It’s pretty much common knowledge by now that Nintendo are struggling with the Wii U, especially following recent news that partner Asda are pulling the console from their stores in favour of promoting the 3DS and making it available through online channels only.
Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group
Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform
Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal
I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.
Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."
You can't make this crap up lol
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.
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.
The wii u price is fine right now. Their problem is content.
Although with Xbox one and PS4 release lurking around, It is not looking too good.
Though Nintendo will be ok.
Wii U will be fine once more quality software lands on the console
I am just so damn sick of these articles lol. As long as nintendo makes money off the wii u, theyre happy. They dont care where they sit in some petty console race.
They consider their worst selling home console gamecube, a system which only sold twice what the dreamcast sold in 3 years, a success. Why? They made money.
All i know is i see enough games through 2014 to make me choose a wii u over a ps4 (which i will get end of 2014), and thats a quite a feat for a "doomed" system.
@thezeldadoth
Yeah like ive said before, the wii u will at the very least stand out as a system with individuality in a gen that (like last) will largely consist of multiplat games. And i respect nintendo's descision to not make a black box that plays ps4/one games, just as much as i question it.
I will play my Wii u for exclusives, a lot of good ones coming in the next couple of months. Bayonetta 2 being the one I'm looking forward to the most.
The price is not okay. Its $50 than than the ps4. That is not okay. When the proce drop and content comes, the consile will rise