Analyst on Wii U: "Competitive position has deteriorated", "No Activision support".
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The Wii versions of COD were still legging it out to around a million units sold. Thats with having to basically build the entire game from ground up for the Wii.
Wii U is just a case of porting so even if it only still sells a million they will have invested alot less cash
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It's not news at all. There's zero chance that Activision is ignoring the Wii U.
Don't be stupid. There's a yearly COD on Wii every year that sells a million in its own right.
Activision is not in the business of judging consoles. It is in the business of porting games to everything available to maximise the earnings. This isn't difficult.
Combichristoffersen
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Activision would put CoD on your toaster if they could. CoD will be on Wii U.
Sentenza
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Well, to be fair, most of the successful Nintendo products probably would have been absolute failures if produced and marketed by anyone else.
But, once again, as stated by Activision, never bet against them. They could sell pretty much anything.
So now there's criticism coming from Japan.
We knew Kojima said he wasn't going to support the WiiU with his next big project.
And Activision not supporting WiiU... I can see it for a couple reasons.
#1 how involved is EA in the Nintendo Network?
#2 CoD has to compete with Battlefield. To do so they have to squeeze every ounce of tech they can into the series. Dumbing it down just so it can be on WiiU isn't going to help. Saying, even if it's a bit of a lie, that the next CoD can't be run on WiiU makes their game look stronger.
We knew Kojima said he wasn't going to support the WiiU with his next big project.
And Activision not supporting WiiU... I can see it for a couple reasons.
#1 how involved is EA in the Nintendo Network?
#2 CoD has to compete with Battlefield. To do so they have to squeeze every ounce of tech they can into the series. Dumbing it down just so it can be on WiiU isn't going to help. Saying, even if it's a bit of a lie, that the next CoD can't be run on WiiU makes their game look stronger.
Hmmmm. Even the N-Gage got some very superficial support from EA and yet we're lead to believe that Activision will completely ignore the WiiU?
Sounds to me that the article is confusing PS360 ports with original, EXCLUSIVE, specifically developed Activision titles for the WiiU.
I'd imagine that the WiiU would at least..., at least get a port of whatever COD spin off that the Vita is getting.
Sounds to me that the article is confusing PS360 ports with original, EXCLUSIVE, specifically developed Activision titles for the WiiU.
I'd imagine that the WiiU would at least..., at least get a port of whatever COD spin off that the Vita is getting.
I can't see Activision just not supporting the Wii U. They even make Wii versions of CoD, Spider-Man, Transformers, etc. Not to mention, I'm sure most of Skylanders' sales was from little kids on the Wii/3DS.
Can't say I'd care either way though. The Wii U will probably just be for Nintendo games and a few rare 3rd party exclusives for me.
Can't say I'd care either way though. The Wii U will probably just be for Nintendo games and a few rare 3rd party exclusives for me.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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You believing it is even worse.
Even if the Nintendo Network is powered by Origin?
your not honestly believing what this guy is saying are u? cuz if u do, i'm dating Katy Perry...
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MatthewB92
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On the second point..... wat? My brain hurts.
ClovingWestbrook
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Lets be honest, Mario and Zelda on iOS would be fantastic for Nintendo. Make it F2P even and have extra levels cost cash. Keep the full version on the 3DS/Wii U. BOOM Rainbow full of gold.
"CoD can't be run on the Wii U, the game is too graphically intensive and there's no way we could downport it to the Wii U. Here's CoD vita btw."
You should say "there's a bridge I'd like you sell you, and it's not the wii U"
Lord Ghirahim
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I am pleased by the usual suspects gleefully accepting the latter part of the thread title as fact.
Chinpoko_Master
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I somehow doubt that's going to happen this time.
electroplankton
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Wait... Has Konami supported Wii and DS in a relevant way? I'd say no.
JordanLMiller
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But that's just what a naysayer would say!
Yes, Nintendo wants to kill their console market.
Just like everyone doubted it the first time?
ClovingWestbrook
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The console/handheld gets the full version. You won't be killing it.
Sohter.Nura
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HEY GAYZ I HERD MORTL KOMBAT VS STRIT FAITA GOT CANSELED DONT BUY CAPCPOM STOK OK????
If that's not a job for the screen on the WiiU tablet controller I don't know what is.
OK so how about the first point?
Because it has been speculated a bunch since Ricitello came out on stage with Nintendo at the last e3 that EA may have a huge hand in helping Nintendo with the online.
If EA is handling Nintendos online there would be a huge reason for Activision not to support the WiiU.
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See, now I can't find it and I look like a crazy (crazier?) person.
blame space used to post it a lot. It wasn't an actual butt, it looked like something made on a computer. IDK.
To be honest, I wouldn't invest in Nintendo right now either. I would risk it right before E3 in the off chance that they will rise after all the announcements.
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...And watch the market drain away when people realise that they no longer need to buy a Nintendo console to get exclusive Nintendo experiences, even reduced ones.
Come on, we've been through all of this a thousand times over.
There's a hell of a lot of ifs, there.
If you think there's any chance that Nintendo have had the Nintendo Network dictated to them by EA, you're certifiably crazy.
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My post wasn't really so much about what the Wii was lacking. It was about what publishers and third parties were doing to fuel the HD train. Those petz games and all that shovelware would have killed anyone brave enough to dump them on the 360 or PS3 so they took full advantage of it on the Wii. I wonder how well things would have turned out for Capcom if they never made RE4:Wii Edition or Umbrella Chronicles. Other companies in the industry also had similar successes that never led to anything serious for the system(you can bet that money went towards some nice HD projects though).
I'm not really bitching because the Wii's problem for me was not it's software. The console was a wreck when it came to online infrastructure and basic community features like voice chat and such.
u guys are gonna hate me or agree with me but Konami is a former shell of itself. i don't see them as nowhere near having relevancy anymore in comparison to the other big 3rd parties. all the top franchises have been replaced by MGS lol.
ClovingWestbrook
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I disagree. Nintendo needs to realize where the road is heading.
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They gave you Castlevania Judgment, but you ungrateful tossers didn't want it.
They made some DS games didn't they? The Wii.. I guess they didn't do much there.
JacksUsername
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I think there's still a great amount of risk - if a large portion of the audience get's their fill from the iOS version, the reasons for getting a dedicated portable dwindle pretty fast.
bigtroyjon
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3DS was predicted to be a success by almost everyone before it came out and has underperformed nearly everyone's expectations aside from Japan.
It's cheating a bit, but we'll always have Kororinpa.
funkystudent
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Interesting.......
Disappointed that Nintendo are dropping the ball for 3rd parties again after promising to work with them more.
Seems like the Wii U will be another Nintendo Console that people buy just to play Nintendo games.
Disappointed that Nintendo are dropping the ball for 3rd parties again after promising to work with them more.
Seems like the Wii U will be another Nintendo Console that people buy just to play Nintendo games.
The whole Nintendoomed thing is still hyperbolic though.
ClovingWestbrook
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Nintendo can figure out a way to keep the full experience on their hardware.
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Off a cliff?
ClovingWestbrook
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Nope.
MatthewB92
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Can't answer the first point because we don't know enough. Right now we know NiN is going to have accounts for WiiU. Plus NiN is being used in some 3DS games so we know atm EA has nothing to do with that. So my first point is pointless
.no iOS version
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