All right, which gaffer was it?The biggest names at games retail talking under the condition of anonymity
The small former Gamestation store I last went into during administration problems has a completely unchanged layout from those days. Where 360 was is now One and 360. Where DS and PSP was is now DS and 3DS. Wii likewise has both Wii and Wii U.I would say it may be Game. My local one has a tiny WiiU section, and lumps the Wii games in the same place.
Some Tesco stores have Wii WiiU DS and 3DS in the same space. SD Cards and Skylanders toys of course get the most gaming space...Same at my largest local Tesco. There are a total of 3 Wii U games nestled away amongst the old Wii section. There is no hardware or accessories for sale.
It's Nintendo sneaky long term plan. They've opened their own shop and have the eShop. Soon one will have to buy games only from Nintendo so they get all the profits (and The Hut too since they run Nintendo's web store).
6 sales into a 9 sales maybeMario kart 8 will turn Wii U sales...UPSIDE-DOWN!
Am I crazy or does the girl in your avatar vaguely look like Loki?
On topic: I think it's already too late to turn the WIi U around... I don't think MK8 will amount to much in terms of sales. But we'll see.
A sub-£200 machine will help, and Mario Kart is desperately needed to reach the fans, said the games boss of one of the UKs biggest retailers. We also need something revolutionary that makes use of the second screen
*honkhonk*
When Mario has failed your console more than once already, the only hope there is left... is more Mario.
Unfortunately, we also have to consider that now, portable Mario kart is a main one, meaning this will be the second MK this gen..
Dreamcast had a significantly better library.
Ah, so they've run out of room on their chalkboard too.
WiiU and Mario Kart 8 for £99 would give them a good chance of getting decent sales if advertised properly, I think.
Can't see them pricing it that low even if they could, though. £150 at the absolute lowest (since that's what some retailers have cut the Nintendoland pack to in the past).
If Mario Kart doesn't turn it around then I don't know what will.
As long as we get
Donkey Kong
Mario Kart 8
Yarn Yoshi
X
Bayonetta 2
Smash Bros.
Hyrule Warriors
This year then the Wii U wouldn't have been totally purpose.
Last chance for what? I would argue the "last chance" for major success has long since come and gone. The "last chance" to still be stocked on shelves? The "last chance" to avoid being decommissioned by Nintendo?
5 Game of the Year candidates out of 7, not too shabby.
Let's just pick GOTY now, no need to bother playing them.
If it was a giant "Hi, I'm Daisy" button, you know you'd need a hori screen protector from all the use it's going to get.Nintendo gotchu
*honkhonk*
Smash Bros is Nintendos REAL last chance.
If Smash Bros. won't sell consoles, then I don't know what will. Seriously.
I don't consider Mario Kart 8 a real system seller, though I don't know why, since Mario Kart is probably one of Nintendo's best selling game series' out there, but so is Smash Bros.
I really hope Mario Kart can turn things around a bit, though.
Last chance for what? I would argue the "last chance" for major success has long since come and gone. The "last chance" to still be stocked on shelves? The "last chance" to avoid being decommissioned by Nintendo?
Well it is the most popular form of Mario there is.
This has always been the case.
Well, MKWii sold something like 4 times what Brawl did, but we are certainly living in different times now.
I don't think it's been so important before. I mean for most people, MK8 won't be so different than the 7th.. The difference between the nds one and the Wii one was pretty clear.
Last chance for what? I would argue the "last chance" for major success has long since come and gone. The "last chance" to still be stocked on shelves? The "last chance" to avoid being decommissioned by Nintendo?
There are no more chances for the Wii U. MK and Smash will change nothing.
I'm actually a little concerned that the system won't be stocked by the time Nintendo wants to release Zelda. Surely they have to be aware of that.
Well how about that...looks like Nintendo will be the first console maker to go digital only soon.
Who could've imagined.
I think it´s over in UK, but theres hope for it in europe.
It's not a single game that makes a system live or die in the long-term.I don't know why anyone would refute that claim, as far as software goes, it's the only game left that is a sequel to games that have gone to sell 30 million units in the Wii/DS era. Bayonetta 2 isn't gonna save it, X isn't, Smash Bros isn't, Donkey Kong isn't.
If 3D World did nothing for WiiU, i don't expect MK to do any better
6 sales into a 9 sales maybe
I can understand why it didn't appeal to the public tbh. The Galaxy games weren't big with them either. 2D perspective Mario was the one. Mario Kart was even more significant, in fact the most significant after Wii Sports IIRC.If 3D World did nothing for WiiU, i don't expect MK to do any better
It's over for the WiiU in the UK. Deader then A line flares with pockets at the knees.
You have to consider that Mario Kart is a far bigger franchise now than 2001.
Obviously, one game won't turn around things, they need to combine this with a good lineup for the rest of the year, a good price, constant marketing, and so on, to achieve "ok" sales.
I don't know why anyone would refute that claim, as far as software goes, it's the only game left that is a sequel to games that have gone to sell 30 million units in the Wii/DS era. Bayonetta 2 isn't gonna save it, X isn't, Smash Bros isn't, Donkey Kong isn't.