Nintendo Wii U Costs Around $300: Sources

[happita]

Wii U around $300. Also said to have about the same power as the PS3 or 360. Looks like a fail to me
If this isn't stronger than either of those, than we might as well starve for another 8-10 years of crap ports. It's the same as being another Wii, still weaker than PS3 and XBOX 360 Maybe or maybe not, I don't know. However, fact of the matter is that Nintendo will use their strategy of innovation in their own way to achieve maximum sales the way they have always been. Appealing to the little kiddies up into their teens.
Me for one, I hope that developers will make games based on the 3 main platforms, the PC, PS4 and the new Xbox and port over to Nintendo's system because it will eventually be the weakest link in the hardware department...goodbye

 

[digibucc]

of course they won't develop for wii first. of course it will be focused on families, and thanks for the little kiddies bit
some of us still enjoy the game series we grew up on, and that was nintendo's line.

what you need to understand is it's not about directly competing. they have unique intellectual property. as long as they make something off hardware, their main titles will pull them through.

any third party adds to that and they want it for sure - but that is not their base. if they can churn out newer, better mario, zelda, donkey kong, metroid, etc - along with the other lower requirement titles like dance dance, and they serve as a media player - they will do better this time around as well.

what you guys are saying is the same thing they said about wii, gamecube which was well received though with poor sales, and n64. they change things up, while keeping a stable base focus - and it'll work for them again this time.

 

[TheMailMan78]

of course they won't develop for wii first. of course it will be focused on families, and thanks for the little kiddies bit
some of us still enjoy the game series we grew up on, and that was nintendo's line.

what you need to understand is it's not about directly competing. they have unique intellectual property. as long as they make something off hardware, their main titles will pull them through.

any third party adds to that and they want it for sure - but that is not their base. if they can churn out newer, better mario, zelda, donkey kong, metroid, etc - along with the other lower requirement titles like dance dance, and they serve as a media player - they will do better this time around as well.

what you guys are saying is the same thing they said about wii, gamecube which was well received though with poor sales, and n64. they change things up, while keeping a stable base focus - and it'll work for them again this time.

Also whatever they do MS and Sony will copy years later talking about "innovation" Honestly I feel kinda bad for MS and Sony. They are platforms without a proper place. Are they super weak PC's or are they consoles with no innovation?

 

[Mega-Japan]

Exactly. Everything else I have on the PC.

Thank you! This is what I've been trying to say for a while!
For fun, and all time favorites, there's Wii.
For graphics and all the "hardcore" stuff, there's PC.
Anything in between is meh, depending on your taste. I know I'm a PC-Wii person.

 

[ZoneDymo]

Ubisoft and EA--they're the ones that made a fortune on the Wii (especially Ubi with the Rayman titles). They're not drawing in Capcom, Activision, THQ, Eidos, Square Enix, and the other big publishers. That doesn't exactly send a message of confidence.

And once again, the Wii U being very unique from the others, many developers are still going to steer clear because they can't easily port titles. The games for Wii U have to be developed from the ground up for the Wii U. That's costly and a huge risk because only a few select titles (most of them Nintendo) ever gain much traction on the platform.

Wait you respond to my statement on future WiiU support with talking about support on the current Wii?
Second, Lets see, Aliens Colonial Marines is a Gearbox/SEGA title and Darksiders 2 is an THQ title.
Next to those we have Batman: Arkham City, Assassins Creed 3, Metro Last Light, Ninja Gaiden and much more to come.
So once again, you have no point.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Most developers will put out launch titles to guage interest. If those games hardly sell at all, you won't see many/any more on Wii U. I predict that, out of all those you listed, only Ninja Gaiden does well and not very well at that seeing most players interested in it have likely already played it on PS3/Xbox 360.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Who wants a $50000 LAN party?

 

[xenocide]

Most developers will put out launch titles to guage interest. If those games hardly sell at all, you won't see many/any more on Wii U. I predict that, out of all those you listed, only Ninja Gaiden does well and not very well at that seeing most players interested in it have likely already played it on PS3/Xbox 360.

This is the big thing. If you look at the games launched around the time of the console launching, and compare it to the games launched around the middle and end of the life cycle, you will notice tons of developers and publishers just stop supporting games on a said platform.

 

[digibucc]

right but if they never were a large part of sales, how much is it REALLY going to effect nintendo's bottom line, for them to not become one now?