I can believe that Nintendo wouldn't want people confusing the Wii U with the switch. This is just one anecdote, but I was at my local game store, and one customer almost bought a Wii U thinking it was the NES mini.
Just curious, what games were you interested on WiiU that won't be on Switch?Meijer, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Gamestop and Target all bone dry this week at various locations around Detroit.
I've actually been buying cheap Wii and Wii U games in anticaption of picking up a Wii U after Christmas when/if they were a little cheaper.
Not really interested in a Switch at all.
Nintendo makes it so hard to just enjoy them sometimes.
well this is probably the only time a main console has bombed and actually had a successor releasing.
It's not the same at all. GameStop just discounted the Wii U to sell leftover stock a few weeks ago. You can find one pretty much everywhere, GameStop is not relevant in Germany. The Media Markt I was at today had like 10 Mario Kart bundles.It's the same here in Germany with Gamestop. Online it's not available and not a lot of stores have any in stock.
And Amazon and Saturn only have the Mario Maker bundle left.
Link to Best Buy? All I see is a button for "Stores" with none near me. The Black, Red and Galaxy New 3DSXL are all sold out.
Gamestop says the same.
there's tons of people (myself included) who've been screaming from the rooftops for a couple of years about how the WiiU has the best library of any Nintendo system since the SNES :\
Just curious, what games were you interested on WiiU that won't be on Switch?
Fair enough, like I said I was just curious lolNot interested in the concept.
And as I stated I've already purchased about 10 Wii U and Wii(which I also never bought) for 10-20 dollars a pop over the last year.
well this is probably the only time a main console has bombed and actually had a successor releasing.
Saturn?
I can believe that Nintendo wouldn't want people confusing the Wii U with the switch. This is just one anecdote, but I was at my local game store, and one customer almost bought a Wii U thinking it was the NES mini.
Amazon trade-in value for a Wii U is $161 now lol. That's higher than Xbone S and PS4 Slim.
If that was the case, they wouldn't have bothered to show Wii U footage of BotW at The Game Awards.So, what does this even mean for future Wii U releases like Zelda? Are stores even gonna stock new games for a recalled obsolete system that they don't even have in stock anymore?
Can we pretty much assume Zelda:BotW isn't coming to the U now?
If that was the case, they wouldn't have bothered to show Wii U footage of BotW at The Game Awards.
They are being converted into Switches :O
They are being converted into Switches :O
Which is rumored to be what's happening.Well, the recall of U's just happened this Monday. I don't think anyone anticipated Nintendo actually pulling the system from shelves. I honestly assumed they would drop the U price and sell it besides the Switch. Then just release Zelda first on the Switch like they did on the Wii for Twilight Princess.
I'll take a Switch if it can play Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD. That will happen right?
I'll take a Switch if it can play Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD. That will happen right?
Zelda will still be coming on Wii U. Don't get your hopes up for an especially big shipment though.
That's what I'm thinking anyway.
People with Wii Us who want Zelda: you should preorder Zelda right now
Nintendo would rather take a 100% loss than a 50% loss. When Yamauchi was in charge, he would take the 50% loss. I bought a Virtual Boy after it was discontinued for like $50
This is he weird part of the equation...
Haha, what a hit.it's the lady in the mini van that brought them all.
I'd assume they're willing to take the loss on the chin to ensure no possible brand confusion and to draw a line under their last console entirely, so as to be able to fully promote Switch as their true Current Gen home console, especially amongst the casual Wii audience that didn't care about or weren't even aware of the WiiU existing.
Plus, let's be fair, we're probably talking about so few units here that the actual cost to their bottom line is going to be negligible.
Still weird that they didn't blow it out at $99 or whatever to generate some revenue while also reducing the number of games and accessories in the channel.
Still weird that they didn't blow it out at $99 or whatever to generate some revenue while also reducing the number of games and accessories in the channel.
Some companies don't want to devalue their products with cheap sales.
Its not worth the effort. WiiU production has stopped and the remaining unsold consoles are probably not that many.
Nintendo probably thinks that people who can not buy a WiiU now will buy Switch next year eventually.
Some companies don't want to devalue their products with cheap sales.
Its not worth the effort. WiiU production has stopped and the remaining unsold consoles are probably not that many.
Nintendo probably thinks that people who can not buy a WiiU now will buy Switch next year eventually.