Majmun
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I'm ok with that!!
The 3DS is currently my most played gaming machine. The more supoort, the better
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NPD Sales Results for March 2013 [Up5: BioShock Infinite]
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I'm ok with that!!
The 3DS is currently my most played gaming machine. The more supoort, the better
Zoramon089
Banned
It's pretty sad when people hope for consoles to fail. I can understand crappy games but consoles...why?
At some point, the license thing is going to grow stale. It's in WB's best interest long term to build an original Lego IP. A flop on a dying console is not the way to go about it. Hopefully they've learned their lesson.
It is what it is.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Holy shit. Perhaps if it does fail to pick up long term we might get a much better system next time around
TheNatural
My Member!
Maybe as well just run Sony completely out of the handheld market now, make a new handheld in a couple years with a TV out or dock, and focus everything on that. Boom, hybrid console/handheld, problems solved.
Aquamarine
Member
Liam Callahan, NPD analyst, comments that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) sales are "a solid performance."
Liam Callahan said:
What is even the point? If those numbers turn out to be accurate we're just gonna be going through the same shit again. Nothing has really changed since last month or even January. Same topics:
-Iwata/Miyamoto/Reggie resignation
-Price drop
-Kill the Wii U
-Rename it
-Launch a new console as early as next year
-Go 3rd party
The only thing that's changed is Monster Hunter and Lego City, and I was never pretending that those games along would resurrect the console. Let's just go ahead and admit that this shit ain't getting better until probably after E3. We shouldn't be surprised at all for the inevitable April, May, and June numbers.
-Iwata/Miyamoto/Reggie resignation
-Price drop
-Kill the Wii U
-Rename it
-Launch a new console as early as next year
-Go 3rd party
The only thing that's changed is Monster Hunter and Lego City, and I was never pretending that those games along would resurrect the console. Let's just go ahead and admit that this shit ain't getting better until probably after E3. We shouldn't be surprised at all for the inevitable April, May, and June numbers.
So WB decides to go with a different route with an original LEGO game (I can't believe I typed those words) than aping 70s cop films/shows (what kid would ever be interested in that?). That seems reasonable, no?
It's not like it was taking resources away from TT Games; LCU was made by TT Fusion, who typically work on the handheld versions of the main games.
I don't know what else you would attribute to the Wii-U's debacle short of sheer incompetence.
Nintendo really thought they had something with the Wii-U because they lived in a bubble. The casual audience that made the Wii so successful is not coming back, and many core gamers like myself are waiting for Nintendo to actually release the games they want.
Nintendo reaps what they sow.
I imagine at the time they signed the deal it didn't seem like a bad idea.
I mean looking at the success of the Wii and DS, especially among their target audience, guessing that the Wii U and 3DS with a strong co-marketing push from Nintendo could lead to great results doesn't seem unreasonable if you're looking at this from early 2011's perspective.
RumblingRosco
Member
Ah. I watched that but didn't hear that release date. Thanks!
They must be broken before they can be rebuilt.
Randolph Freelander
Member
If a console is promoting a vision you do not want to become the standard, then pulling for a console to not be successful I think is valid. Perhaps dude doesn't want a tablet controller to become normal. Perhaps dude things Nintendo mailed it in and deserves whatever fallout they get. Perhaps dude enjoys game forum carnage and if Nintendo brings it about, so be it. Perhaps I can fit one more use of the word perhaps in here.
Let's say Microsoft pulled some always-online nonsense and hypothetically even required XBL Gold just to be able to turn the daggum thing on. (hypothetical). Who wouldn't be pulling for that thing to go belly up?
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Does the Wii U deserve to sell well with its current software lineup? How is it possible to go from being the market leader to this seemingly overnight? Nintendo has only itself to blame.
Synth_floyd
Banned
Yeah it is pretty spiteful to just want a console to fail, but on the other hand if you don't like it and/or it sucks and it fails then something different will likely come along in the future. Hence why I'm rooting for Halo 4 to "fail" and have its multiplayer population drop as much as possible.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Less boxes to buy, more money in my pocket for games. Just think, owning only one piece of Nintendo tech next go-around is going to be all you'll need for each and every Nintendo game. £200 saved just for games!
Did the Gamespot article change?
http://m.gamespot.com/news/npd-bioshock-infinite-soars-to-top-spot-in-march-us-sales-6407248
It says: sales for the platform; did it say like that earlier?
EDIT: My bad, it already did, sorry
http://m.gamespot.com/news/npd-bioshock-infinite-soars-to-top-spot-in-march-us-sales-6407248
It says: sales for the platform; did it say like that earlier?
EDIT: My bad, it already did, sorry
As long as it's available on systems people own, yes it seems reasonable.
Fair point.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Greatness? You mean the GCN era when Mario was whored out even more and (outside of Windwaker) almost every single franchise since has seen a better installment released under Iwata?
Please gaming gods, bring us back Mario Party releases every year.
Even if that is the way they go and Wii U fails, it will be years until we would see that.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Its ok smash bros Wii U will be at E3. That thread gun be gud.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
I, for one, look forward to Wayne Gretzky Hockey U
shinra-bansho
Member
Perhaps you weren't, but a lot of people had been pinning their hopes on "Well, there's actual software releasing next month."
I really don't think a system can languish at 12K a week for half a year and make meaningful recovery. So I'm not sure what exactly people are expecting from E3.
Wow that list is so bare bones outside of Pikmin 3.
Bad consumer products should fail.
The times we live in man. Weird to me also honestly.
This is probably what NCL will be working towards in the future. Do a decent job with the WiiU and then dump it and move onto a miss mash of a console and handheld.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Some competent Star Foxs and F-Zeros would be nice along with some new ip
Napalm_Frank
Member
Made even worse by the fact that when the first ''big'' game comes out the full hypemachine for PS4/Durango has started.
Nintendo has a real uphill battle till the end of the year. It is not gonna be pretty.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Your right Nintendo is to blame but not because of arrogance. The launched Wii U ill-equipped. Software (price) is the problem and thats the bottom line cause stone cold says so.
The X and Bayo 2 threads were legendary. The tears of joy during 3D Mario and Smash, can't wait!
I want Nintendo games without having to put up with Nintendo's terrible hardware and online infrastructure.
Imagine 3D Mario/Metroid/Smash on PS4/720.
I'm rooting for a handheld only focus, maybe the often discussed hybrid handheld/console. They have the resources to do a great job if they only have to focus on one system.
I'd be ok with them going third party as well.
TheNatural
My Member!
Don't see why it's so weird to want Nintendo to go back to focusing on games instead of adding 70 or 80 dollars cost to their systems to contain a gimmick that doesn't improve gameplay in any way.
Believe it or not, it is possible to sell a system these days with just a controller without a second screen, camera, wand, steering wheel, or gyro in it.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Total incompetence with that software drought. They learned absolutely nothing from the 3DS launch.
Kitschkraft
Member
Really hope BS:I has some legs and they make some money. Be a shame if not.
Metallix87
Member
What makes the Wii U a bad product? The system is fine. The OS updates are coming. Games are coming. The biggest issue it has, right now, is that the games aren't coming fast enough.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
I think the bigger worry for Wii U (in August) would be missing out on the Madden 25 and GTA 5 hype trains.
Napalm_Frank
Member
I HOPE there will be tears of joy since 3D Mario (especially) and Smash are the last hopes of the system to impress me.
Mario Kart... MEH.
Chinpoko_Master
Member
If this is true, then lol. Even new games can't help the Wii U. There's something seriously wrong with the perception of this system, whether it's confusion or a complete lack of interest. Maybe both.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Do you really think that is going to happen when they hire some suit that is concerned more about money then their fans? Star Fox and F-Zero are c-tier franchises and new IPs are huge risks so why waste resources on them when you could instead milk Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, etc. even more?
There will definitely be tears.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Madden isn't coming to Wii U?