Trust me; Nintendo is supporting it's home console and treating it like a baby. Great games take time to develop though, just look at the games that Nintendo alone is creating for it's home console. Sony and Microsoft won't have their major playing cards on the table for awhile, though Wii U will be the console with all the candy in 2014. I will say though that it's lacking third party support, and that's a huge problem that's dragging it down.
Just look at the 3DS, I understand that it needed the price drop, but in all honesty, the Wii U doesn't need one. The hardware you pay for is really great and the most innovative on the market. Besides, a Wii U is still the cheapest system out there anyways! And with the Ps4 and Xbox One getting released this year, it'd better take them awhile to come up with games otherwise Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. and Zelda Wii U will dominate the market and gain a drastic boost in both sales and third party support, while the newer consoles still have to wait awhile before they can bring out their trump cards.
I will get a PS4 eventually, but it's honestly only to play one game and nothing else I see for the release schedule appeals to me. (until I may see some other games I may like, the other consoles don't have any backbone for me) I guess it just depends what you're a fan of: I love Nintendo to death in every category, besides Mario (XD).
I understand though that this is just your opinion and I respect that; just don't call the Wii U a failure just yet. lol =P
Thank you for being so polite, as quite a number of times discussions like these turn into nasty flame wars. Your post is quite insightful, far-sighted and other-words-with-'sight'-in-them
I can quite see that you feel it's worth the price - and it may be for a lot of players - but when I mentioned price drops I meant that dropping the price, as history has shown, increases sales 98% of the time at the very least, so even if it means they may have to sell the console at a loss, it would cause a spike in console sales which would boost up software sales and they can earn their money back
and their profit from that. I don't think it's necessary that the PS4 and Xbox One (although maybe the Xbox One - it's already looking to be one of the very worst consoles of all time in my opinion) will have to wait a few years for great games - launch games and early releases, as the launch library of the PS2 shows, can also be quite excellent. Maybe that doesn't apply as much as I think it does because consoles
and target audiences are slightly different now, but I still think so.
Also, you mentioned, quite rightly, that the Wii U is the cheapest system. But the PS4 only costs $50 more than it and I feel the games looking all set for the PS4, except for the inevitable God of War franchise which is one of the worst gaming series ever made, are good enough for paying the extra $50 (I would pay the extra $50 just for a Valkyria Chronicles game
), as is the fact that the PS4 is the least restrictive console out of the three (no region-locking, cross-platform party chat, etc.). On the other hand, the Xbox One is getting a lot of multiplats that will also be on the PS4, lacks many great exclusive series that will be on the PS4, has an overly tired market of war FPSes and costs $100 more - that's the kind of stuff that makes a difference and tilts the scales in the PS4's favour, which you were also saying for the Wii U with all three consoles in perspective, but I think that the difference for the Wii U is smaller in that case because while I do love the franchises you mentioned as the Wii U's trump cards, I think they're getting a little too 'same as last year' and that might cause a lack of interest in them apart from diehard fans. That's just what I think, anyway.
Lastly, while I want to thank you again for being so polite, I have one request for the future - please don't bother to say that it's my opinion and you respect it. It's something that goes without saying because of how calm-headed you were, and it makes me feel like you're expecting me to flame you or be offended. 'It's your opinion and I respect it' is just something people say after disguise-flaming someone so that they don't have to take responsibility for what they say if it offends the other person.
I think Nintendo kicks-@$$ in handhelds!
