The death of the Wii U
- Thread starter Pokemongamer3475
- Start date
3
3905
Nintendo 3DS Legend
Towns Folk
By "dropping" do you mean that they're stopping production of the Wii U at the end of the year? That's as far as I heard which might relate to your question, and if so the best possible answer I could give you is probably the fact that we're getting the Nintendo NX soon so yea:/
Unless you mean something completely different, please specify for us >.>
Unless you mean something completely different, please specify for us >.>
9
9070
Restricted User
Towns Folk
They haven't quite dropped it yet, but they will by the end of the year. I don't need to hear anybody say that this is gonna happen because all it takes is common sense.
Nintendo can not afford another holiday with the Wii U. It's pretty clear they've slowed down software development for it - amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis in particular being signs of this. Zelda is gonna be on the NX. Smash will be ported over to the NX.
Idk why @Heropon Tatsu is so against the idea, I'm guessing he's in denial? I love Nintendo and only want the best for them but the Wii U is one of the worst selling consoles of all time and going through another holiday with it would be investor suicide.
Nintendo can not afford another holiday with the Wii U. It's pretty clear they've slowed down software development for it - amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis in particular being signs of this. Zelda is gonna be on the NX. Smash will be ported over to the NX.
Idk why @Heropon Tatsu is so against the idea, I'm guessing he's in denial? I love Nintendo and only want the best for them but the Wii U is one of the worst selling consoles of all time and going through another holiday with it would be investor suicide.
TheYESDragon
Find Your Warrior
Towns Folk
The Wii U's sales are poor and it's time to slow down production of games so they can focus on getting NX out with as many great games as possible. I don't know why people are so angry about it, you simply can't expect a company to go through 3+ years with a console that has only sold 13 million units to date with a ton of their big IPs, it's time to just experiment and see what they could put out on NX (Spla2n, for example).
2
25110
not good enough
Towns Folk
Everyone's aware that the Wii U is gonna be dropped soonish, and we all know why, we knew this within the first year of it being out, it didn't sell well, this thread could have been made years ago and it would have been the exact same in relevance, since not much has changed.
this is speculation everyone has been having for a long time and until nintendo says something about it this thread brings nothing new to the table
this is speculation everyone has been having for a long time and until nintendo says something about it this thread brings nothing new to the table
2
2205
Still annoyed...
Towns Folk
Don't be so rude guys, if you say it's a pointless topic, then don't just post here, it's simple. Interest people will post, otherwise it will just sink.
Regarding the topic, I think everyone saw that coming. The launch wasn't quite successful and later, even though they had some good games to showcase, Nintendo didn't succeed as much as they expected with it.
I'd rather them drop the wii u than sink with it. Wise move in the long run.
Regarding the topic, I think everyone saw that coming. The launch wasn't quite successful and later, even though they had some good games to showcase, Nintendo didn't succeed as much as they expected with it.
I'd rather them drop the wii u than sink with it. Wise move in the long run.
Taiiny
I ate in the past few minutes
Towns Folk
TheSpiritedWarrior
Never gives up a fight
Towns Folk
Unless when the nx is out, they will not really drop the wii u. Though there are more less games, nothing is confirmed and nintendo is not dropping the wii u. I highly suggest you ignore the "news" about the wii u because they are a bunch of liars.
Wait till E3 to start a discussion like this. Seriously, E3 is only 2 months away.
BTW: The 3ds will be dropped also once the nx releases. So I believe once the nx releases, both the 3ds and wii u will be dropped. Again, why I hope it comes next year rather than this year.
Wait till E3 to start a discussion like this. Seriously, E3 is only 2 months away.
BTW: The 3ds will be dropped also once the nx releases. So I believe once the nx releases, both the 3ds and wii u will be dropped. Again, why I hope it comes next year rather than this year.
TheYESDragon
Find Your Warrior
Towns Folk
? I don't really get what your point is. It launched in December 2006 or so and by the end of the year, had sold 3.19 million units. That's just a few more million than Wii U, so that's fine. But by the end of 2007, Wii had already sold 20.13 million units compared to Wii U's 5.86 million units at the end of 2013. Wii had sold around 15 million units more than Wii U by the end of it's first full year, did even better from there and well, 15 million units is even more than Wii U has sold right now. Of course, Wii was a beast but even so, Wii U's sold very poor compared to even the Xbox One.
Pookie
Doubles <3
Banned User
I think mainly on the production of the NX soon. We've heard a little bit about It so that's all I could really think of, other than the Wii U being an utmost disaster. Miiverse was a mistake, just make a in-console messaging system like the Sony and Microsoft consoles. Wii U chat was really amazing though, and unexpected.
Brick1309
The Nintendo Nerd
Towns Folk
Lack of 3rd party support killed it. Aside from that all of the full time xbox and ps gamers not understanding that great graphics don't make great games. A lot of the gamer community are scared to try new consoles and same for the 3rd party developers not trying to work out with the game pad whatsoever. I buy Nintendo consoles to buy Nintendo games nd really good 3rd party games and that's it and it works perfectly as it has for my whole life.
