I keep focusing on existing software versus at-present vapourware. I think this is quite apparent.
Which is you simply missing the central point here. When people are buying a system, they're buying an investment. By definition it's a bit of a gamble and prediction about the future. However, with even the most modest research, one can come to some fair conclusions about where things will go.
It makes no sense for most people to buy a system with a few Nintendo games that they may like (even though they can get better Nintendo games elsewhere on far cheaper systems and in far larger variety, including their own handheld right now - yet another conundrum for Wii U @ market) when they know it has virtually no future for third party support, and they know Nintendo's focus will remain relatively low variety in comparison to its competitors. I know people don't like to hear it, and most of my favorite games are from Nintendo, but they have been doing a piss poor job at strategy for the game releases they make for Wii U, and simply re-emphasizing over and over the same core strengths everyone already knows Nintendo has. How many colorful mascot platformers or mini-game collections and cheapware casual fare are they going to make before people realize that's the majority of what's out on the system because no one else is supporting it?
And for some that's enough. Some people that is all they need! But if you have trouble acknowledging why simply saying 'well right now Wii U has
four great games and Xbox One and PS4 have maybe one at best!' (and I'd agree, by the way) isn't enough to overcome the simplicity of the stark realities of Wii U's future versus PS4/XBO and its flaws in design versus PS4/XBO then it's always going to be difficult to accept why people go this road.
Your thinking is just short term. You're basically asking people to forget the future, even when many can only buy one console for the gen. Wii U is an atrocious choice for most people in this situation.
KratosEnergyDrink said:
You speak of sales and third partys.
Other speak of great games. And the Wii U has already many great games. The Wii U will not be a "sales monster"or a third party darling. But it IS already a console with many great games. And the sales ... they will rise.
This in a nutshell is the attitude of the average Wii U aficionado, and that's why reality seems so hard to accept. It can be summed up in your central theme: "You speak of sales and third partys. Other speak of great games." The problem is you think third party games are not part of the assessment of 'great games', and that the fact Wii U has no future in third party titles is something easily dismissible. Most of the best games come from third parties! It's a simple numbers game! Additionally, sales are
incredibly important to the health of your platform as a quality games machine. The greater the sales, the more rapid development that reaches the system. The greater the odds of more good games reaching the system. Again, it's a simple numbers game.
I agree, Wii U has a handful of great games. I'd say personally for me they're Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Super Mario 3D World, Zelda Wind Waker HD and New Super Luigi Bros (I haven't played Donkey Kong yet). But the problem is the sales really look to have no chance of rising significantly. Nintendo has released a major 3D Mario game, a major 2D Mario game, their traditional casual fare and on top of that Donkey Kong and Zelda and not a single one of them moved the system on to even modest sales.
What will change the trajectory? Mario Kart and Smash Bros? I wouldn't get your hopes up. As I said, Wii U is performing at an unprecedentedly poor level
