A Year In, The Wii U Is Still NOT a Must-Own

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#1 g0ddyX
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"Slowly improving but not yet great, the Wii U is still not a must-own console."

"It only has ONE must-play game (3D World). The future of third-party support for the machine is so unclear that it's hard to size up whether the Wii U still has a chance of being a good system for playing multiplatform games or if it's going to wind up being more of a Nintendo-only machine."

"Limits to the Wii U's hardware are also cropping up, and they're not the limits I and maybe others were expecting to be factors. The machine's limited horsepower make it likely that the Wii U will be able to run plenty more Xbox 360 and PS3-level games and few, if any, games targeted for Xbox One and PS4. That's not the problem.

It's the console's GamePad—its centerpiece controller with a screen of its own—that is appearing more and more to be deficient"

A good read and the most honest article about the Wii:U current situation and highlights the pro's and con's.

Looks like bad hardware, lack of blockbuster games and poor support and sales were not the only problem...

The handheld controller is proving more and more to be "deficient".

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#2 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

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#3  Edited By deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

They are not well into their second year, they have nearly equal power and are up to date on most technical aspects.

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#4 Heil68
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@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

A system that's been out a year and 2 that have been out for less than 2 weeks? :P

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#5  Edited By deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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@Heil68 said:

@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

A system that's been out a year and 2 that have been out for less than 2 weeks? :P

Lol. My point was Kotaku doesn't think any system is worth a purchase.

Admittedly PS4 and Xbox One are more secure purchases for the future, and if I could only buy one console for the gen, it would be PS4.

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#6 g0ddyX
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And it has been a Year as opposed to a Week...not to mention sold out X1 and PS4.

Like i said, its the most honest article about the Wii U.

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#7 mrintro
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just look at Wii U games for this holiday going into 2014, it's definitely a must own.

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#8 Zophar87
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@MBirdy88 said:

@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

They are not well into their second year, they have nearly equal power and are up to date on most technical aspects.

The Wii U has been out for a year.. barely. I wouldn't call that "well into it's second year."

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@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

Kotaku is shit, but I actually agree with that statement.

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#10 cain006
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I disagree with them, I think the third party support is pretty clear. It's going to be basically nonexistant like the wii.

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#11 freedomfreak
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I wanna buy Little Inferno.

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@cain006 said:

I disagree with them, I think the third party support is pretty clear. It's going to be basically nonexistant like the wii.

Who buys Nintendo systems for third-party games anyway?

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#13 g0ddyX
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@freedomfreak said:

I wanna buy Little Inferno.

Go for it.
So do I actually.

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@g0ddyX said:

Go for it.

So do I actually.

Yeah, I really should. Stores are closed now though.

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Looks like one to me. Lots of great games already out, and more to come.

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#16  Edited By g0ddyX
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@freedomfreak said:
@g0ddyX said:

Go for it.

So do I actually.

Yeah, I really should. Stores are closed now though.

Not this store
http://store.steampowered.com/app/221260/

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#17 Blabadon
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Who needs blockbuster games? Super Mario 3D World should count as one anyways.

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#18 freedomfreak
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@g0ddyX said:

Not this store

http://store.steampowered.com/app/221260/

I'd rather get it for WiiU.

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#19  Edited By deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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@Zophar87 said:

@MBirdy88 said:

@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

They are not well into their second year, they have nearly equal power and are up to date on most technical aspects.

The Wii U has been out for a year.. barely. I wouldn't call that "well into it's second year."

yes and look at its upcoming releases.... donkey kong in february then nothing. when will mario kart 8 and smash bros be out? next christmas probably. ..... so long for so little. and I stress little... especially if smash bros doesn't have a bloody proper online system this time. not that it would matter given that the sales are so low of the system finding people will become a problem.

@Zophar87 said:

@cain006 said:

I disagree with them, I think the third party support is pretty clear. It's going to be basically nonexistant like the wii.

Who buys Nintendo systems for third-party games anyway?

The wii had quite a few decent 3rd party games to go between the first party droughts. this time however.... nothing.

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@Zophar87 said:

@cain006 said:

I disagree with them, I think the third party support is pretty clear. It's going to be basically nonexistant like the wii.

Who buys Nintendo systems for third-party games anyway?

I would if the system was worth getting them on.

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#21 danlevm
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To me the games look more geared towards kids.... I always wanted a mature Zelda game with a dark story... If more mature games come out then I would think about it... right now it looks fun if I had kids and a wife

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#22 delta3074
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I am getting one, fingers crossed ninty will not dissapoint on the Exclusives front, Really want to play windwaker again and looking forward to Zelda and Mario, bit sick of COD and Halo at the moment, Going back to playing games for the fun of it instead of having to own the latest blockbuster with the bestest Graphics, they try far to hard to be realistic and the subject matter is actually so realistic and depressing it kinda sucks the Fun out of gaming.

Want to go back to jumping on a mushrooms head,lol

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@MBirdy88 said:

@Zophar87 said:

@MBirdy88 said:

@charizard1605 said:

This is Kotaku, they also said the Xbox One and PS4 aren't must owns yet.

They are not well into their second year, they have nearly equal power and are up to date on most technical aspects.

The Wii U has been out for a year.. barely. I wouldn't call that "well into it's second year."

yes and look at its upcoming releases.... donkey kong in february then nothing. when will mario kart 8 and smash bros be out? next christmas probably. ..... so long for so little. and I stress little... especially if smash bros doesn't have a bloody proper online system this time. not that it would matter given that the sales are so low of the system finding people will become a problem.

@Zophar87 said:

@cain006 said:

I disagree with them, I think the third party support is pretty clear. It's going to be basically nonexistant like the wii.

Who buys Nintendo systems for third-party games anyway?

The wii had quite a few decent 3rd party games to go between the first party droughts. this time however.... nothing.

I see the upcoming releases. I also see what's already out for the system. There's more than enough on the system right now to keep someone occupied if they were to buy one.

The Wii had a few decent third-party games but none of them even came close to what was on either of the HD twins or the first-party games already on the system.

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#24 psymon100
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my friends keep telling me my wii u is a 'must sell'.

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#25 Kingpin0114
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If those games that are announced for 2014 actually release in 2014, then the WiiU will be a must own for me at least. Will be a great secondary system.

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Top PC games and exclusive games on both X1 and PS4 that are yet to come and be announced will take up those gaming hours.
In effect, you can miss on the most redundant console namely the Wii:U.
The best secondary console or gaming platform will be one of the three PC/PS4/X1.

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#28  Edited By babycakin
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@g0ddyX said:

Top PC games and exclusive games on both X1 and PS4 that are yet to come and be announced will take up those gaming hours.

In effect, you can miss on the most redundant console namely the Wii:U.

The best secondary console or gaming platform will be one of the three PC/PS4/X1.

Goddy still trying everything in his power to hate on the Wii U lol. It's been like 5 years now. Let it go dude, heal man heal.

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#29 PsychoLemons
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You have issues.

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#30  Edited By Bigboi500
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It has The Wonderful 101, Super Mario 3D World, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Pikmin 3, New Super Mario Bros U and Luigi U, Wind Waker HD, Batman, Call of Duty, the best and original version of Rayman Legends, Nintendo Land and Lego City Undercover. All high scoring games here on Gamespot.

Right now it has a lot more quality software than other new gen systems. What else besides good/great games do you need to make a console worth purchasing?

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#31  Edited By g0ddyX
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@babycakin said:
@g0ddyX said:

Top PC games and exclusive games on both X1 and PS4 that are yet to come and be announced will take up those gaming hours.

In effect, you can miss on the most redundant console namely the Wii:U.

The best secondary console or gaming platform will be one of the three PC/PS4/X1.

Goddy still trying everything in his power to hate on the Wii U lol. It's been like 5 years now. Let it go dude, heal man heal.

? Been playing Nintendo consoles a lot longer than you baby.

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#32 chocolate1325
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Give the PS4 a year and people will buy that I bet at Christmas 2014 with most of their heavy hitter been announced or coming out plus the support from Indie games which Nintendo don't have.

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#33 AznbkdX
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They really did botch that first year didn't they?

I don't really think it should be bought yet either (SM3DW is freaking awesome but the only other games worth owning are Pikmin 3 and W101 imo), but for some reason I think I might feel the same for the other consoles in a year as well.

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Many people are currently waiting for the PS4/X1 to release in their homeland or have sold out.

Not to mention sweet goodness of next gen gaming from these guys to come.

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#35  Edited By Puckhog04
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None are "must owns". I still prefer to own them all though.

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@g0ddyX said:
@babycakin said:
@g0ddyX said:

Top PC games and exclusive games on both X1 and PS4 that are yet to come and be announced will take up those gaming hours.

In effect, you can miss on the most redundant console namely the Wii:U.

The best secondary console or gaming platform will be one of the three PC/PS4/X1.

Goddy still trying everything in his power to hate on the Wii U lol. It's been like 5 years now. Let it go dude, heal man heal.

? Been playing Nintendo consoles a lot longer than you baby.

Look, I didn't mean for you to wet your diaper, I'm just saying take a break from the hate and go play Ryse or something lulz.

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#37 Joedgabe
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Gaming website shouldn't be promoting the "Not worth the purchase yet" bandwagon thing. Why? well they make money of from people visiting their sites.. the more people with consoles the higher the chances of getting visitors.. the more consoles they own the higher chance as well... plus without early adapters to have them make a profit they'll be hardly any late adapters. Example not enough people bought the Sega console and it died out. It's to the benefit of everyone that plays video games that people should buy consoles at launch. I personally encourage them, thanks to the amount of feed back the later PS3 and x360 you can say are much better than the released ones.

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#38  Edited By KBFloYd
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@psymon100 said:

my friends keep telling me my wii u is a 'must sell'.

so sell it already.

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#39  Edited By psymon100
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@KBFloYd said:

@psymon100 said:

my friends keep telling me my wii u is a 'must sell'.

so sell it already.

I don't do everything my friends suggest.

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#40  Edited By foxhound_fox
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It is for anyone who likes Nintendo first party.

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#41  Edited By deactivated-5ac102a4472fe
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Nintendo did make the tablet controller an issue with the Wii U. I really agree on that point, I like the system, but I HATE that tablet controller.

Now the odd question comes here tho: I am unsure how many bundles has this, but my bundle came with 2 controllers, the Classic/pro/whats-its name controller, that you know... is a controller, and the pad thingie. Usure if all bundles has that in now or just the one I had, but Nintendo really could of just have skipped the pad, and I would not be bothered with it.

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Considering people are buying $400 PS4's for Killzone, Knack, Assassin's Creed, and the promise of future third party games I think $300 for the Wii U with the acclaimed Super Mario 3D World, other great games such as the Wind Waker remake, Pikmin 3, Lego City Undercover, and Wonderful 101, stable network, and durable hardware is for sure worth it.

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#43  Edited By deactivated-58c8ef5f8044e
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@foxhound_fox said:

It is for anyone who likes Nintendo first party.

Not only for that, as Reggie said there's only one place you can get that Nintendo content next to Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed.

The whole "if you like Nintendo games, there's a Wii U" statement is false.

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#44  Edited By Minishdriveby
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@freedomfreak said:
@g0ddyX said:

Go for it.

So do I actually.

Yeah, I really should. Stores are closed now though.

The Wii U's online store closes?

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@g0ddyX said:

And it has been a

Year

as opposed to a

Week

...not to mention sold out X1 and PS4.

Like i said, its the most honest article about the Wii U.

@g0ddyX said:

Top PC games and exclusive games on both X1 and PS4 that are yet to come and be announced will take up those gaming hours.

In effect, you can miss on the most redundant console namely the Wii:U.

The best secondary console or gaming platform will be one of the three PC/PS4/X1.

@g0ddyX said:

Many people are currently waiting for the PS4/X1 to release in their homeland or have sold out.

Not to mention sweet goodness of next gen gaming from these guys to come.

After the OP, these are three posts you have posted, in response to nothing and no one, almost as if you are desperately trying to convince yourself that you are justified in your stance. Good lord, are you a sad individual.

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#46  Edited By nintendoboy16  Online
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G0ddyX thread. I'm leaving it at that.

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#47  Edited By darkmoney52
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Is it really still worth arguing about Nintendo consoles? Yes, the third party support is weak, and yes, I will still buy it when the new Smash Bros comes out. Just like last gen, and the gen before that.

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#48  Edited By jg4xchamp
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Very dull, and stating the obvious read with very few well thought out arguments.

Which is kind of funny because the WiiU is like the easiest target you can ask for.

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#49 LegatoSkyheart
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Why is the Gamepad deficient?

It's almost exactly like the competitions. Except there's a screen in the middle. You also don't have to use it in a majority of WiiU game titles.

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#50 Lucianu
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@danlevm said:

To me the games look more geared towards kids.... I always wanted a mature Zelda game with a dark story... If more mature games come out then I would think about it... right now it looks fun if I had kids and a wife

Grow up.