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Is there enough in the pipeline to save the Wii U?

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CrazedProfessional

Member
After this E3 and Mario Kart, Nintendo had a revived sort of confidence. I'm not sure however if this E3 puts the speculation of it being a dead console to rest as a similar sort of confidence in their platform was displayed in the earlier years of the 3DS's launch issues.

Do you guys think this E3 will result in a turnaround of sales or is this merely a mirage?
 
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ReiGun

Member
Define "save."

I think there's a enough to put it on the same tier as the 3DS - doing much better than its dismal beginnings, but nowhere near the level of its predecessor. Still needs a price cut to make that happen, though.
 
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imtehman

Banned
you never want to see it happen but the wii u is on the downward slope. Look on the brightside though, it'll get cheap real fast and we can all buy it and play the exclusives for fcheap!
 
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Mariolee

Member
Well, the 3DS is fine now so...if the same confidence was there then and the confidence was validated, then we can imagine the same should happen to the Wii U right?
 
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Otakumegane

Member
Unfortunately no.

We'll get some good games and WiiU owners will be happy about that, but the sales aren't going to explode all of a sudden.
 
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Usobuko

Banned
The last 2 weeks for Nintendo's Wii U ( when Mario Kart launched till now ) has been a better PR success than all the years before it.
 
TDLink

TDLink

Member
Yes, although I don't think you will see the results immediately. There will be some people who go out and buy it based purely on the announcements (and some who already have). For the most part though people are going to wait for the games. I think this year Hyrule Warriors, Bayo 2/1, Toad, and Smash are going to deliver much better holiday sales than last year though. And 2015's lineup looks absolutely killer.
 
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block tower

Member
right now e3 hype is making things look good for the Wii U, but i'm sure this fall/winter people will forget about Wii U and go about business as usual. certainly no one in the mainstream/casual market will care about the games announced at e3.
 
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ksamedi

Member
There is enough in the pipeline to satisfy the current Wii U owners I think, and that is what Iwata is going for. I think they will release a new handheld in 2015 and a new console in 2016.
 
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Aostia

El Capitan Todd
nothing will save wiiu commercially. but they proved they will support the console heatily. I hope they can sustain price drop, offer bundles, integrate accounts and reach GC ltd numbers in order to profit with their softwares
 
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Dragonborn

Member
Depends on what you mean save. Will it bring it up to PS4 like sales, no? Xbox One, probably not. Will it still sell a good amount and hopefully make Nintendo money, maybe. They've got tons of good content coming and I think if they were able to do a $250 MK8 bundle this holiday, it would help big time. At the very least Nintendo will hold onto second place of long while more.
 
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popyea

Member
No, but it looks like nintendo are intent on making the best out of it. They've given up on competing with the heavy hitters, but they're still able to put out some decent releases.
 
UberTag

UberTag

Member
I doubt it very much.
The Dreamcast won an E3 the year before it went tits up too, you know.
Doesn't matter what kind of great software you churn out if you can't get Joe Consumer to buy it.
 
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SmokeMaxX

Member
slash3584 said:
It will se as good as any other Nintendo console excluding the Wii.

Maybe a bit more if they keep the megatons coming :p
Click to expand...

Nice. It'll be as good as the NES and SNES.

Anyway, sales should rise as more games come out. I expect it to be a good secondary console to PS4/XBone users which will be good for it in the long run. It probably will never do as well as optimists hope though, which is unfortunate.
 
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duckroll

Member
No, I don't think there's really anything that can be done to save the WiiU at this point, since a first party can only do so much. But what they have announced in the pipeline for the system should be more than enough to satisfy those who do end up buying the system, especially when most people who do will probably have more than one system. By the end, there'll be a decent range of games, but it'll still be a pretty unsuccessful platform. Kinda like the Dreamcast I guess.
 
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Roshin

Member
Before E3 I hoped Nintendo would get their shit together and to my surprise, they sort of did. I was actually quite impressed. At this point, I would pick up a Wii U if there was a price cut and if they introduced proper user accounts.

A price cut is likely, but I'm not so sure about accounts.
 
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kuroshiki

Member
TDLink said:
Yes, although I don't think you will see the results immediately. There will be some people who go out and buy it based purely on the announcements (and some who already have). For the most part though people are going to wait for the games. I think this year Hyrule Warriors, Bayo 2/1, Toad, and Smash are going to deliver much better holiday sales than last year though. And 2015's lineup looks absolutely killer.
Click to expand...

in 2015 nintendo really is no match for competitors though. number of third party games coming out 2015 is insane.
 
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Crimsonclaw111

Member
Japanese sales seem to be about the same as any other bump after a first party drop (talking MK8 here).

If that didn't bump it significantly, I don't think anything will. It'll coast along.
 
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TropicanaTwista

Member
Dont get me wrong nintedno had a great e3, but the first step in "saving" the wii u is getting ppl to know that it even exists. Youd be amazed on how many people I know that never heard of it or thought the wii u was a tablet controller add on for the wii.
 
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SolidSnakex

Member
They unveiled and showed a bunch of great looking games for hte Wii U at E3. The big problem is that most of those are set for next year. The bigger problem is that they still won't lock in a date or even a month that people can expect to get their hands on Smash Bros. So what they have is what they had before E3. Some solid games that are spread apart and nothing to fill the gaps due a complete lack of third party support.
 
linko9

linko9

Member
There's enough to save it in the public perception of Gaffer-erque hardcore gamers, and that counts for something. As far as sales go, it can probably do better than the GC if they play their cards right, but I doubt it could do much better. That said, good word of mouth can be important, and if they end this generation right, they could get some momentum going into the next one. That was obviously a huge problem with the Wii U; momentum from the Wii had been dead for well over a year when it came out.
 
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Kanyon

Member
It could always do a PS3, I mean that had a shifty start and it turned out fine in the long run. Same thing could happen with the Wii U, especially with all these new games coming down the pipe...
 
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Morokh

Member
They might start making it profitable for them when the big things come in 2015, but with absolutely zero third party support they'll certainly stay far behind.

But for people who already own the console because of their games, they have wonderful times coming ahead.
 
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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
I am far more excited for the wii u library than either other console, but I don't see what was shown having mass appeal aside from Mario Kart and Smash. And that alone can't really pull it out of the terrible position it has been in.
 
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Kriken

Member
The whole 'Save the Wii U' bugs me, it's not happening, best Nintendo can do is salvage what they've got left and work hard to do better next generation.

As for does Nintendo have enough to prevent this from being worse than the GC? I still doubt it, even if MK8 were to say, sell 1 million systems between May and June WW, they couldn't keep up the momentum. And that's exactly what will hurt it in the future, they don't have the resources to keep momentum high at any time.

But you know what, in the end, I think Nintendo can satisfy those who have/will have a Wii U with their offerings kinda like the Gamecube/Dreamcast
 
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batbeg

Member
I think it has enough to not be a complete failure. Gamecube numbers are attainable, particularly as we move into 2015 where the lineup will truly shine. They will earn gamers good graces, build a loyal fanbase again, and hopefully get shit right the next generation.

I don't often make threads but was thinking about the idea of Nintendo having basically had everything in order with the Wii U. Imagine launching with Nintendoland and NSMBU, by Christmas moving onto 3D World and Tropical Freeze, 2013 opening with Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, Lego Undercover, W101, Bayonetta 1+2, Hyrule Warrior, Christmas time giving us Super Smash Bros Wii U, 2014 coming out with Xenoblade Chronicles X, Splatoon, ZELDA, etc. Basically a year head start on their whole lineup. I think we would have seen a very different picture of Wii U :(
 
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drproton

Member
It depends on what you mean by "save". Nintendo is very good at making profit, even with relatively bad sales.

A Gamecube-level "success" is about all I'd expect.
 
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wishdom

Member
Well there's enough for my friends which haven't bought one yet, they are waiting for Smash.
I'm quite happy to see Nintendo pushing it a lot more this year, with colabs, smaller projects and big ips.
Tbh, the only game that they need to announce now is a Pokemon game in HD (Pokken/Stadium) and another big Mario game to secure GCN lifetime sales (just speculating though).

We will have to wait and see if the games gauge enough interest to the general public.
 
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1000 Branches

Banned
It'll probably do around as well as the Gamecube did (which is honestly more than I would have hoped for until last week, given how awful last year went), but I think this E3 was more about reaching out to the fans and making sure they had no reason to regret their Wii U purchases. I think Nintendo managed that pretty well.
 
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Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
It will still do worse than the Gamecube but I think there is enough software coming to avoid the console dying before 2016.
 
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Kurt

Member
I'm glad with the amount of greate games that are announced and already have been released.

In the end my wallet can only take that x amount of games.

Nintendo his plan is to keep nintendo fans satisfied instead of pulling in the casual markted that have been moved to mobile games.

If fans are happy, they are willing to buy nintendo's next system.

New 2D Metroid & Metroid is already announced this E3 anyway.
I'm a happy man
 
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