Originally Posted by Blaster man Alright, you fanboys win. In sure every Nintendo product will always be a success for the rest of time. Good luck with your new console. Don't be bitter when the price drops $100 later this year! Just remember, it was worth the extra $100 to play new super Mario bros 55 and all those ports for games you already played on the other consoles 3 years ago!

Seems like you're the only one on here that's bitter. Everyone else is just enjoying what they enjoy.

Originally Posted by confoosious Seems like you're the only one on here that's bitter. Everyone else is just enjoying what they enjoy.

I said good luck.
http://www.examiner.com/article/nint...not-investable
Nintendo and Wii U to become nearly irrelevant, THQ not investable

Originally Posted by Blaster man I said good luck. http://www.examiner.com/article/nint...not-investable Nintendo and Wii U to become nearly irrelevant, THQ not investable

Good luck and yet you throw out more doom and gloom. You're hilarious.

Pachter was also the one that said WiiU would be sold out everywhere. So which is it?

Btw, Pachter also said, "I think the launch lineup is better, and they are at the same price, so assume that Vita is ahead of 3DS for first 3 months."

I am not hating on the Vita but could he have been more wrong?

Originally Posted by Blaster man I said good luck. http://www.examiner.com/article/nint...not-investable Nintendo and Wii U to become nearly irrelevant, THQ not investable

Is this really the best thing you've got going in your life right now that you endlessly post about how the Wii U is/will fail? I mean good god, put it to rest already.

Originally Posted by RedvsBlue Is this really the best thing you've got going in your life right now that you endlessly post about how the Wii U is/will fail? I mean good god, put it to rest already.

And...the reverse could be said to you people that think the Wii U is a good purchase (it is not).

Originally Posted by Blaster man And...the reverse could be said to you people that think the Wii U is a good purchase (it is not).

No it's not dude. It's not nearly the same thing.

He's not going around linking story after story trying to convince people that they should buy a WiiU because it's gonna be TEH AWESOME.

That's the reverse of what you're doing. You're trying to convince people NOT to buy a WiiU because OMGZ, Nintendo is DOOOOOMED.

It's really sad.

Most of us don't care if other people buy the wiiU. Yeah, in the long run, it means more support but we're not going around leading cheers for it the way you're leading hate.

Originally Posted by Blaster man And...the reverse could be said to you people that think the Wii U is a good purchase (it is not).

Nope, not the same at all. Buying a video game system and enjoying it means you have a particular taste in video games. Dedicating your online experience to lambasting a system makes you the online equivalent of the Westboro Baptist Church, hating for no other reason than to hate.

I don't get you Blaster man, didn't you say you wanted to own a Wii U but just not at this price? You posted those links on EA and Activision, you have to remember they don't make consoles either so the risk they are taking is minimal to moderate.

They have a handful of titles that make lots of money for them, one day people are going to get tired of Call of Duty, EA is more diversified as a company something has always seemed off about it for me. It went from being primarily a Madden and Sims company to exploding into what it is now.

Like the 3DS, it's slightly overpriced. Once they drop $50-$75 the WiiU will be fine.

Originally Posted by Corvin Like the 3DS, it's slightly overpriced. Once they drop $50-$75 the WiiU will be fine.

I think the pricedrop for 3DS certainly helped it along but you can't marginalize the strong library they started building around the same time as the pricedrop. Stuff like Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and now New Super Mario 2 are also helping to move systems.

Too expensive. Stupid name causing confusion. Poor advertising. Lack of games/announced games and no system sellers. No leap in graphics or functionality from current consoles.

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Originally Posted by Chris in Cali Too expensive. Stupid name causing confusion. Poor advertising. Lack of games/announced games and no system sellers. No leap in graphics or functionality from current consoles.

Agree, and add that the gamepad is a distracting "feature" that sapped huge resources away from the console itself due to its high expense. This is why the basic console specs are so low; they had to devote a large chunk of money to production of the gamepad.

I played the Rayman demo at a kiosk, and found the constant prompts to "look at your gamepad" during the game to be beyond distracting.

I wish Nintendo could just put out solidly designed hardware without resorting to gimmicks (like 3D on the 3DS and the gamepad on the Wii U); but I guess they think that they can only compete by offering something supposedly unique. In the end these end up being nothing more than distractions that take away from the potential of the main product, which in this case is the console or handheld.

Originally Posted by chimpmeister Agree, and add that the gamepad is a distracting "feature" that sapped huge resources away from the console itself due to its high expense. This is why the basic console specs are so low; they had to devote a large chunk of money to production of the gamepad. I played the Rayman demo at a kiosk, and found the constant prompts to "look at your gamepad" during the game to be beyond distracting. I wish Nintendo could just put out solidly designed hardware without resorting to gimmicks (like 3D on the 3DS and the gamepad on the Wii U); but I guess they think that they can only compete by offering something supposedly unique. In the end these end up being nothing more than distractions that take away from the potential of the main product, which in this case is the console or handheld.

I agree but sad to say we all know both competitors will try integrating a device to compete with Nintendo ie. Vita + PS3/PS4 or Xbox and a dildo ... I mean look at move and kinect. the times where you would have genuine games for each platform are dead. :(

Originally Posted by skiizim I don't get you Blaster man, didn't you say you wanted to own a Wii U but just not at this price? You posted those links on EA and Activision, you have to remember they don't make consoles either so the risk they are taking is minimal to moderate. They have a handful of titles that make lots of money for them, one day people are going to get tired of Call of Duty, EA is more diversified as a company something has always seemed off about it for me. It went from being primarily a Madden and Sims company to exploding into what it is now.

Oh I'm still getting it. I've never said I won't get it or that its a bad system. It's perfectly fine and ill get it. What I think is that the price is too high for what's about to become (effectively) last gen gaming. I also think they've lost the casual market and that you'll see really bad sales in the coming months (worse than expected for this time of the year). I believe a $50 price drop hits this year and possibly $100. There's a good chance you can get the deluxe bundles with Nintendo Land and a second game all for $250 (the Basic will probably dropped).

In other words, it's fine and I will buy one but want everyone on the fence to know that buying before the imminent price drop is a huge mistake.

imminent requires a timeframe. And that time frame is soon. Are you saying there will be a price drop soon?

Originally Posted by Blaster man Oh I'm still getting it. I've never said I won't get it or that its a bad system. It's perfectly fine and ill get it. What I think is that the price is too high for what's about to become (effectively) last gen gaming. I also think they've lost the casual market and that you'll see really bad sales in the coming months (worse than expected for this time of the year). I believe a $50 price drop hits this year and possibly $100. There's a good chance you can get the deluxe bundles with Nintendo Land and a second game all for $250 (the Basic will probably dropped). In other words, it's fine and I will buy one but want everyone on the fence to know that buying before the imminent price drop is a huge mistake.

My guess is that if there is a price drop within the first year, Nintendo would do something similar as they did with early 3DS adopters when they slashed the price. Totally a guess though. I wouldn't be suprised if they cut $50 off when the Xbox and/or PS4 is released (if they do get released this year).

AmbassadorU program coming soon!!!!

They shouldnt've gone HD. They looked at the competition and saw 3 consecutive HD consoles losing between 4 and 6 billion dollars each, and said, we want in on that. Brilliant.

They shouldve doubled down with the Wii, which was doing fine before they pulled support. With that marketshare they couldve waited as long as 2-3 years after the launch of the PS4/Xbox to launch something. The PS2 peaked in 2002 and dropped every year from then on out. Nintendo saw the same year over year drop and got scared.

SD wouldve likely allowed easier 2+ screen support, as you're trasmitting dramatically less information. It wouldve allowed a lower price point. The competition would have no chance to co-opt it as it would be a mid-cycle launch.

Now that they've made their bed, theres not much they can do. PS3 showed us that the damage done by a high price point isnt entirely remedied just by dropping the price. Nintendo has a robust enough development team(s) that they may able to make it look look a little better than the previous 3 HD consoles, but this is a low, low bar for Nintendo to have sunk. Hopefully they achieve Miyamoto's goal of completely divorcing video games from the TV soon, because their future in traditional home consoles looks bleak.

Wow that is the worst post of this thread and that's saying a lot.

You know as much as I love Nintendo I have to say so far Nintendo has kinda failed with the Wii U. So far the casuals that I talk to at my store have no idea what this system is even after I explain it and seem to be happy with their existing Wii system. Not to mention the lack of a title to get said casuals excited about this system is really going to hurt Nintendo. Heck just bringing up "New Super Mario Bros U" simply gets an "well there's a nearly identical game here on the Wii so why do I need this new system for this game?"

I really want the Wii U to be successful. I really like what Nintendo has to offer with this system hardware wise and I think once Nintendo gets the expected big titles out then the system will take off. The sad fact for now at least most people don't see the value of the system which I can understand. Just adding in HDMI and a touch screen controller isn't quite enough for the casuals. Heck most casuals I suspect probably have their Wii hooked up via the included composite cable so HDMI means very little to them even on their fancy HDTV.