Wii U to be sold at a loss
While Wii U will represent the launch of Nintendo's most-expensive console yet, it appears Nintendo is still subsiding the cost of the hardware.
Nintendo is not a company known for selling hardware at a loss. Only when Nintendo started selling 3DS below cost did the company report massive losses--a necessity to help rescue the then-fledgling platform. And while Wii U will represent the launch of Nintendo's most-expensive console yet, it appears Nintendo is still subsiding the cost of the hardware.
Speaking at a recent investor's meeting, Nintendo's Yoshihiro Mori confirmed that Nintendo will take a loss on each system sold. It's unclear how much of a loss Nintendo is expected to take, but clearly bundling a tablet controller with every system has something to do with the system's unusually high production cost.
"Manufacturing costs are expensive, and we priced the machine at a level customers would accept," Satoru Iwata said according to IGN. "It's important for us to develop a healthy business next fiscal year by combining sales of hardware and software."
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While Wii U will represent the launch of Nintendo's most-expensive console yet, it appears Nintendo is still subsiding the cost of the hardware.-
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That's because you're not insane.
They're going all-in on this thing, but they're making so many mistakes. :(
Nintendo, please, just make some good side-scrollers for the Vita. A good, classic Mario game, a 2.5d Kid Icarus, a 2.5d Metroid, a 2.5d Castlevania, a top-down Zelda game (that doesn't look like WW).-
Making games for other systems would be the stupidest thing Nintendo has ever, or would ever do. Bar none. Their 1st party games are what keep their hardware alive.
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I think the point is, we don't need Nintendo's hardware anymore. The choices they continue to make with hardware are baffling and aren't really leading to exciting changes in the industry...it just ends up being another gimmick foisted onto games that don't need it (like say, waggle bullshit in SMG1/2)
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You don't need Nintendo hardware anymore. And you're in the minority in regards to SMG. SMG is considered one of the top games of all time by TopTenReviews, GameRankings, and Metacritic. Removing hardware severely limits Nintendo's ability to innovate. And if you think it's not a big deal, you can throw away the portable gaming market, the acceptance of touch screens, motion control, and the recent push of secondary video outputs for home entertainment and games. Companies like Microsoft and Sony try to play leap-frog with Nintendo's gimmicks for a reason. Nintendo innovates and brings fresh ideas to the plate. While they may not always pan out or be the greatest, there are definitely shining moments and industry as a whole would be lessened without them.
Super Mario Galaxy is the second highest-rated game of all time on the review aggregator website TopTenReviews,[3] as well as the second highest of all time on review aggregator website GameRankings.[59] The game is the third highest rated game of all-time on Metacritic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy#Reception
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I'm not saying SMG is bad, I'm saying SMG features a totally unnecessary usage of the Wii's "gimmick", despite the fact that the game would play as well, if not better without it.
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I totally agree and for those that like SMG (my self included) there is options out now on the PC Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams its a EPIC platformer that pushes the genera probably even more than the past few SMG have ever and you can play it now. I used to play the orig on the C64.
13$ on Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/223220/?snr=1_4_4__tab-NewReleasesFilteredDLC_1
Screens: Supports DX10 and 11 and the gameplay and level design is outstanding for the genera
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You press a button and the game instantly switches to a alternative char(abilities) music(epic score) and universe in the same lvl its pretty freaking cool. Tight platforming and thinking I real love it also Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is another platformer dear to my heat so freaking good http://store.steampowered.com/app/205230/?snr=1_7_suggest__13
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Cool, yeah it was great hey old school C64 the music was amazing. For the new one don't think the game is easy the first stage is but it gets real hard and you have to think hard core(they ease you in, you will be hooked after lvl 1). If you love the old school music you can force it to only play that style(options). As it is when you switch to the punk version it plays a Metal score the good version in the death universe version plays which is the orig music style keyboard synth(it has some real cool new music too).
Enjoy its really great hard to put down. Man I need so much time to play all my games and work on my projects, I wish I did not have to go to work :( and waste time on stuff I don't care about.
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Really?
The Wii was an enormous hit right out of the gate. Everyone and their mother was interested in this new motion controller because it was different]. Things like Wii Sports were an instant smash at most parties, drawing in a ton of people that wouldn't normally want to pick up a controller for fear of 'too many buttons' or it being too complicated. I remember watching my aunts and uncles all playing bowling together and having a blast, thinking this would never happen if I attempted to hand them a 360 controller. Never.
It sold way more copies than either the PS3 and Xbox, and also forced both companies on the defensive and made them to play catch up with their own versions of motion control, years later. While I agree that the Wii lost a lot (all?) of it's steam fairly quickly and became somewhat of a joke to most hardcore gamers, you can't deny the impact it had on the industry. -
it added something to the market its called cash moneys for nintendo
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Uhm...the Vita is doing worse than the 3DS...why would they make games for THAT?
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Castlevania is a Konami property, just so you know.
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Please shack, tell me again how stupid the Wii was and how awful its sales were going to be.
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You can check around to verify numbers, but it doesn't look like MS is much better in overall HW to SW sales ratios. http://3dsforums.com/lounge-2/myth-busting-game-console-attach-rates-14585/ Of course, the actual 360 numbers are probably double those shown if you account for dead units.
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I got to play it at gamestop, I was genuinely surprised how good the screen looked. I expected it to look a lot worse
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it doesn't do multitouch and it has 3-5 hours of battery life, does that answer your question?
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Yes, this.
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Will this be the first console to actually put out real 1080p games? personally im excited to get my hands on this, and it has already been pre-ordered. The idea of being able to play a quality AAA SMB and AssCred on the same system is enough for me. However the above news sounds like a marketing play. Just sayin.
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HD Mario Galaxy collection and I will buy.
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They should sell them on eBay like everyone else
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