Results 1 to 16 of 16

Thread: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

  1. #1
    HEXUS.admin
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    31,709
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    2,073 times in 719 posts

    News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Also does third-party publisher AAA games support show signs of drying up?
    Read more.

  2. #2
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Central Scotland
    Posts
    539
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    17 times in 12 posts
    • jnutt's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSi X570
      • CPU:
      • AMD Ryzen 3700X
      • Memory:
      • 32gig DDR 3600
      • Storage:
      • Samsung 1tb NVME M.2 SSD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • EVGA 2070Super
      • PSU:
      • Stock
      • Case:
      • Cooler Master
      • Operating System:
      • Windows10 64bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • Samsung 32" and 24"
      • Internet:
      • Cable 350mb

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Can't say I'm surprised. My nephew has one and I have tried it. Unfortunately don't see it as much more than a gimmick.

  3. #3
    Senior Member Brewster0101's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    2,614
    Thanks
    45
    Thanked
    54 times in 44 posts
    • Brewster0101's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus m5a99x evo
      • CPU:
      • AMD FX 8350
      • Memory:
      • 8GB (2x4) Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600mghz
      • Storage:
      • Western Green 3TB + Samsung 850Evo 512MB SSD, + 2TB NAS
      • Graphics card(s):
      • MSI 280X
      • PSU:
      • Corsair AXi760
      • Case:
      • Corsair 650D
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG 27" 27EA63 IPS LED
      • Internet:
      • 120Mb Bt

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    The Wii U was never going to appeal to the mass market. I think this is Nintendo's last device , which is also unlikely to make them much money. The same outcome as Sega is coming to Nintendo.

  4. #4
    Senior Member Stringent's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Neverland
    Posts
    5,227
    Thanks
    45
    Thanked
    155 times in 117 posts
    • Stringent's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Intel DQ57TM
      • CPU:
      • Intel i5 760
      • Memory:
      • 8GB
      • Storage:
      • 1TB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • NVIDIA Geforce 260GTX
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX620
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster Centurion
      • Operating System:
      • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dual Iiyama 24"
      • Internet:
      • Patchy

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Also with the new XBOX and PlayStation rumours hotting up people may be holding off. I can't remember the last time I picked up the Wii and played on it.

  5. #5
    Now 100% Apple free cheesemp's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Near the New forest
    Posts
    2,948
    Thanks
    354
    Thanked
    255 times in 173 posts
    • cheesemp's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS TUF x570-plus
      • CPU:
      • Ryzen 3600
      • Memory:
      • 16gb Corsair RGB ram
      • Storage:
      • 256Gb NVMe + 500Gb TcSunbow SDD (cheap for games only)
      • Graphics card(s):
      • RX 480 8Gb Nitro+ OC (with auto OC to above 580 speeds!)
      • PSU:
      • Cooler Master MWE 750 bronze
      • Case:
      • Gamemax f15m
      • Operating System:
      • Win 11
      • Monitor(s):
      • 32" QHD AOC Q3279VWF
      • Internet:
      • FTTC ~35Mb

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    I wouldn't mind a Wii U but its way to expensive still for what it is (a wii HD with cheap-o tablet). Could be tempted when the premium gets <£200. Wonder how long that will take...
    Trust

    Laptop : Dell Inspiron 1545 with Ryzen 5500u, 16gb and 256 NVMe, Windows 11.

  6. #6
    Registered+
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Posts
    88
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Did he call console gamers "serious gamers" :S In all seriousness, I think even those that played the Wii didn't consider it on an equal footing to the Xbox360 or PS3 so trying to sidestep back into that market after quite a few years as the "casual games" console is going to be extremely tough, both from a consumer standpoint and a developer standpoint.

    Personally I think a HTPC with some wireless gamepads is a far superior option to any console ;P

  7. #7
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Kingdom of Fife (Scotland)
    Posts
    4,991
    Thanks
    393
    Thanked
    220 times in 190 posts
    • crossy's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS Sabertooth X99
      • CPU:
      • Intel 5830k / Noctua NH-D15
      • Memory:
      • 32GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4
      • Storage:
      • 500GB Samsung 850Pro NVMe, 1TB Samsung 850EVO SSD, 1TB Seagate SSHD, 2TB WD Green, 8TB Seagate
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus Strix GTX970OC
      • PSU:
      • Corsair AX750 (modular)
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster HAF932 (with wheels)
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Ubuntu 16.04LTS
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG Flattron W2361V
      • Internet:
      • VirginMedia 200Mb

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Quote Originally Posted by jnutt View Post
    Can't say I'm surprised. My nephew has one and I have tried it. Unfortunately don't see it as much more than a gimmick.
    I expected one of my kids to say they wanted one for Christmas (to replace the Wii we've already got), but both of them said that they weren't much bothered...

    ... but if I was wanting to splash out then new tablets would be nice to game on.

    To be honest I couldn't see a compelling reason to trade up, and I need to save my dosh for the XBox trade up.

    Career status: still enjoying my new career in DevOps, but it's keeping me busy...

  8. #8
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Posts
    11
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    0 times in 0 posts

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    they should have invested more money in better console specs, than a tablet controller.

  9. #9
    Seething Cauldron of Hatred TheAnimus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    17,168
    Thanks
    803
    Thanked
    2,152 times in 1,408 posts

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Nintendo were always aiming more and more with the 'casual' end.

    Low price hardware, low quality graphics. They had great initial sucsess with the DS and DS Lite, I think they didn't realise the impact phones would have on them.

    I always thought the U was trying to take on the tablets, by ignoring why people bought a tablet. I just didn't get the point of it.

    I mean if it was a brilliant thing, surely smart glass would be the most talked about thing atm.
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

  10. #10
    Headless Chicken Terbinator's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    7,670
    Thanks
    1,210
    Thanked
    727 times in 595 posts
    • Terbinator's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASRock H61M
      • CPU:
      • Intel Xeon 1230-V3
      • Memory:
      • Geil Evo Corsa 2133/8GB
      • Storage:
      • M4 128GB, 2TB WD Red
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX Titan
      • PSU:
      • Corsair AX760i
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster 130
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 8.1 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell Ultrasharp U2711H
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 60Mb.

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Also does third-party publisher AAA games support show signs of drying up?
    If by "show signs" they mean a continuing of the trend since the N64, then they dried up long ago.

    As for the Wii U:
    *No Blu-Ray.
    *Expensive.
    *Stiff competition (the 360 is expected to retake the Wii's sales this year in the UK).
    * most importantly, 'No gaemz' which is a double-blow for them given only Nintendo games (and Just Dance) sell on Nintendo systems, and their currently aren't any Nintendo games. They've had to spaghetti all their major franchises before E3 (Wind Waker, Pkmn, new Mario) to retain interest in light of the hype train around Durango/Orbis.
    Only one of the U's games was in the top 40 after five weeks which was the add-in title Nintendo Land, bumbling around in 38th place IIRC.
    Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
    CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
    TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
    for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.

  11. #11
    Registered+
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Posts
    78
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Iv'e not seen anywhere near enough marketing on this product - the launch was really quiet and lacked fan fare and is nowhere to be seen just months after it's launch.

    Outside of that - it' s lacking an identity, there's clearly more to it than just games but they've not focused on any of the toher areas of strength (this as a media/entertainment system).

    Are major gaming titles steering clear of it? It's not so bad if they are, as the appeal of the wii was the simplistic nature and innocence of the title that really grabbed the attention of house parties and family gathering - New Years Eve just gone, just dance and wii sports came out of retirement - both highly entertaining to the middle aged generation that love a laugh, especially whilst pissitively possed
    Last edited by maverik-sg1; 31-01-2013 at 01:33 PM.

  12. #12
    Registered+
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Posts
    78
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Just to add - if anyone is looking to purchase a "next gen" console - please boycott the one that charges £30+ a year to play online and embrace free gaming from the other one - it's bad enough that they want to milk the cash cows further with charging us for substandard downloadable content.

    Stop accepting subscription based services, rip off DLC, boycott them and force it all to to go free to air, including sky sports etc.....

  13. #13
    Headless Chicken Terbinator's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    7,670
    Thanks
    1,210
    Thanked
    727 times in 595 posts
    • Terbinator's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASRock H61M
      • CPU:
      • Intel Xeon 1230-V3
      • Memory:
      • Geil Evo Corsa 2133/8GB
      • Storage:
      • M4 128GB, 2TB WD Red
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX Titan
      • PSU:
      • Corsair AX760i
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster 130
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 8.1 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell Ultrasharp U2711H
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 60Mb.

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Quote Originally Posted by maverik-sg1 View Post
    Just to add - if anyone is looking to purchase a "next gen" console - please boycott the one that charges £30+ a year to play online and embrace free gaming from the other one - it's bad enough that they want to milk the cash cows further with charging us for substandard downloadable content.

    Stop accepting subscription based services, rip off DLC, boycott them and force it all to to go free to air, including sky sports etc.....
    6 years in and Sony still haven't sorted party chat.

    If i still used my consoles enough i'd have no quarrel with paying £3 a month for Live for that feature alone.
    Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
    CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
    TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
    for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.

  14. #14
    Registered+
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Posts
    78
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    I thought they'd fixed that now? Maybe they got the message for the PS4 though? or make an external chat system suitable for concurrent use during gaming sessions?

  15. #15
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Kingdom of Fife (Scotland)
    Posts
    4,991
    Thanks
    393
    Thanked
    220 times in 190 posts
    • crossy's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS Sabertooth X99
      • CPU:
      • Intel 5830k / Noctua NH-D15
      • Memory:
      • 32GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4
      • Storage:
      • 500GB Samsung 850Pro NVMe, 1TB Samsung 850EVO SSD, 1TB Seagate SSHD, 2TB WD Green, 8TB Seagate
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus Strix GTX970OC
      • PSU:
      • Corsair AX750 (modular)
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster HAF932 (with wheels)
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Ubuntu 16.04LTS
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG Flattron W2361V
      • Internet:
      • VirginMedia 200Mb

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Quote Originally Posted by maverik-sg1 View Post
    Just to add - if anyone is looking to purchase a "next gen" console - please boycott the one that charges £30+ a year to play online and embrace free gaming from the other one - it's bad enough that they want to milk the cash cows further with charging us for substandard downloadable content. Stop accepting subscription based services, rip off DLC, boycott them and force it all to to go free to air, including sky sports etc.....
    Mixed opinions on what you're saying here. I definitely DON'T agree with the "boycott XBL" sentiment - since the pack I've got for the family is costing about £70/year, which works out at £1.46 per person per month - a price I regard as entirely reasonable. And to put it into context, the XBL normal subscription is still less than the cost of, for example, the official XBox magazine.

    (Speaking of OXM, if you want to see a rip off, try that. And I'm sure that the official Playstation and Nintendo magazines are similarly "premium" (said sarcastically) products.)

    Likewise the "free" sky sports etc - presumably you'd not be happy to pay for that as part of a Sky package either? (I used to have it as part of my VM package, but got real p'd off by the poor breadth of coverage so cancelled it) In which case would you like to explain how Sky are supposed to reclaim the money's they spend on acquiring the rights to cover sports.


    Where I definitely DO agree with you is that the amount of "premium" (in terms of cost) DLC is getting way out of control. Worse still I'd regard DLC as "add ons", whereas some publishers (yes Ubisoft I AM looking at you), have now set it up as effectively mandatory. Two of the games I got for Christmas need one time use codes to do multiplayer. So if you got the game second user (which IS legal as far as I'm aware) then unless you fork over more money to the greedy publisher then no online play for you. Bas***ds! So I'll happily join you in a boycott of such DLC - which is pretty much what I'm already doing.

    Career status: still enjoying my new career in DevOps, but it's keeping me busy...

  16. #16
    Anthropomorphic Personification shaithis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    The Last Aerie
    Posts
    10,857
    Thanks
    645
    Thanked
    872 times in 736 posts
    • shaithis's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P8Z77 WS
      • CPU:
      • i7 3770k @ 4.5GHz
      • Memory:
      • 32GB HyperX 1866
      • Storage:
      • Lots!
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Sapphire Fury X
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX850
      • Case:
      • Corsair 600T (White)
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • 2 x Dell 3007
      • Internet:
      • Zen 80Mb Fibre

    Re: News - Wii U sales forecasts slashed

    Not surprised in the slightest, I said a while ago it would probably flop due to so many Wii owners using their machines very casually and selling them on quite often.

    And this gimmick was a lot more expensive then the last one.
    Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
    HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
    HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
    Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
    NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
    Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •