, it was godlike. I was screaming, laughing and all kind of stuff while they were playing Super Mario Maker... i cannot believe i was screaming to my screen like i did with the football WC game between Chile and Brazil or a game from my team.
That was by far the best way to advertise Super Mario Maker, and im glad they did.
Re: Super Mario Maker is the Final Name for the Anniversary Title
I need this game now
Re: Ryu, Roy, New Stages and More Now Available in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS
Ryu, do not care about Roy or Lucas
Re: Street Fighter Legend Ryu And Fire Emblem's Roy Found In Super Smash Bros. Patch Code
@Ichiban Everyone is "sliping their secrets"
At this point i think its more of a sneak peak.
Re: Street Fighter Legend Ryu And Fire Emblem's Roy Found In Super Smash Bros. Patch Code
@Ichiban Everyone is "sliping their secrets"
At this point i think its more of a sneak peak.
Re: Street Fighter Legend Ryu And Fire Emblem's Roy Found In Super Smash Bros. Patch Code
OH MY GOD PLEASE
Re: Splatoon is Still Number One in Japan as Wii U Sales Increase Again
@ikki5 Its already selling, doubt it would do any good to cut the price, just get as much as you can by now.
Splatoon is hot and its selling WiiUs at this price, doubt thats the problem (if anything, drop the price AFTER Splatoon lose some steam, to entince more people being on the fence)
Re: Splatoon is Still Number One in Japan as Wii U Sales Increase Again
My god, this was the game the WiiU needed
About a year ago
Re: Yup, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Is Definitely Skipping Wii U
More games is never a bad thing. So kinda sad this is not on WiiU (im not getting it, but for people that do care)
Re: Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Is Dashing To The Nintendo 3DS This Winter
Wait... Does this means the 3DS one was successful ? WTF ?
Re: Reminder: Time's Running Out to Grab the Humble Nindie Bundle
@OdnetninAges A few days ago i gave some humble bundle codes i had, over a year easily, they still work.
Im pretty sure they dont expire to be fair, and if they do i guess you can ask for them again.
Re: Capcom Reveals E3 Plans and Mega Man Legacy Collection for 3DS
How cheap can they be to not add 9 or 10 ?
Re: Splatoon Holds Onto Top 5 Territory in the UK Charts
Is this the best hold of a WiiU game ? Fear not, we have Splatoon for a long long time (hopefully its not an annual thing and every 2-3 years)
Re: Video: Latest Teens React Episode Proves Age Has Done Little To Dull Contra's Insane Difficulty Level
If this is their first time, i kinda get it, since its a pretty hard game and its mostly about memory.
Re: Mighty No.9 Looks Rather Neat in This 60fps Trailer
Looks so good but...
It still baffles me that he left Capcom because he was forced to create Mega Man and he wanted to do his "dream project".
Then we have this.
Re: Splatoon Storms to Top Spot in Japanese Charts With Six Figure Sales
@Peach64 People (a lot) were expecting this to be Wonderful 101 2.0 in terms of sales.
Re: Splatoon Storms to Top Spot in Japanese Charts With Six Figure Sales
Its hard to justify a price drop, yes, it will move more consoles but at this point it might be too late.
Nintendo might as well maximize the revenue for each and every sold console
Re: Splatoon Storms to Top Spot in Japanese Charts With Six Figure Sales
@rishisquid its a typo (those numbers are from Smash)
it sold 3k this week, 25k so far.
2.994 / 24.498
Re: Splatoon Storms to Top Spot in Japanese Charts With Six Figure Sales
By the way, and for context.
Mario Kart 8 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} - 325.892
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} - 227.527
New Super Mario Bros. U <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} - 163.528
Splatoon 144k
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate # <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.12.08} - 106.388
Pikmin 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.07.13} - 92.720
Nintendo Land <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} - 72.121
These are the WiiU releases (bar Xenoblade wich sold about 85k), Splatoon did SUPER well
Re: Splatoon Storms to Top Spot in Japanese Charts With Six Figure Sales
Splatoon = worth it
At this rate, i can see it being a new steady IP for Nintendo.
Re: Despite the Rumours, Nintendo NX Will Not be Android Based
It would have been a great choice IMO
but im not expert either.
Re: 3DS System Update 9.8.0-25 Launches With More Stability Than You Can Deal With
Im not sure if im worthy of all this stability
Re: 3DS System Update 9.8.0-25 Launches With More Stability Than You Can Deal With
Dem user experience
Re: Minecraft Rival LEGO Worlds Released As Early-Access Download on Steam
Cant believe it took this long for Lego to do this
Re: Rumour: Nintendo NX Could Use Google's Android Operating System
Yes please, that would be huge !
Re: Humble Nindie Bundle Sells Over 37,000 Units in Just 24 Hours
@KodyDawg rofl, humble bundle has been going for ages, minimun 5 years ago.
I have bought 20+ of them and not a single problem, in fact, their customer service is godlike
Re: Nintendo Wanted To Make Its Humble Bundle A Global Offer, Expects To Do So "Eventually"
This means we will get more humble bundles
Re: Humble Nindie Bundle Sells Over 37,000 Units in Just 24 Hours
@ikki5 EA has the record, and it put some of their bigges games on it, Dead Space 1-3, Dragon Age Origins and 2, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Medal of Honor.
A bunch of indie games will never surpass that, worldwide or not. Let alone PC playerbase its infinite times bigger.
It was never bound to happen