Nintendo apologizes for lack of Wii U software

@RealFabioSooner

Thank you for your reasonable response (kind of hard to come by on these boards nowadays) but I do think the situation is still favorable for Nintendo provided they take the right steps.

1. The Wii proved that just because there are more powerful consoles present, it won't take away the appeal of the more affordable consoles, especially coming out after the other two whereas the weakest console was usually the first out of the gate (like the PS2, not counting the beloved Dreamcast).

2. The Wii U does have more of a challenge in its appeal than the Wii but it is all in the marketing. In order to gain the appeal of the "casual market" Nintendo really needs to push the Wii U's capabilities with Nintendo TVii because that's something that I believe many families would find extremely appealing, especially when the DVR capabilities come in (provided it can work separate from a DVR, essentially becoming a 2nd digital box).

3. Very true, but this can work in the Wii U's favor. If the next gen Playstation/XBox are indeed much more powerful, with great power comes a great price (lol), so this could very well give Nintendo an extra year to get a bigger leap in sales due to a much more affordable price. Also I wouldn't put it past Nintendo to drop the price a bit if the other two launch with a competitive price.

4. I highly doubt the 8 GB of RAM rumor because for consoles right now (or even for the next half decade) 8 GB of RAM is an unnecessary amount unless part of that RAM is meant for a system OS and even then 8 GB is still a huge amount. 4GB would probably be the most the next systems will have, and half of that will probably be dedicated for gaming. As for the 8 cores rumor, the rumors also indicate that the CPU may have more cores, but will hardly operate better than the Wii U's CPU. The recent Nvidia article regarding the next gen Playstation/XBox's GPU reveals a GPU that's hardly better than the Wii U's.

Of course, this is all speculation and we won't know for certain until those consoles are released but either way, both scenarios could still be favorable for Nintendo. Obviously it'll be favorable for them if the next gen Playstation/XBox are barely more powerful because then the playing field will be even in terms of power, giving developers no excuse to dismiss the Wii U.

The other scenario is more risky for Nintendo, but could still work out for them, if the other consoles do end up much more powerful, AAA games might not find their way onto the Wii U, but who's to say that lower budget games won't have a strong presence? The eShop is already becoming a haven for Indie developers (according to the developers themselves) and if Sony/Microsoft doesn't change their policies regarding their online shops, Nintendo could very well end up with the best Indie support of the 3, also consider smaller studios, we've several studios close down due to the financial failure of one game, if the Wii U can establish a huge userbase, then smaller developers (like Platinum from what we're seeing already) will be more inclined to support the Wii U instead of risk failure on a the Playstation/XBox.

@WingChopMasta @abHS4L88

Fanboys aren't much better but hey, at least they support what they love rather than bash on what they hate.

Tell people you love and support a company, worst you can get is a whatever, tell people you hate and bash on a company, they're going to look at you weird and think you're insane.

But it's okay, you can continue to waste your life away hating on a company you clearly have no interest in, I'll continue enjoying what the gaming industry has to offer.

@DonnyKD @WingChopMasta @abHS4L88 LMAO!! I am sorry I just had to comment again. I was in literal shock when a Nintendo fanboy came at me with insults about other console's sequels...bahahaha. Oh children say the funniest things.

@WingChopMasta @abHS4L88 You keep talking about that. I'll see you on Uncharted 3, Halo 4, and Gears of War 14.

@Stonecutters908 Don't get me wrong, I agree 100% with you about gaming journalism. The fact that I reproduced a funny tweet from a *personal* account from someone *related* to a website doesn't mean I endorse the website *per se*.

I just think that beyond the joke there's some measure of truth. That doesn't need to be a negative thing, just an acknowledgement that the future of Wii U is still in the cards. By getting one now you'll still have to wait for a lot of stuff Nintendo won't even show up right now.

@RealFabioSooner @Stonecutters908 Fantastic. I always thought we needed another used napkin for ever swelling garbage heap that is games "journalism." You know what I find hopelessly sad and ironic about 90% of games journalists? They want to be taken seriously, but their conduct and their work suggests the complete opposite. More like they are still trying to convince the world that they cover toys that are made for kids and man children.

@catsimboy @abHS4L88

And if they got enjoyment out of it, what's the problem? At least Nintendo took a risk and tried something different, simply injecting more power into your system is not going to push the industry forward, and that's what the PS3/360 proved. Granted we saw some really spectacular games that made use of the more powerful hardware, at the same time we saw a stagnation and over centralization of certain genres that the industry has never experienced before. Before this generation, we would see a healthy stream of games that spanned different genres, this generation, majority of the biggest games that came out were shooters or games that used to be something unique that eventually became a shooter.

Sure the Wii was still in a prototype stage when it came out but now motion controls are to a point where it's no longer waggle this and waggle that.

@abHS4L88 @catsimboy Well I think the Wii took it to a whole new level. What do you do in this game? Waggle the Wiimote and you win. What about this game? Waggle the Wiimote a different direction and you win. The fact that the Wii became the "Family" console led to a flood of minigame compilations for clueless grandparents to buy for their grandchildren.

@catsimboy

So is Sony and Microsoft any better? The 5th and 6th generation, shovelware was more prevalent on both Playstations and right now the Kinect is being bombarded with shovelware.

It's how the industry works, whichever is the hottest console at the moment, the most shovelware will appear on it. None of these companies can possibly have the time to filter through all of these games.