Working in Walmart, where we legit sell everything (except used games) cheaper than any other place, I can tell you I've sold almost NOTHING for the Wii U or the consoles themselves since it dropped. Nor has anyone else in the department to speak of, really.
Your correct their system is very gimmicky and like you said developers just don't understand how to use it. Like you said I liked the idea of using the pad to play your game while someone uses the TV for something else, but LBSH, how often is that going to happen and, also is this really a selling point to market it, Zombie U, I've heard wasn't even good enough of a game as it was suppose to be and that was like Nintendo's way of saying look we grew up, but they still keep wanting the kids.Agree with a lot of this (and amazed someone knows about Folklore...underrated game imo).
But I see a lot of danger signs that remind me much of the Dreamcast.
Dreamcast was labeled as ahead of its time with its innovation and capabilities. But these were ultimately things that led to its demise as other consoles that followed it (PS2/Xbox) made standard and better as well as having a larger array of games. Additionally, WiiU is suffering the same situation the Dreamcast did with the VMUs. It seemed like a great idea, but companies didn't really know how to make use of it.
The WiiU tablet is a gimmick. It doesn't present anything special that I couldn't get from any other tablet or smartphone atm. The ability to continue playing uninterrupted if someone else wants to use the TV is a great idea, but is rarely used as the tablet is generally an intrigal part of the game play.
And as much as I love Mario and Zelda (just started a fresh game of OoT on my 64 last night), Nintendo isn't bringing anything new to the table that sparks any interest. Dreamcast at least brought a few things to the table that people still adore such as Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, and Power Stone.
Nintendo has always been somewhat family oriented, but focusing soley on that aspect is killing them.
I also love when people say "Zomg! Wii motion controls are so innovative!" and then I point to games like Folklore and say "PS3 says 'Hi'."
Thats exactly how I felt with it, often developers either said no to it or they tried so hard taht it didn't work, play the first Epic Mickey, I bought that POS for my 5 year old and like all games I buy for him I test out first to teach him and I found it so hard play that I couldn't even begin to imagine how to teac him to do it. Folklore used it to add to the games already creative design, this game had the element of exploration, mystery, a wide range of enemies to face(which also becam a new special attack), and it had the whole Gotta Catch em All syndrome in it, not to mention it catered to both children(the colorful and cutesyness) and the adults(the very adultlike story involving death) alike.
I think you hit the nail on the head here, the casuel market typically wants to play waht everyone else is playing...
, IDK though Eternal Darkness is finally getting a spiritual successor, maybe it will bring in some bucks for em, but I doubt it since its also going to be on the PC platform.
among their top 5 consoles? am i missing something? didnt it go
You also don't have to pay a subscription to play online either
You're forgetting Game Boy series, the DS series, the Game & Watch, Virtual Boy, etc.
Yeah, I haven't heard too much of the sales, but I can only imagine how much worse it is at the Walmart I work at...it's in country land lol.
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Hey, it counts as much as Sega Saturn and Dreamcast.
Dreamcast was awesome.
Agreed. Those were the days. The last Nintendo console I played was Gamecube. The only reason I had one was for the Metroid Prime series and Resident Evil 4.
No what killed Sega were they're fuckups with the Saturn.
