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Kuu · 23/11/2012 11:00 AM

Wii, overall, was a failure. People weren't buying games. It had the lowest software attach rate of the consoles. It did well for Nintendo, but every other company pulled their support after they realized they couldn't make a profit. It was not a "HUGE success". Hardcore gamers buy the games and are always buying new ones. Softcore by a few titles can survive of them for a year and play them occasionally. So while Nintendo sold their Wii Resort, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, etc, other developers like SEGA and EA were struggling to make a profit. Even Nintendo's Wii console sales peaked, and then went on a straight downwards curve, whereas the Xbox and PS3 fluctuated but generally constantly sold and still are.

A console's "success" is not just about it's own sales, it's also the ecosystem around it.

This time around EA and Ubisoft are pushing their core titles out the gate in an attempt to attract the PC/Xbox/PS crowd from the start. They know if they don't have them buying their games, it's not worth their time. Now, the bad part about it is porting. The Wii U once again is going to be the weakest of the 3 consoles. Meaning the cross-platform games are going to be Xbox 720/PS4 developed and ported to the Wii U. So I, as well as others, predict the same fallout the Wii brought with core titles. The big games will be developed on other consoles then ported to the Wii U with "gimmicks" not found on the core consoles. Some of those "gimmicks" will be good, others will just be tacked on to say they are there.

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