Nintendo's Wii U launched at retail just over six months ago to a lukewarm reception from critics. An even more tepid response from consumers followed, with week-one sales trailing behind those of its predecessor. A massive day-one patch, missing functionality (Nintendo TVii, anyone?) and an ever-expanding launch window for games, some of which still aren't available (Pikmin 3, anyone?) are just a few of the many issues that overwhelmed the discussion last November. Company head Satoru Iwata even publicly apologized.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
"Everyone on the internet says they hate Nintendo, yet Nintendo sells millions of consoles, are all these haters Nintendo users? Everyone seems to have 3DS now, a console according to blogs is supposed to be dead."
-ReneRamosAvendaño
Vita is also struggling, which leads me to believe (based on the limited info we have) that the market itself is struggling, not just the Wii-U. Even the 3DS is merely selling okay (it's selling half of what the DS did by this point).
Price point will be king. Just watch. PS4 and Xbox One will come out, Wii-U will be the de facto "cheapest", and by this time next year we'll be seeing all these "journalists" turn around and say "see? I told you Wii-U would be successful. We just had to give it time".
well, lets see if they have any new games to show during the ND since they think the most popular gaming convention around the world isnt worth their time.. They have to show some 1st party games beyond pikmin or im selling it.. I can always re buy it after a significant price cut, hardware redesign, & bigger library of titles are here..
Im sure they have some type of pics or footage of smash bros & bayonetta but show some NEW effin games & tell me theres some great games coming soon because im losing faith
I would buy if it was not the stupid region lock the games have.
I`m living in UK and after one year I`ll come back to Brazil. So, -1 sell.
I am a very Proud Owner of A Wii U. Great Console.