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I will agree that the Wii U is selling rather abysmally, and that is perhaps a good reason to ignore Nintendo entirely. But, really, even when they had the Wii

I will agree that the Wii U is selling rather abysmally, and that is perhaps a good reason to ignore Nintendo entirely. But, really, even when they had the Wii sold out for years, Nintendo was still basically ignored by the press. It was always a fight between Microsoft and Sony ever since the Xbox. I am quite curious to see how well any of the new consoles do. People have been predicting the end of consoles since the NES, I am beginning to wonder if they're finally right. Also, that article is pretty old. Before even the Vita came out (and subsequently bombed).

stock_toaster 14y ago
I think the console killers will be cheap multifunction tv connected devices. Things like: * the Ouya * SteamBox * maybe at some point possibly an appletv that supports 3rd party apps (games) This does kind of feel like the last gen (gasp?) of dedicate consoles.
eswangren 14y ago
Because most people who read gaming news don't care about any Nintendo console.
systems 14y ago
check vgchartz, nintendo may have sold more consoles with the wii, but PS3 and xbox continued to sell more games i dont know how come nintendo did not consider this, i guess they really believed that the wii u is as original as the wii when it came out i dont think consoles are dead, by a long stretch ... sony and ms will continue to compete for years to come and hopefully nintendo if they recover from the wii u
- petrovalex846 14y ago
  Largely delayed response, but according to vgchartz you're actually wrong: http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/Software/Global/ http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/Software/Gl... Wii has Xbox 360 and PS3 beat. If you want to argue third-party sales, you are correct, which just goes to show how well Nintendo sells its own games. However, a significant portion of the third-party software lead that the PS3 and Xbox 360 have goes away if you ignore Call of Duty, which also just points out how massive Call of Duty is. This data actually surprises me further, because ask anyone who even knows what a third-party is and they would say Microsoft and Sony have much better third-party support. However, sales-wise the difference isn't nearly as significant; considering cheaper cost of development it would also seem irrelevant. It seems to me that third-parties simply didn't/don't want to develop games for the Wii. Now with the Wii U doing poorly, I don't see the trend shifting to more third-party support for Nintendo. This can only hurt them.

stock_toaster 14y ago

I think the console killers will be cheap multifunction tv connected devices. Things like: * the Ouya * SteamBox * maybe at some point possibly an appletv that supports 3rd party apps (games) This does kind of feel like the last gen (gasp?) of dedicate consoles.

eswangren 14y ago

Because most people who read gaming news don't care about any Nintendo console.

systems 14y ago

check vgchartz, nintendo may have sold more consoles with the wii, but PS3 and xbox continued to sell more games i dont know how come nintendo did not consider this, i guess they really believed that the wii u is as original as the wii when it came out i dont think consoles are dead, by a long stretch ... sony and ms will continue to compete for years to come and hopefully nintendo if they recover from the wii u

petrovalex846 14y ago
Largely delayed response, but according to vgchartz you're actually wrong: http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/Software/Global/ http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/Software/Gl... Wii has Xbox 360 and PS3 beat. If you want to argue third-party sales, you are correct, which just goes to show how well Nintendo sells its own games. However, a significant portion of the third-party software lead that the PS3 and Xbox 360 have goes away if you ignore Call of Duty, which also just points out how massive Call of Duty is. This data actually surprises me further, because ask anyone who even knows what a third-party is and they would say Microsoft and Sony have much better third-party support. However, sales-wise the difference isn't nearly as significant; considering cheaper cost of development it would also seem irrelevant. It seems to me that third-parties simply didn't/don't want to develop games for the Wii. Now with the Wii U doing poorly, I don't see the trend shifting to more third-party support for Nintendo. This can only hurt them.