Poor online
Features missing
3rd parties are luke warm over it.
Reviews are piss poor
No revolutionary killer app
The online seems to be a huge step up from the Wii
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It looks somewhat bad right now but the waters are muddy at best. With that said, Nintendo is a brand people know and love, and that always pushes it far. Look at the iPhone for example; there are many other, clearly better alternatives out there, but there's an attachment and cultural bias people have to the Apple brand that pushes sales every new iteration.
Now, clearly Nintendo can't live on their name forever, so if the Wii U does turn out to be a colossal fuck-up, it will definitely hurt them, but they still have enough cache to make a complete 180 with the next console. That's just if the console is a complete disaster. If it's mediocre or good, then it doesn't really matter, as they still have their name, brand appeal, and they have a whole new chance to prove themselves.
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The online seems to be a huge step up from the Wii
People seem to forget about the PS3 and 360 launch, and like every system launch.
Because Metro dev said the CPU is "horrible and slow" doesn't mean all devs are annoyed with Wii U, look at Ubisoft for example, they love the Wii U.
What? And the Verge article is laughable since they write misinformation.
The Gamepad may not be a revolution like the Wiimote was but it is a "killer app" to a lot of people.
Someone remind me, did we have this many negative Nintendo threads after Wii launched? Because I thought it was the worst thing ever for gaming according to some.
You have a point
I move in a lot of circles,a lot of them related to this medium,and still dont know a single person interested on the console,some of them on zombi u but 380 euros just for one game its a big hurdle for them
it strange,because some of them bought 3ds or vitas and a lot of them got the wii,boggles my mind how a lot of my friends who got the wii dont give a fuck about the wiiu
its not the console,its just the lineup,if you arent a big nintendo fan you dont have any incentive buy this system,not yet.
None of these are proper arguments for a console launching in 2012. You're honestly saying that reviews aren't bad?
Also: Welcome back to the land of the living, Meelow!
6.5 is piss poor?
6.5 is piss poor?
Do you think that's a good score?
Going off of neogafs reaction and their prediction rate. Wii u will be a smashing success.
No.You know, the Wii U launch has been happening so fast, I haven't been able to really keep up with it.
But a few weeks ago, I remember a few weeks ago, people were extremely confident about the Wii U's success in Japan. They said the price would be right and that the system had a good lineup of popular games. Some people also speculated that the system's appeal would be more marketable to Japan than the West.
I can't remember, but I don't think the system launched in Japan yet. But is what we know now about the system enough to change the predictions that people were making back then?
With so much negativity, you can see why a lot of GAF are depressed lol.GAF Wii U threads are getting pathetic.
But it's ok, If GAF hate it everyone love it.
I can't remember, but I don't think the system launched in Japan yet. But is what we know now about the system enough to change the predictions that people were making back then?
6.5 is piss poor?
In fact, it's a 7.
Most of people's complaints so far either seem to pretty standard console launch problems or things we already knew (it's underpowered). The biggest problem I can see so far is the marketing. Large amounts of the general public either don't know about it or seem to think it's a peripheral for the Wii, not an altogether new console. It'll be interesting to see how the next year goes for it.
It's amazing to me that Nintendo didn't learn its lesson from when they first unveiled the Wii U and a lot of people were confused as to whether it was a brand new console or an add-on for the Wii.
I have yet to see a single ad for the thing that explicitly states that the Wii U is a completely new and separate console from the Wii. The ads put too much emphasis on the controller, which is probably what is leading some consumers to believe that the Wii U is just the controller itself.
Is this actually a significant detriment to public perception of the Wii U if people are looking at the console's defining feature as the tablet controller? Isn't that one of the goals that Nintendo is actually trying to do to market the console? As an example, is there a significant population of consumers who are looking at the Wii U and have no interest of the device simply because they think it is not a new console?It's amazing to me that Nintendo didn't learn its lesson from when they first unveiled the Wii U and a lot of people were confused as to whether it was a brand new console or an add-on for the Wii.
I have yet to see a single ad for the thing that explicitly states that the Wii U is a completely new and separate console from the Wii. The ads put too much emphasis on the controller, which is probably what is leading some consumers to believe that the Wii U is just the controller itself.
As an example, is there a significant population of consumers who are looking at the Wii U and have no interest of the device simply because they think it is not a new console?
Do their interest increase in any significant fashion when they are informed that it is actually a new console?Strictly anecdotal, most people I talk to who are casually into video games think it's an accessory for the Wii.
Do their interest increase in any significant fashion when they are informed that it is actually a new console?
Yeah, that's kind of what I figured would be the typical response. With regards to that affecting purchase intent, it could probably go in any direction.It's more like surprise. The standard reaction when I say it's a new console is, "Oh, it is? I thought it was a tablet for the Wii. Huh."