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Wii U Thread - Now in HD!
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I still think it's rather shitty of 3rd parties, especially since Nintendo held back for the 3DS launch and it ended up lukewarm. I say, sod the 3rd parties, before they sod you. Get their games on the system if you can, and obviously assist in giving them as much help as possible, but holding back on selling games because the oh so poor 3rd parties can't compete just seems silly. Yes, bundling in NintendoLand might not be the best idea, but expecting Nintendo to hold back any of its major franchises at launch is just silly.
Sounds like the 3rd parties want to have their cake and eat it. They want an assured good system launch, but for Nintendo to hold back at the same time.
That's the problem. 3rd parties seem to believe that they can just throw any old crap at the system and if it doesn't sell amazingly, then it's proof that their games won't sell on the system, thus they are justified in not making any more.
Then if their game DOES sell, maybe in part due to people buying it on the promise that it'll encourage further support, they will take it as "this crappy game sold, so make more crappy games!" and then wonder why subsequent games do not sell, which brings us back to the above.
But this has been discussed a billion times before, and I'm just venting.
With 3DS, the open price was pretty good for the customers. Paid 219 with a game at launch.
No, it doesn't work that way with UK prices.
Apparently the UK price was messed up, though. But only right at launch maybe, 'cause when I was looking to buy one, importing a new one from the UK would've been even cheaper.
Father_Brain
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While NSMBU will almost certainly be the best-selling launch title by a significant margin, isn't stating this as fact a bit hyperbolic? And to the extent that it is true (at least in the sense that third parties fear it), isn't there a large element of self-fulfilling prophecy there?
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
The one officially-sanction way of calling it would be DDR3-1920. Comply or face JEDEC's wrath.
I can hear the sound of the damned souls of hundreds of ps3-360 muliplat devs sighing..
I'm not following. What is so poor about the density of 2Gb chips?
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Yep. Seems like the 3DS all over again.
Nintendo: Y U No release games on our system?
Third parties: We can't compete with Mario and Zelda.
Nintendo: OK, we'll delay Mario and Zelda, giving the launch all to yourselves.
Third parties: Hooray.
....
Third parties: This console isn't selling. People aren't buying Lame Port V. What's going on?!
Nintendo: Y U No release games on our system?
Third parties: We can't compete with Mario and Zelda.
Nintendo: OK, we'll delay Mario and Zelda, giving the launch all to yourselves.
Third parties: Hooray.
....
Third parties: This console isn't selling. People aren't buying Lame Port V. What's going on?!
This is exactly what made me rage early 2011 with the 3DS situation.
I guess Nintendo needs a miracle to bring back 3rd party, maybe being the most succesful console 2 gens in a row will help things? x)
Nah, nevermind, Nintendo had GB/GBA/DS and still had issue with 3DS.
Can it be, the return of the GAF hype train in 1080p?
This thread does not support upscaling.
Can it be, the return of the GAF hype train in 1080p?
Perfect even without any anti aliasing
Agent Unknown
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Yup, looks like from now on both fans and third parties can expect that launching with Mario is once again going to be their standard trend:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/apr/27/shigeru-miyamoto-rushed-game-forever-bad?
It seems like this happens a lot with Nintendo consoles. Right or wrong.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Airbags? Pfft. It has escape pods.
Not so much at launch though.
As much as gamers were going off on Wii Sports and buying Zelda primarily, they did buy other games, particularly Red Steel.
You have got to be kidding me... Nintendo gave them months to themselves at the 3DS launch with nothing but N64 remakes, and they did fuck all, and sales suffered for it. Why the hell are 3rd parties moaning when they've proved they can't be trusted on Nintendo consoles? Nintendo need to launch their new system with something big, shouldn't 3rd parties be happy its a game which will move tons of systems which they can then take advantage of?
The usual price at present in the UK is £170/£180 although some retailers were changing £199 at launch. £159 is what it should have been at launch going by the price in euros.
You can currently get a 3DS XL for £148 from Amazon France, £152 amazon Germany..while it's £170 from Amazon UK.
So UK consumers are getting charged an extra 12-15% for hardware.
Confusatron
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its time again
I almost spit out my coffee at that one.
ScreenSplitter
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To be fair, not all of us are going to going round calling people fanboys and f**ktards.
I was charged £270 for an OG 3DS at launch with two games, just to add some perspective. That price would hurt less for a new console I guess, but reading that specs thread, it shouldn't be that much unless the controller is god tier expensive.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Only see one person got banned, so.
Those rumored spec is what I expected from Nintendo, but not that I agreed with them.
I'm loving the aura of hype around here but I do really want to know what's good with these specs. It seems like every other day its morphing into something even more wildly different than the day before while retaining almost nothing thought of from initial guesses.
ShockingAlberto
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In defense of cyberheater, he was waiting a year and a half to make that post
I imagine it was worth it to him.
I imagine it was worth it to him.
D:
Bu-but, I like living in the solar system. ;_;
Which reminds me, how the hell are you gonna fit me on the hype train Nibel??? O:<
:lol
I think he immediately realized he made a huge mistake while re-reading his post.
But yes, that was months of built-up bile caused by people ridiculing him in this thread.
This is probably true
The hype train can transport everything - hyped souls or solar systems. It ain't bound to our pathetic physical law.
I feel like a clairvoyant because it's more or less exactly as powerful as I suspected from the first unveil. The clue was always in that casing.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Agreed. It didn't work with 3DS.
I don't think that is really a fair or accurate representation of his posting in this thread.
It was when he originally donned his avatar, plenty of WUST threads ago.
He was incredibly antagonistic, starting with his avatar. Let's just not make him out to be some sort of martyr here.
Nintendo launched the 3DS without a big hitting first party game so that third parties could have some breathing room to start with, and we all see how that turned out. Would any third party complain to MS if they launched the 720 with Halo? Probably not.
is it just me or do these shapes have hard corners? Really odd, I know, but you'd think nintendo would go with round corners...and it bugs me.
WiiU not powerful enough to render round corners confirmed....
Polishin8r
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is it just me or do these shapes have hard corners? Really odd, I know, but you'd think nintendo would go with round corners...and it bugs me.
hell no 2 days? Time to drink some water
Spieler Eins
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Nintendo even acknowledged that. Yet they repeat it. They also said that they know that launch buyers aren't exactly those Wii Fit moms. Yet their own outlook almost solely appeals to those. I guess they must be really confident that hobby gamers would get excited by the fact that the latest iteration of Wii Play has Metroid hats for these unbearable Mii things.
How on Earth are they repeating it when they are launching with a 2D Mario game, their #1 or #2 seller they have?
ScreenSplitter
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Bad pricing, and the fact that for months we had to entertain ourselves with Pilotwings, which was at best "OK".
I remember reading the the gaming websites when the Wii U details were first leaked. All of them were saying that it would be "significantly" more powerful than the current gen. Turns out none of those guys knew jack. :/
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
The funniest thing is he believed somebody owed him an apology. The more clueless they are, etc.
MadeInBeats
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Worth it to me too! *Waves at CyberHater*
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