That's the way I see it. The Wii u failing doesn't mean people are out of a job. It means Nintendo needs to rethink their strategy for home consoles. And no they don't need to follow Sony and MS. But at least a GCN tech GPU would help to bring in more third party engine compatibility.If it takes failure for Nintendo to fix things that are broken, then it's better for them to fail sooner than fail later.
There's a better chance of catching up if they start running now.
Weird, because JP Caro confirmed, a few weeks ago, that they were "working hard on a prototype".
They already said they are going to wait and see what numbers WiiU will pull during the holidays.
Lol at people saying WiiU is tanking because of hardware. WiiU has no games, and it's pretty much no hyperbole. It'd be tanking just as bad if it had beefier hardware -and- Nintendo would be losing more money.
They already said they are going to wait and see what numbers WiiU will pull during the holidays.
is this current? is there an end date? I was just looking at it on Amazon, but at $30 it will more than likely be an IMMEDIATE purchase when I get my Wii U tomorrow.
I know you're trying to be funny but these jokes always come across so inane and stupid. It's neither original or accurate, it's just idiotic.
Haven't you read the latest talking points in the Nintendo Fan newsletter? It's everyone's fault BUT nintendo whenever there is negative Wii U news.
Sad news on the ZombieU front. I'd say, though, besides the terrible name and box art - how many copies of a survival horror game did you expect to sell? Isn't that a fairly dead genre? I mean, they could have made a game more like RE4 - something that Nintendo fans have a demonstrated interest in. But... they didn't. And then they pin all their future platform plans on how a game in a dead genre sells? It's strange, to say the least. If they had launched with Rayman Legends, and it had been bombed, at least it would make sense to cut off future support.
Yeah well that 'prototype' isn't coming to WiiU any time soon. I'm betting it's now being refactored into a Xbox One/PS4 game.
This holiday is PS4 / Xbone's birthday party. WiiU doesn't have a single chance to shine.
Thank you. Can someone please find out what Condemned (a similar survivor horror game) sold on the Xbox 360 when it launched? Would make for an interesting comparison!
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"With Assassin's Creed III, we were involved on the Wii U version. The Wii U was kind of the pioneer of the connected tablet interface. This gave us some ideas for the first iteration of tablets connected with console games," said Rioux.
Unfortunately, while the Wii U was the beginning, Ubisoft Quebec's current focus is creating a cohesive experience between the Xbox One/PlayStation 4 and mobile devices. The studio is not committed to bringing some of these new experiences to the Wii U platform.
"It's not confirmed yet, but if it's possible to do it and it makes sense, yes we will provide some kind of experience on the Wii U. Our focus is on the new generation of Microsoft and Sony consoles," explained Rioux.
Zombie games are extremely popular right now.
Lol at people saying WiiU is tanking because of hardware. WiiU has no games, and it's pretty much no hyperbole. It'd be tanking just as bad if it had beefier hardware -and- Nintendo would be losing more money.
Scary.
i think even the sega saturn had more third-party support.
Weird, because JP Caro confirmed, a few weeks ago, that they were "working hard on a prototype".
The Last of UsWhat survival horror games featuring zombies have been top ten titles recently?
I'm getting Watch Dogs on the WiiU even though I am getting a PS4 at launch.
I think people are salty about Ubi delaying a ready-to-release game several months.Are people still salty about Ubi pulling the Wii U exclusivity for Rayman Legends? They are a goddamn business and would be betraying their shareholders for limiting a promising title as such.
I just bought it for 18$. Ouch indeed for a next gen console. Also bought the Wii-U. Feel sorry for those that only will have a Wii-U as their nextgen console, unless they only like Nintendo games.
What survival horror games featuring zombies have been top ten titles recently?
That's one of the dumbest things I've read on Gaf for a while. Why on earth would you buy the WiiU version if you're getting a launch PS4? It makes no sense.
How accurate is the 450k figure? Because that would be decent to good sales for a launch game. I guess it's not accurate?
Try with a new hardware in two years or something, seems clear this one isn't going to be revived, they can't put out an entire year worth of software by themselves without any 3rd party support.
That's one of the dumbest things I've read on Gaf for a while. Why on earth would you buy the WiiU version if you're getting a launch PS4? It makes no sense.
The game is about using your smartphone to hack stuff...
Guess which system has a mandatory tablet built right into the system?
It sold enough to warrant a sequel, at least.
Bought it with my Wii U, the game sold something like 500k, I wouldn't think that was "not even close" to being profitable. The development must have been a mess since this is not even close to being a triple A title.
A shame though, it's a great horror game.
because i want the PS4 to fail.
to throw Nintendo a 3rd party bone you git.
guys... just a little observation; no tinfoil conspiracy or anything; just an observation:
in the article cited on the OP... there isn't a DIRECT QUOTE of Yves Guillemot saying that the game wasn't profitable; or that the Rayman situation was derived of that.
I studied journalism in college, and there's a rule that says that everytime you paraphrase something, you put the corresponding quote afterwards to back it up. you can see that they use that rule with the Activision and EA guys, but in the case of Ubisoft, there isn't a real quote, just the paraphrasis of the journalist. The only Ubisoft quote there is the one that it says that they are gonna wait for the holidays to evaluate the situation. There's nothing there about ZombiU or Rayman, except the journalist assumptions.
I'm not saying he's lying or something, but I find it pretty weird that he has direct quotes from the other two guys, and not the Ubisoft guy.
Yep. I agree. Nintendo had a year to get things right on WiiU. They failed massively. I'm now starting to accept it's a dead machine.
Hopefully, we'll see a true Zelda and SM64/Galaxy sequel on it. I'm not holding out for much more.
The game is about using your smartphone to hack stuff...
Guess which system has a mandatory tablet built right into the system?