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[Cheech]

I wouldn't come down on him too hard.

The Wii U is only the second worst disaster in Nintendo's history. Splitting hairs at that point, really.

 

[spliced]

So the Xbox 360 and or the PS3 are more high definition than the Wii U?

The video seems more focused on entertainment than accuracy.

 

[Aquamarine]

I wouldn't come down on him too hard.

The Wii U is only the second worst disaster in Nintendo's history. Splitting hairs at that point, really.

What about their love hotels?

 

[plainr_]

Your move MS. Even Nintendo's chasing that VR dream.

 

[……forgetit]

So the Xbox 360 and or the PS3 are more high definition than the Wii U?

The video seems more focused on entertainment than accuracy.

I see it as an off hand mention of some of the port issues that have plagued Wii U games.

 

[213372bu]

What about their love hotels?

What about them? Imagine the potential it would have today.

Spoiler

Tablets avaliable for the brave of heart.

 

[GamerJM]

I love his videos, but this one seems a bit forced. Like he was trying a bit too hard to make the VB and Wii U similar by pointing out some of the obvious similarities while leaving out some of the ones that show the Wii U in a better light.

I agree with this. Well, except I don't really love his videos, I'm kinda meh on them but I see what he's going for usually. There are similarities, and I'm sure he realizes the differences that others have pointed out ITT, but he's likely purposely ignoring them and emphasizing other things to fit his vision.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

They're both failures, sure, but there's an order of magnitude of difference between the levels of failure.

 

[Epcott]

Is the Wii U the new Virtual Boy? Is the Wii U the new PS3? Is the Wii U the new Gungam Style?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

No one's going to have a yazuka-induced "car accident" over it, either.

Yikes.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

Tune into next week's episode of Game Theory: "Vita is the new New Coke"

 

[Damigos]

You guys didn't watch the video, huh?

Exactly my thoughts..

 

[SerodD]

Well, at least the Wii U doesn't make my head hurt.

It sure makes my neck hurt.

 

[Ricky 7]

Forgot about the Virtual Boy, Oculus Rift and Sony VR remind me more of the Virtual Boy than the Wii U.

 

[LordOcidax]

I really don't get the comparison.... that video looks like more a, traffic generator (Views in this case).

 

[plank]

Isn't there an existing thread on this video already?

 

[BY2K]

You know this guy's full of shit, right?

 

[huxley00]

As a gaming product it was pretty cool actually... It enveloped you in a cool stereoscopic 3D world, really cool stereo sound chip (like a Game Boy on steroids). It's really fun to play around with one now.

As a marketable product, yes, it was horrible.

It was pretty cool, I think the only bad thing was

1. It was too big and uncomfortable to use. I had one and I remember we had to lay on the floor, prop a pillow under our heads and then set the device on our face.
2. Red only
3. Eye strain

Really, if it had been lighter and easy to attach to your head, it would have been way better.

 

[Peagles]

You guys didn't watch the video, huh?

I'm halfway through but the dudes voice is grating me. Does it have some kind of surprise at the end or something?

 

[……forgetit]

I'm halfway through but the dudes voice is grating me. Does it have some kind of surprise at the end or something?

Just goes more in detail, and criticizes third parties a bit.

 

[Neff]

Virtual Boy failed because it was impractical, gimmicky, and had no games.

 

[Peagles]

Just goes more in detail, and criticizes third parties a bit.

Phew, I made it through. Dude sounds like somebody trying to sell something on an infomercial ugh. I was curious what made you think others hadn't watched it?

 

[……forgetit]

Virtual Boy failed because it was impractical, gimmicky, and had no games.

Two out of three ain't bad?

edit

Phew, I made it through. Dude sounds like somebody trying to sell something on an infomercial ugh. I was curious what made you think others hadn't watched it?

It was the knee jerk early reactions, plus the fact that they responded quicker than they could have seen the video.

 

[213372bu]

Two out of three ain't bad?

edit



It was the knee jerk early reactions, plus the fact that they responded quicker than they could have seen the video.

Well, in my case, a friend forwarded this to me around four days ago. I just think the video in general is more of him trying to make connections between the both than actually pointing out the flaws. Some of the things he says are quite repulsive as well.

 

[Muffdraul]

But they can't blame Gunpei Yokoi this time.

 

[speculawyer]

Game Theory's argument in a nutshell, if you don't want to watch the video:

That is silly.
-Competition from the better performance PS3, xbox 360, PS4, and Xbone all really hurt the WiiU whereas VirtualBoy had no direct competition since no one else was willing to make such a silly gimmicky product.

 

[Flipyap]

Well, at least the Wii U doesn't make my head hurt.

I bet Iwata wishes he could say the same thing.

 

[licktheenvelope]

As someone who owns a Virtual Boy and a Wii U I disagree...

I think a more apt comparison would be the GameCube...

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

People comparing WiiU to Virtual Boy, in any capacity, were clearly not around when the Virtual Boy was. I don't even think the 32X failed to resonate with customers as spectacularly as the VB did.

I had a 32X and a Sega CD when I was kid, along with my SNES of course.

 

[sixteen-bit]

No one's going to have a yazuka-induced "car accident" over it, either.

Do people actually believe this.

 

[BY2K]

No one's going to have a yazuka-induced "car accident" over it, either.

Please tell me this is a joke.

 

[sniperpon]

Totally contrived comparison. The Wii U has issues, but I don't think the controller having bad battery life or a Virtual Boy-esque game library are anywhere near the top of the list.

 

[CaptainGyro]

You guys didn't watch the video, huh?

Then I think they made the best choice.. Holy shit that guy's voice shtick is annoying. It wouldn't be so bad if he actually said something funny, but he doesn't.
The analogy itself was just OK, didn't really strike me as notably interesting to be honest

 

[sixteen-bit]

More like the new Dreamcast, really. Software isn't as good though.

 

[Calabi]

I think the main reason the wii u failed is because nobody new what it was and the lack of games, third party support.

 

[cacildo]

You guys didn't watch the video, huh?

With this title, im not clicking anything in this thread

 

[Forgottonone]

As a gaming product it was pretty cool actually... It enveloped you in a cool stereoscopic 3D world, really cool stereo sound chip (like a Game Boy on steroids). It's really fun to play around with one now.

As a marketable product, yes, it was horrible.

Every kid wanted it and every parent said no

 

[gemoran4]

I was entertained by the video, you guys are way overanalyzing his content. Of course the Wii U isn't the new virtual boy, it doesn't even perform the same function (i mean yes they both play games, but one is focused entirely on VR while being portable (heh) while the other tried to introduce asymmetric gameplay to the home console). The only thing they truly have in common is that they both have sold poorly in relation to what Nintendo probably hoped.

 

[Deleted member 74300]

His voice sounds perpetually sarcastic.

With a pinch of douche.

 

[Platy]

Kinda funny how the NGage and the Virtual Boy were just right ideas in the wrong time.

Ngage predates the cellphone gaming boom by a few years and the Virtual Boy is the grandparent to the Oculos Rift and the Project Morpheus
... which makes it even more hilarious to see this thread today.

Also the video is bullshit. Not even the Ngage is in Virtual Boy levels =P

 

[Daknight]

I wonder if Nintendo has any patent about 'wearable 3D headset' cause of the Virtual Boy given the super rise of similar (but way better execution of course) products now it kind of made me wonder if they did.

Would nintendo dream of reviving a Virtual Boy like project in the future if Occulus Rift and Sony's VR tech take off?...All this makes me miss Gunpei Yokoi.

 

[Terrell]

This is what happens when your start with a conclusion, then try to come up with reasons to back it up afterwards.

So it's just like every other Nintendo-based argument, then.

 

[Taker666]

I wonder if Nintendo has any patent about 'wearable 3D headset' cause of the Virtual Boy given the super rise of similar (but way better execution of course) products now it kind of made me wonder if they did.

Would nintendo dream of reviving a Virtual Boy like project in the future if Occulus Rift and Sony's VR tech take off?...All this makes me miss Gunpei Yokoi.

In many ways they've been doing pseudo VR for a number of years. The Wii remote was designed to bring you into the games,as was the 3D in the 3DS.

If you look at some of the early stuff with the Wii U gamepad being held or attached to a Zapper to look around you in an FPS...the panoramic view videos on Wii U that you move the gamepad to look around....that essentially the same as VR in principle. Sadly Nintendo never really followed through with the things they initially showed.

 

[Freezie KO]

He doesn't give enough shit to Nintendo for their own lack of creativity. He bashes third-parties for not taking a risk and making a super innovative game for the GamePad. He even goes as far to claim that they're not in this for the art.

Where's Nintendo's super innovative game for the GamePad? Maybe the GamePad just doesn't bring anything new that we haven't seen since the original DS? And has he taken a look at Nintendo's line-up? All direct sequels and minigame collections. They're hardly in this for the art.

 

[Vitacat]

Wii U is not a console I wish to own (unless it gets a new F-Zero someday...).

But it's no Virtual Boy.

I owned a Virtual Boy. Got it new for $20 in a bargain bin many years ago. It was crap. Interesting crap for $20, but crap. Wii U isn't crap, but it has its own very different challenges.

 

[Toad.T]

The thing is, the VB was so starved for games that Nintendo had to make a game based off of the comics ran in their American advertising magazine.

At least Wii U doesn't have Non-Specific Action Figure's Funky Bowling.

 

[VARIA]

I owned a Virtual Boy. Got it new for $20 in a bargain bin many years ago. It was crap. Interesting crap for $20, but crap. Wii U isn't crap, but it has its own very different challenges.

As a Wii U owner I've had trouble justifying this to myself.

Wii Fit U is the only reason I turn the console on, thanks to the pedometer.

It's not that far fetched to call it the new Virtual Boy.

3rd parties are gone.

1st party games don't take full advantage of the tablet capabilities and are too and far between releases.

The thing is a major disaster.

I'm only holding on to mine because of "X" but I'm starting to have my doubts of its release.

 

[MYE]

The hell did I just see?

lol

edit: And why did he call the PS360 "more high definition systems"? haha

 

[jay]

Starting off his argument with why both systems failed with bad battery life is a red flag. My coworker who hasn't heard of the WiiU has no idea of the things battery life. The core market that hasn't adopted the system hasn't rejected the thing because of its battery life. A lot of the other points are valid, but the comparison feels somewhat forced. Lack of a compelling launch lineup and third party games in general has nothing to do with the Virtual Boy but is a long running Nintendo issue.

 

[Interceptor]

Nah. The virtual boy failed because it was VR. It was a niche and it will stay a niche. And yes, i really like the oculus and morpheus. But it´s not something you can sell to the masses.