wii u is total ass because there are no first party nintendo brand games out on the console that are "must haves" and that is all that nintendo consoles are good for. 3rd party devs are not flocking to the wii u because the wii sucked for third parties after the initial gimmick wore off.
The U's gimmick is not terribly interesting and so you're left with a $300 console that's no faster than a 360/ps3 and for which no games exist and which is going to be eclipsed this year by true next gen consoles.
They won't bother, just as today the best games are not ported to the Wii.This is by far the biggest problem I see facing the WiiU, and the exact same thing happened with the Wii.
It's vastly underpowered out of the gate, and relies on a gimmick. Well why is that bad? Because as the generation progresses and the graphics gap increases, 3rd parties are going to be basically porting their games to the PS4 and Xbox 720 without issue, but it's going to be a giant hassle to gimp the game and port it to the WiiU. Not in all cases, but I'd imagine a good many won't even be attempted, or will be seriously lacking in many ways compared to the PS4/Xbox entries.
They won't bother, just as today the best games are not ported to the Wii.
The Wii was often purchased for children because it was cheap. The U is not cheap and needs to drop price quickly if it wants to successfully capture a lot of the low end market like the Wii has done.
I've seen damn little marketing on this, haven't seen a commercial in a long time.
They won't bother, just as today the best games are not ported to the Wii.
The Wii was often purchased for children because it was cheap. The U is not cheap and needs to drop price quickly if it wants to successfully capture a lot of the low end market like the Wii has done.
I've seen damn little marketing on this, haven't seen a commercial in a long time.