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Wii U continues to struggle as 3DS booms

Nintendo's Wii U console has failed to light the world ablaze, resulting in lowered projections for previous financial periods. The latest fiscal numbers from the company show some progress for the tablet-based console, but it continues to struggle.

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_QQ_3861d ago

Move 50% of 3DS developers to Wiiu Nintendo.

DarkBlood3861d ago

they share one headquarters if you didnt already know.

_QQ_3861d ago

yes and some are working on 3ds while others on wiiu games, more of them are obviously working on 3ds.

shivvy243861d ago

probably cause it takes longer to make games on wii u

Anarki3861d ago

As I have always said, shove a Pokémon game on to the Wii U and watch the sales numbers rise.

mikeslemonade3861d ago

Y'all need it to get it through your thick skulls nothing will fix the Wii U. They can come out with all the exclusives but if you don't match system power, online functionality, and lack the multiplatform games they will be lucky to sell 30 million units this generation.

Look what happened to the Gamecube and N64. The Wii was just an anomoly because motion controls and WiiSports was the selling point.

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Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II3861d ago

The wii is outselling it recently.

danny8183861d ago

pope kaz,
whats your stance on the wiiu's struggles? will this reflect the ps4 as 2014 unfolds?

Fanboyssuck273861d ago

The wii outsells everything including playstation and xbox.

MrCastle3861d ago

No way! 3ds is the shit! Leave that beauty alone. I'm ready for another resident evil or maybe another GameCube port.

3-4-53861d ago

They already did....about a year ago. They originally moved wii u dev's to 3DS to get games on it because it was "struggling" and then this caused there to be less games in first year for Wii U.

R00bot3861d ago

That was probably a good idea, because Nintendo has always dominated the handheld market and the investors were running scared when that changed. As long as their handhelds are doing OK Nintendo is doing OK.

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BullyMangler3861d ago

struggle schmuggle . . the wiiU already succeeded .. it already provides more immersion and more game-changing qualities over a sony and microsoft machine < fact just look at the new Deus Ex and the new Splintercell . . the wiiU versions is superior than ps3 360 because of the game-pad .

saLes are important yes, but nintendo is so king that they can afford to make "mistakes".

MadLad3861d ago

It's hard to survive a failing when it comes to making a console.
There is a lot of money involved.

I love Nintendo and want to see them succeed but, as it stands, they are damn lucky to have the 3DS at the moment.

kingPoS3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

Why not compare the PS2 & Xbox to the Wii while your at it. Of course it going to look better, it's a whole generation ahead of what came before.

GameSpawn3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

...and it will be behind again in 2-3 weeks.

(the rest is not in response to kingPoS)

Remember the PS4 and Xbox will be getting Second Screen and SmartGlass to compete with Nintendo's gamepad and both swamp the WiiU in terms of power. Nintendo has gotten out of sync with the generations. I think the Wii and DS's successes have gone to their head and blinded them.

Nintendo can make a few mistakes because of where the Wii and DS have put them. They almost botched the 3DS by launching at too high of a price, but were quick to lower it and regain some lost momentum. The WiiU however has NO ONE fooled.

Even some of the most hardcore Nintendo fans were very cautious to buy into it. Windwaker HD grabbed a few people, but the lack of more "Windwaker HD"-successful games are causing the console to stagnate at the worst time possible with the competition's systems just over the horizon.

It also doesn't help that the bread and butter of the Wii's market, the impulse buyers and naive overprotective parents, look at the WiiU and compare it to the Wii they already own and are quick to pass over it as a "minor" upgrade. They shouldn't have called it the WiiU for God's sakes; those parents (naive remember) see WiiU and think "Oh? A WiiU, so it just a Wii right? Well, we already have one of those and this seems MUCH more expensive. Move along little Johny, let's get you some more Skylanders toys.".

Again, I can only see Nintendo salvaging what is left of the WiiU by cranking out some quality first party titles and enticing some unique, exclusive 3rd party or 2nd party titles to the table as well. Nintendo isn't going away and their handhelds are making damn sure of that, but they sure are fading to the default 3rd place before the game has even begun.

R00bot3861d ago

The thing is, the Wii U gamepad is always going to be better than PSVITA and SmartGlass due to the zero lag and the fact that everyone with a Wii U has one.
The VITA has very little owners, so it won't be used as a major part in any games.
And SmartGlass, although it uses phones which pretty much everyone has, has got bad lag that won't make it viable for fast paced gaming.

shivvy243861d ago

ive kinda been disappointed with nintendos home consoles since the wii

Concertoine3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

for me the confirmed titles of the first few years already make the wii u better than the wii :P

shivvy243861d ago

Yeah that's true, but they used to do much better when they were competing with the PS1,2 !ever since they started doing their own think it kinda feels like they haven't been pushing for something fresh like games( just my opinion )

Felonycarclub83861d ago

All wii-u really needs it's the games that most people love from Nintendo but don't right and taking full advantage of the power that the wii-u has, like star fox, Zelda a super Mario 64 kind of game pokemon and metro I'd and etc and they should drop the price to 250 and have an internal hdd

LOL_WUT3861d ago

Nintendo's Q2 results were very disappointing and the only game they have to counter the other two consoles is a Mario game... The holidays coming up are going to dictate the future of the Wii U. ;)

Misaka_x_Touma3861d ago

Their report ended September.
Zelda Wind Waker HD boosted it a lot toward the end of the quarter.

With the Japanese Bundles coming this week and more big titles for Holiday plus the Price Drop full effect will mean a lot.

Same thing happened with 3DS. Zelda came before price drop at that time 3DS was at 5m I think then it increase to 6.

At the same time in October 3DS was at 7m. Toward end of 2011 and early 2012 3DS sold 12m.

ritsuka6663861d ago

The holidays coming up are going to dictate the future of the Wii U. ;) '''

Nah..2014 is the key year of Wii U. ;)

R00bot3861d ago

That's when most of the key games come out. It's going to be a grand year to be a wii u owner.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos7d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H97d ago

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

OtterX6d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H96d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro6d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos5d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger887d ago

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.

Relientk776d ago

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

Profchaos6d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris6d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

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."

RiseNShine23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

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.

gold_drake23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

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.

Inverno23d ago

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.