Wii U at a 'tipping point' for turning sales around, says Nintendo
Wii U has been a sales disappointment for Nintendo. According to marketing VP Scott Moffitt, however, the system is just about to turn the corner.
Wii U has been a sales disappointment for Nintendo. Even as software provides boosts to the system's sales, the cheaper system failed to beat PlayStation 4 or Xbox One in the most recent NPDs. According to marketing VP Scott Moffitt, though, Nintendo is staying the course and Wii U is about to turn the corner.
"As I look at what we have coming this holiday, now with Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros, plus the innovation of Amiibo, I think we are right at that tipping point where we have a lot of great content that is about to be released for that platform that's going to tempt gamers into buying the system," Moffitt told GamesIndustry.biz. "From the comments I'm reading online, and following gamers' comments, I think there are a lot of people that are going to have a hard time resisting buying a Wii U once Smash Bros comes out. I think that's going to be a major hardware driver for us. So that's the narrative we hope that plays out and that I think we are starting to see play out."
He also made a point of reiterating Nintendo's stance that the GamePad isn't going anywhere.
"We think GamePad is the only innovation that's come in this new generation of consoles," he said. "So we have the only real point of difference. Certainly graphics are faster, graphics are better. This is not a real innovation for gamers. We are fully committed to leveraging the GamePad, to keeping it bundled with the system."
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Wii U has been a sales disappointment for Nintendo. According to marketing VP Scott Moffitt, however, the system is just about to turn the corner.-
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Gosh, if only they could put out more than 4 games in 2 years:
Disc Games:
New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Land
Game & Wario
Pikmin 3
New Super Luigi U
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
Wii Party U
Super Mario 3D World
Wii Fit U
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Mario Kart 8
eShop Exclusive:
Pokémon Rumble U
Wii Sports Club
NES Remix
Dr. Luigi
NES Remix 2
Pushmo World
And if you want games that are due before the 2 year mark:
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Hyrule Warriors
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The quality of Mario Kart 8 shows why Nintendo can make money without going the Big Graphics console route. They nail fun so damn well that I could not care less about how many pixels there are.
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To be fair, the other consoles have like 3 games total so far.
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Just goes to show what great art style can do.
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Mario Kart 8 is seriously amazing. Game of the year for me, for sure. I'll be playing it for months to come, definitely worth buying a Wii U for.
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That seems like a great idea, actually.
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I keep going this will happen.
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God that rule.
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WOULD rule.
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Wouldn't having Street Fighter as a Nintendo exclusive piss off a lot of players?
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I think having SF as any kind of exclusive would make people lose their minds. It would be the biggest get since Halo, and players flipped out about that.
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Yes. It would also sell a shit-ton of consoles.
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Right, but the chances of Nintendo making games for another console is pretty slim. If they were to bring Capcom into the umbrella that is.
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Gamers getting mad about something? That would be super unusual.
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Does not mean they are going to do it.
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They've already shown a great working relationship with Capcom in the past what with the timed exclusivity of RE4 about 10 years back...
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I also see this coming.
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if only there were some well funded software company with a business interest in proving its value
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The games that do the most with it are party games, which are off of everyone's radar. But it really shines in a group of people. Asymmetric games with 4 local players is worth experiencing.
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I think most people agreed that could be pretty cool when they first showed it. But there's not exactly a ton of great games of that sort now and the real issue is a lot of us simply don't have 4-5 people over to play games locally like we used to (sadly).
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My TV gaming is purely social, so I guess without local multiplayer I'd never get a console. I do all my alone time gaming on the PC.
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my PC lacks a variety of critical singleplayer exclusives that consoles have. If I only used a console for local multiplayer I'd have a hard time justifying the investment for how infrequent that is. And that's really a big part of why online play has become so big on consoles. If I want to play with my old local multiplayer friends I have to do it online now.
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That's too bad.
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If it doesn't tip after Smash, then it's not tipping. I don't think it's going to tip.
But that's OK, because the 3DS is awesome, and their next handheld will be so powerful that it will also have an HDMI out and look really good on a TV.-
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That's probably a 2016 title, Nov 2015 at best. That's pretty late, with a lot of nothing in between. Skyward Sword released after a similar drought, and it didn't sell very well (for a Zelda game).
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I hope Nintendo puts out more HD remakes a la Wind Waker HD. Give me a Mario Galaxy 1-2 bundle.
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Galaxy doesn't really need it, but I'd be surprised if they don't do re-releases of more GameCube games. Wind Waker was pretty popular and it seems to me something that can be cheaply achieved. Metroid Prime trilogy, Super Mario Sunshine, Wave Race & F-Zero GX (especially if they're not gonna make sequels anytime soon), Pikmin 1&2.
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The hell it doesn't, I want it to be of Mario Kart 8 fidelity.
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There are already Wii versions of Pikmin 1 and 2 that use the Wiimote but it would be interesting if they took Wii U Gamepad controls into account.
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Snatching up Capcom would also mean they get Resident Evil so if they re-released RE Zero and the RE1 remake, that'd be sweet (also already available on the Wii).
A new Resident Evil franchise entry that was like Zombi U would rock.
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Personally I hope they do a lot more smaller, riskier games now. NES Remix betting on nostalgia and cross-overs is the right direction and it looks like Miyamoto is already experimenting with smaller game ideas. I'd spooge if they did the same with Capcom franchises.
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Well, I guess this could be a tipper if it actually happens.
http://kotaku.com/what-nintendos-top-game-creators-think-of-minecraft-1593839008
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smash bros seems like a hardcore following though, and people who are smash players probably already have a wii u
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it pales in comparison to the popularity of Mario Kart. It just has a higher percentage of hardcore fans.
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This.
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You can already buy a refurb from Nintendo for that much. HAVE YOU BEEN TIPPED YET???
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^^tipped me. Mine arrived about a week ago and its been amazing.
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oh god damnit why did you say this.
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But imagine playing it at a decent frame rate.
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Took me about 1week and 2 days shipping to Kitchener. The tracking number didn't update at all so if you order one don't let the tracking number upset you, it will likely say Richmond the while time.
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Do you have a reliable link for this?
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It's worth every penny at full price.
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