Developers: Wii U is in serious trouble

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At DICE, nobody has been talking about the new Wii U projects they have started, only the Wii U projects that have just been cancelled.

Platform is in serious trouble.

Pubs and devs never recoiled from PS3 like they seem to be with Wii U (though this is anecdotal). There was always the confidence that the numbers would get there over time with PS3. Im not sensing that with Wii U.

I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell millions over time. It only managed tens of thousands.

Apart from the clunkiness of the Wii stuff years ago, havent ever really had a dev complaining much about any account based stuff over more pressing issues. Hasnt impacted any business decision Im aware off (there was debate about the PS3 game sharing stuff).

Wii U is selling less software than the Vita so you know they are in some serious deep crap. And I really feel bad for them but  they are the only ones to blame for what is happening. But they will be fine even if the Wii U fails because the 3DS is selling like hotcakes.

Theyll turn it around like they did with the 3DS. Iwata has super powers.

Wii U is utterly garbage.

WiiU will be fine, there's always a market for what nintendo cooks up.

It's been three damn months. Jeez, everyone just LOVES to jump on the Nintendo DOOM wagon, don't they? It makes me question if that company really DOES have fans.nintendoboy16

They deserve everything that's coming to them after the Wii. Next gen belongs to the PS4. Time for Sony's grand return to 1st place!

Theyll turn it around like they did with the 3DS. Iwata has super powers.

Shirokishi_

Good. I want it to fail.

Screw casuals.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]It's been three damn months. Jeez, everyone just LOVES to jump on the Nintendo DOOM wagon, don't they? It makes me question if that company really DOES have fans.MFDOOM1983

They;ll sell their consoles, but it will be to people who want Nintendo's first party. I'm not shocked that third parties will go elsewhere. I like Nintendo, but almost no one buys their consoles for anything but their first party (minus casuals on Wii). They really should stick to handhelds and maybe even release titles for other consoles... 

I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell millions over time. It only managed tens of thousands.

Gue1

I really wonder what game this is. ZombiU? Did they really expect "millions" from that game?

Third parties have released nothing for the Wii U that has big sales potential, except perhaps COD.

Down with eastern gaming! HAHAHAHA!

Nintendo: Doomed since 1989Ghost120x

Down with eastern gaming! HAHAHAHA!

percuvius2

[QUOTE="Gue1"]

I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell millions over time. It only managed tens of thousands.

Cherokee_Jack

I really wonder what game this is. ZombiU? Did they really expect "millions" from that game?

Third parties have released nothing for the Wii U that has big sales potential, except perhaps COD.

Can't say this anecdotal news changes anything for me, I mean they announced games I'm interested in already, so I will get a Wii U some time.

lol 3rd party developers are saying this?

the same ones dont want to port crysis tomb raider gta5 even though the hardware is able to now....

these "developers" are in MS and sony's pocket... of course they don't care about the wiiU...

once the wiiU starts selling like it did at launch then more developers will jump on board.

Nintendo will release some Mario Games and everything will be fine. Can we please stop these threads?

It's been three damn months. Jeez, everyone just LOVES to jump on the Nintendo DOOM wagon, don't they? It makes me question if that company really DOES have fans.nintendoboy16

Nintendo have been dying since before the PC was reported to be wheezing its last breath. Infact they're dying so hard they won out on the last gen and still have controlling shares in the dedicated hand held sector.

Nintendo doesn't rely on 3rd party titles, it's the games they make themselves that keep their fans coming back for more.

I'm no Nintendo fanboy but I understand where they get their money from.

Nintendo: Doomed since 1989Ghost120x

Theyll turn it around like they did with the 3DS. Iwata has super powers.

Shirokishi_

Nintendo zealots are sure quick to defend the Wii U. I bet they were/are all over the Vita. Relax, some people get way too worked up.Under_Armour

Don't you guys get bored of the _____ is doomed topics..? That's all system wars is lately, and they always end up being totally wrong a few months later and everyone pretends it never happened.

it's the 3DS drama all over again. that's all i can bother saying.BrunoBRS

What I came in here to say.

Nintendo knows how to sell their systems. We just have to see what (if anything) they decide to do about the Wii-U's current position. It's at, what, 2.5ish million in about 3-4 months? That's certainly not a terrible place to be. Most consoles stall for a little while post-launch.

We'll see what they do. I imagine they'll just step-up their first party development and try to court more multiplats/exclusives from Japanese studios like Team Ninja and Platinum.

Anyway, worst comes to worst, they're just one price cut and a couple killer apps away from having a console that will sell pretty well.

It's been three damn months. Jeez, everyone just LOVES to jump on the Nintendo DOOM wagon, don't they? It makes me question if that company really DOES have fans.nintendoboy16

I'm hanging out for the next 30 cent arcade game on the eShop. 

They took way too long to release Trine 2 in the NZ/Australia region, so I ended up buying it on Steam. 

Had heaps of fun in the early days of launch with NintendoLand, New Super Mario Bros U. Barely played Scribblenauts Unlimited, just sold COD and Tekken. These days I pretty much don't turn on my Wii U. 

Do I regret my purchase? Yeah at the moment I do, I'd rather have the money than a games console sitting there depreciating. 

All it will take is the release of one outstanding game to fix this problem. I don't know what I'm gonna do about this. 

If these other 8th genners just share their library with PC, well I'm already sorted. If one of them offers something unique and appealling, I may sell up and swap over. 

I never had a Wii console, nor I'm planning buying a Wii U, but I'm under an impression that developers are deliberately crapping on Wii U in order to subtly hype the 720 and PS4. I mean for f**k sake, every new system needs a time to mature.

They deserve everything that's coming to them after the Wii. Next gen belongs to the PS4. Time for Sony's grand return to 1st place!

ImBatman-

[QUOTE="Gue1"]

I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell millions over time. It only managed tens of thousands.

Cherokee_Jack

I really wonder what game this is. ZombiU? Did they really expect "millions" from that game?

Third parties have released nothing for the Wii U that has big sales potential, except perhaps COD.

The origiinal Wii was absolute garbage and the Wii U is just continung the thrend.  

[QUOTE="ImBatman-"]

They deserve everything that's coming to them after the Wii. Next gen belongs to the PS4. Time for Sony's grand return to 1st place!

blackace

The Wii U is screwed. 

I'm hanging out for the next 30 cent arcade game on the eShop. 

They took way too long to release Trine 2 in the NZ/Australia region, so I ended up buying it on Steam. 

Had heaps of fun in the early days of launch with NintendoLand, New Super Mario Bros U. Barely played Scribblenauts Unlimited, just sold COD and Tekken. These days I pretty much don't turn on my Wii U. 

Do I regret my purchase? Yeah at the moment I do, I'd rather have the money than a games console sitting there depreciating. 

All it will take is the release of one outstanding game to fix this problem. I don't know what I'm gonna do about this. 

If these other 8th genners just share their library with PC, well I'm already sorted. If one of them offers something unique and appealling, I may sell up and swap over. 

psymon100

all consoles depreciate in value unless you have a limited edition.

[QUOTE="psymon100"]

I'm hanging out for the next 30 cent arcade game on the eShop. 

They took way too long to release Trine 2 in the NZ/Australia region, so I ended up buying it on Steam. 

Had heaps of fun in the early days of launch with NintendoLand, New Super Mario Bros U. Barely played Scribblenauts Unlimited, just sold COD and Tekken. These days I pretty much don't turn on my Wii U. 

Do I regret my purchase? Yeah at the moment I do, I'd rather have the money than a games console sitting there depreciating. 

All it will take is the release of one outstanding game to fix this problem. I don't know what I'm gonna do about this. 

If these other 8th genners just share their library with PC, well I'm already sorted. If one of them offers something unique and appealling, I may sell up and swap over. 

KBFloYd

all consoles deprciate in value unless you have a limited edition.

I know. 

[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

[QUOTE="psymon100"]

I'm hanging out for the next 30 cent arcade game on the eShop. 

They took way too long to release Trine 2 in the NZ/Australia region, so I ended up buying it on Steam. 

Had heaps of fun in the early days of launch with NintendoLand, New Super Mario Bros U. Barely played Scribblenauts Unlimited, just sold COD and Tekken. These days I pretty much don't turn on my Wii U. 

Do I regret my purchase? Yeah at the moment I do, I'd rather have the money than a games console sitting there depreciating. 

All it will take is the release of one outstanding game to fix this problem. I don't know what I'm gonna do about this. 

If these other 8th genners just share their library with PC, well I'm already sorted. If one of them offers something unique and appealling, I may sell up and swap over. 

psymon100

all consoles deprciate in value unless you have a limited edition.

I know. 

lol 3rd party developers are saying this?

the same ones dont want to port crysis tomb raider gta5 even though the hardware is able to now....

these "developers" are in MS and sony's pocket... of course they don't care about the wiiU...

once the wiiU starts selling like it did at launch then more developers will jump on board.

KBFloYd

Your tears are delicious. Can I drink more?

Theyll turn it around like they did with the 3DS. Iwata has super powers.

Shirokishi_

Probably has to do with the Game Pad.

However, HE BELIEVES ORBIS AND DURANGO will have big problems as well:

I don't have much of an opinion on what they might achieve in terms of an install base. But my general opinion is this next console generation is going to fail. The infrastructure for retail sales is crumbling, console platform manufacturers are still wanting to control content and prices too much, and the shift to other platforms (of consumers and dev support) in the meantime has been significant (my reasoning is more nuanced, but those are the big ticket items).

Next Xbox and PS4 are also doomed omg111!!!!1!11

get the wii u down to 199.99 when ps4 comes out