>brand new 32gb wii u with mario kart 8 game bundle is 299$
>brand new 500gb xbox one with gears of war bundle is 299$
Is Nintendo fucking insane? How do they plan on competing when they are charging such a ridiculous price for a last generation system hardware wise?
It's basically two generations at this point.
>drop the price to $100
>still no one bought it
>>340345452
>nintendo
>competing
pick one.
>>340345452
does xbox even have any games, i never hear about it
>>340345452
>release console in 2012 with slighly better hardware than a 2005 console
>release it for $100 higher than it should be
>never drop the price
>WOW WHY IS OUR CONSOLE FAILING
Did Nintendo want the Wii U to fail?
>>340345452
Nintendo isn't trying to compete. You have to remember, in Japan the Xbox is as big of a joke as Ouya was.
>>340345452
At this point, only Nintendo fans will buy a Wii U, so there's no point in lowering the price.
>>340345452
>not a single price drop in 4 years
I want a wii u. At this point i might as well wait until the nx comes out but I swear to god if I don't get backwards compatability and Mario maker I'm gonna be fucking pissed.
>>340345452
>>340345452
I think if the Wii U could run without a TV, like you crank games on the main controller on a train by plugging in a wii u.. in your.. bag, and you also had the controller,
That'd make it better
>>340347048
Are you 12?
>>340347048
>it would be a good idea for Nintendo to compete against themselves in the 1 market they dominate.
Good idea m8!
>>340347032
how would the NX be backwards compatible with the wii u when certain games require the wii u gamepad?
>>340345452
>Is Nintendo fucking insane
No, they've just given up on Wii U. Understandably, too, with how much of a blunder it was.
Why slash the price? Production has likely stopped by now, or will stop soon. There's no reason to prioritize market shares over profitability.
>>340347236
It's not like the Wii U has some magic streaming tech in it, it's just bluetooth. I am also doubtful about backwards compatibility though...it's pro-consumer but not pro-console.
lets face it even if it the wii u sold for like $199 no one would be buy it except for resellers
>>340347224
>2016
>nintendo
>dominating anything
They lost 80% of their handheld market to mobile. They might be "dominating" the remaining 20% but that's like fighting over a distant 2nd place
>>340346612
Literally just Forza and Sunset Overdrive. Future Forza will be on PC, though.
>>340347463
handheld and mobile aren't the same market.
>>340346829
Well, we aren't in Japan aren't we?
>they fucking called it "Wii U"
fucking LMFAO
I'm still in tears over this shit
My sister owns a Wii U and she's still convinced it's a fucking Wii
How can anyone possibly argue Japanese companies aren't all completely fucking retarded?
The NX is going to blunder too, and when they finally go and try to put Pokemon on phones no children will even remember who the fuck Pikachu even is
>>340347590
americlap detected.
>>340347236
>how would the Wii U be backwards compatible with the Wii when certain games require the wiimotes?
>>340346798
It dropped price once like $50. Not much, but it's better than literally nothing.
>>340347574
If that makes you feel better, sure, but the handheld market still shrunk by 80% generation over generation. DS was their best selling handheld and 3DS will be their worst.
>>340347048
>I think if the Wii U could run without a TV
It can anon, it can.
>>340347463
Just reinforces my point that anons idea of turning the wii u into a cumbersome handheld device is retarded.
>>340347697
you can buy wiimotes separately the same cant be said for the gamepad
>>340347903
I-is this what ultimate virginity and autism looks like?
>>340346910
if anything, it went UP
Wasn't this 250?
>>340345452
Nintendo isn't going to lower the price because they're already prepared for low demand. They're not producing any more units.
http://www.siliconera.com/2016/04/28/nintendos-strategy-greatly-reduce-wii-u-console-production-shipping/
>>340346798
They don't really drop the price much but they do try to add incentive with more game deals and such. I got my WIIU with two decent games for $250.00, was way worth it to me.
>>340347908
>the same cant be said for the gamepad
If backwards compatibility ends up being a thing I could easily see them selling the gamepads separately
The NX will likely have a touch screen embedded controller again anyway
>>340347868
Oh you're completely right. But the market doesn't cross-over. In this day and age smartphones are basically a requirement. Dedicated gaming platforms are not.
>>340345452
>buying a dead console
what starting a retro youtube channcel?
I don't understand why Nintendos best HDD on the WiiU is 32gb.
I didn't even think a manufacturer would bother to produce 32gb HDDs in this day and age.
The fact they also have a 16gb model is also baffling.
>>340347048
It can, but literally why.
>>340348197
It's just flash memory anon.
>>340346396
But I bought it
;_;
>>340345452
>Nintendo
>dropping their price ever
They are fucking jews, they dont care.
They know theres always kids out there who will ask for their consoles and games and us parents are forced to buy anyway.
Nintendo in my house never again.
>>340348015
>I-is this what ultimate virginity and autism looks like?
Thinking people care about what you play and if you play videogames at all is more virgin and autistic than anything posted here; that shit ended in the mid 00s.
>>340345452
Have you ever played Gears?
>>340348148
>But the market doesn't cross-over.
It does more than you think. The handheld market is made of equal parts hardcore, casual and children, and two of these audiences don't feel the need to carry a dedicated gaming console around anymore.
>>340348141
i doubt it most people dont even care for the wii u library
>>340348197
They're not HDDs you idiot
It's a nand chip that's built right onto the motherboard. And the smaller one was 8gb, not 16
>>340348031
Nope.
$350 at launch for 32GB version and $300 for 8GB version.
>>340346612
I loved my 360 but I kinda wish I got a ps4 instead of a bone, I can't even think of any exclusives that sound good.
Scale bound looked kinda cringe, recore has never even shown gameplay yet. I e played the first 3 gears so that just sounds like the same shit. Can anybody raise my hopes? Is there something coming that I don't know about? Something fresh
>>340348453
Not him but what's wrong with bringing your 3ds around with you when you go out. You might convince yourself that people around don't care, but that's just like being one of those douchebags that feel like they need to bring a guitar to every social gathering they attend.
>>340348452
that's why the 3DS is still selling at 250, right?
>woah man, just let me shitpost!
>>340345452
it's not that bad, plus the Wii-U is legit the better system of the two.
>>340348452
pull out game weak as fuck
If the NX is releasing in 2017 they might be waiting until the holidays for a price drop.
>>340348141
The NX won't have BC, remastering is a huge market. Apparently Nintendo is already working on Mario Maker and Splatoon ports for the console launch.
>>340348643
360 was pretty sweet sometime before the kinect era came along
Id buy a ps4 but there are only a handful of games that interest me ie bloodborne, lack of backwards compatability is also disappointing
>Shit console with all shit games
>Shit console with mostly shit games
Seems good to me.
If anything its a loss to the xbone
>>340346612
Everything that's on xbox is on PC except maybe one or two games. Plus you have to pay for Xbox Live. There's not really any reason to get one.
>>340346396
I actually got one after the price drop
>>340346396
>The Wii U was outsold by the GameCube
>>340348453
>>340348754
Not saying that playing videogames in public is dumb, but if you bring an entire wii u and play that in public... That's another story and another level on the spectrum entirely.
>>340349229
you have to pay for PS+ too
nothing is safe
>>340345452
>Xbone spring bundle
>1tb Hard drive
>Halo 5, Gears Ult Edition, Rare Replay and Ori
>319$
Looks pretty promising, amigo.
>>340349621
Paying for online will be the norm. I'll be really surprised if the NX doesn't also switch to paid online.
Would you buy a Wii U RIGHT NOW, if it was $99?
>>340348452
>kids
>wanting Nintendo
I have never seen a kid with a 3DS in public, ever.
>>340349524
Depends on the context. If I was travelling somewhere and had a wii u with me and a few hours to kill I'd go to a Starbucks and set it up and not give a fuck.
But then I've spent hours in cafes watching tv on my phone and drinking beers. So...
>>340347032
The Wii U is not worth it for Mario Maker alone. To be honest just wait a few months after the NX comes out. Re-releasing games onto newer consoles seems to be a trend with Nintendo.
Imo the Wii U is nintendo's most worthless console. Nothing worth playing for more than a week or challenging to the gaming scene. The Wii sucked but it also had games like Mario Galaxy, etc.
>>340349813
I wouldn't want to own one if you paid me $99
>>340348452
Damn that would be painfully cold.
>>340347563
oh good.
Forza has always been a decent series. It took what GT and GT2 did right and improved upon it. Where Gran Turismo itself focused more and more on HIGH FIDELITY SIMULATION shit, Forza remembered that it was a video game and was supposed to be fun.
But racing games aren't worth buying a whole console.
>>340349914
>$100 to spend on whatever you want
>free console to boot
>I wouldn't want this
You're such a fucking faggot
>>340349902
This is what you'd look like to anyone around you. Don't do that.
>>340349407
>the Wii U was outsold by the GameGear
>>340350085
Can I throw the Wii U away after you give me the $99?
Then I might do it, but definitely not if I have to keep it in my home
>>340348452
>Us parents
PFtthahahaha
>>340350059
Yeah totally. Honestly now I'd argue it even does the simulation aspect better than Gran Turismo. GT cars never felt like they had very much weight to them. Also Forza loves putting mid-class consumer cars in their games which I've heard tons of people have used in the past before going car shopping.
>>340348141
The NX is likely a portable so there won't be any controllers, and will definitely not be BC with Wii U.
>>340350292
They take forever to make GT games and I feel like they don't really have a good reason to take as long as they do because Forza is better at this point.
>we took 8 years to look at these cars now here look at this game where half the cars don't have proper damage models or cockpit view!
>>340349813
Are the games still $60?
>yes
no thanks.
>no they're going to be priced sanely at $30~ and have good sales at the $5-10 range
sure why not
otherwise i'll stick with pc sorry ninty.
>>340350292
>Also Forza loves putting mid-class consumer cars in their games which I've heard tons of people have used in the past before going car shopping.
This was one of the best parts of early GT games. Getting that mazda miata as a starter car.
>>340350251
It's money, just take it. I know you're used to doing things for free, but for once you actually get compensated.
>>340346396
You do realise Xbox one ( as in first one) barely beat the game cube right?
>>340350154
There's a slight difference, anon.
But given that you'll be surrounded by people using laptops, Kindles, books, I pads etc. I don't think any of the people around me would notice a wii u game pad and they definitely wouldn't care.
I mean fuck, I'm pretty self conscious but caring about strangers in a train station starbucks is next level.
>>340350548
But I get hot pockets for my all my hard work, I do get compensation.
>>340350667
It was Microsoft's first step into the console market, they didn't know what the fuck they were doing and killed the first Xbox early to (very successfully, I might add) apply everything they had learned with it's successor
What's Nintendo's excuse?
>>340350457
Right? GT 6 has 1200 cars compared with Forza's 400-600. Sounds like GT would be better in that department, but only a slim fraction of those cars are fully complete, while Forza has all interiors and their neat list Vista thing for all cars. Forza's quality vs GT's quantity.
>>340350154
>Apple and a hipster fade with matching hipster glasses..
Kill it with fire.
>>340350739
There is no difference. People will think "can't this idiot get away from his toy and leave it at home for a few hours/days?" either way.
>>340350739
People here have a huge problem with self image. They think everyone is constantly watching them and judging their every move. I have that issue myself. This is learned after years of abuse from family members and peers, and /v/ doesn't exactly help either when everything is "2/10 wouldn't bang or "You look like a cuck".
It's basically a sickness of the mind.
>>340350667
don't even try to pretend that nintendo didn't fail hard. they had a strong brand in the industry, microsoft had none. they still were last place.
>>340350154
typical neogaf poster
>>340351047
>It's basically a sickness of the mind.
It's called becoming an adult. I know that a lot of people here believe the exact opposite and that growing up means stopping thinking about what other people think, but that's what children and actual autists do.
That's why you shave, dress appropriately, don't put a fedora over your head and broadcast your MLP love to the world.
>>340351024.
>>340350904
>hipster fade
do you call barbers haircut people, anon?
it's time to go outside.
>>340351024
Is that being though by the people who are photographing their cappuccino and taking selfies?
Again, no one gives a fuck what you're doing. You have no idea how oblivious the general public are.
>>340351389
>do you call barbers haircut people
Yes.
>>340347673
>>340351340
The sad part is when you find out
I found out
>>340351492
It seems you have trouble discerning between a socially acceptable practice and one that isn't. Ask yourself why you don't even see people taking selfies with a tablet ever, and when they do every neck in the vicinity turns to their direction.
>>340346612
It's got all of the multiplatforms the Wii U couldn't even hope of running but if you've got a PS4 or PC that's not of much value.
Still, it's nuts that the Wii U is the same price. Basically no storage, no Blu-ray, drastically inferior media capabilities, drastically inferior graphics. I mean, the Xbone is kinda crap in its own way when compared to its direct competitor, compared to the Wii U it's a next-gen machine.
>>340351389
Mother was a professional stylist and used to do my hair. Lost her battle with cancer so I had to start going to other barbers in my 20s. Fucking awkward as hell.
>>340346396
I got it though.
It was a nice little console. I'll remember it fondly.
>>340345452
Xbox BTFO.
Ps4 = wii U > xbone
>>340348245
>these are the people you argue with on /v/
>>340350154
He doesn't look like he gives a fuck.
>>340351626
even if they find out, just give no fucks. dont let niggers ruin fun for you just because they dont understand
>>340351334
It's called being an insecure teenager. There's a difference between being aware of how little people actually think about you, and not shaving or showering or working out.
If you understand this you can be at peace and stop obsessing about everyone. I'm not saying don a fedora and MLP shirt, I'm saying that no one cares if you're wearing black or white on a certain day, or if a hair is out of line. I used to think that they do, I even asked them if they noticed things like that. I grew up and realized, no, they don't fucking care and are made aware of it when you bring it up.
I'll give you an example. There's a guy in my gym who wears a shirt saying "I'd rather play video games than work out". He's got a 10/10 girlfriend, is buff, and he's a pretty cool dude. People don't care if you wear some shirt that says "I like video games" they care if you act like a insufferable /v/irgin sperg in public. They care that you can't stop talking about how the Wii U is an inferior product to your PS4. What's obnoxious is your attitude and how you carry yourself.
>>340351752
This may have been true 5 years ago. Look at any crowd of people these days taking photos and you'll see plenty of tablets.
I'm not condoning it, I've never done it, I've seen it plenty of times. I just don't give a fuck, people can do whatever they want.
>>340345452
>competing
see here's the thing.
they haven't been competing since the gamecube.
they make a shitty low-power box and sell it at a huge markup, which puts cash in their pocket. the lack of power drives away third parties. so now instead of EA and Activision and Ubisoft selling games for their platform and nintendo getting a little slice, nintendo is making games themselves and keeping the whole pie. and the icing is that without the third parties, these nintendo games don't have to compete with other titles. people have the option to buy splatoon, and mario kart, and mario maker... and that's pretty much it. it's a nice closed environment where nintendo keeps pretty much everything for themselves.
>>340352250
>People don't care if you wear some shirt that says "I like video games" they care if you act like a insufferable /v/irgin sperg in public. They care that you can't stop talking about how the Wii U is an inferior product to your PS4. What's obnoxious is your attitude and how you carry yourself.
I really cannot state how correct this is in any words I know without feeling like I have understated just how correct this is.
So here is Yotsuba Koiwai.
>>340345452
At least the Wii U pack-in is good.
>>340348592
Most people being you and your hand?
>>340352250
>they care if you act like a insufferable /v/irgin sperg in public
You see, these guys are just doing the JUST B URSELF thing you are advocating. But you seem aware that you can't do everything you want in public, even if you're painfully clueless about how much you agree with me.
As for wearing "geek" clothes in public, that's not really something that singles anyone out as an outcast. There is such a thing as nerd blackpaint in this day and age. See: fans of Big Bang Theory.
>>340349821
Just because you never leave the house.
>>340350334
You're a fucking idiot.
>>340352779
You don't take "be yourself" literally.
>>340353579
Just as you don't take the "obssess over what people think of you" literally. There's such a thing balancing it out.
>>340353784
Well at the end of the day if I'm stranded at a Starbucks with a wii u, I'll play it while I'm there. So if you notice me among the throngs of people on other devices feel free to say hi and I'll buy you a coffee.
>>340353784
>Well at the end of the day if I'm stranded at a Starbucks with a wii u
How does one person find themselves in this situation without planning for it beforehand or something even stupider?
>>340347048
>>340352061
not them, but its comfy playing xenoblade x on the bed
>>340350814
>they didn't know what the fuck they were doing
Yeah because now they clearly do.
>>340352250
>working out is something all guys have to do to be normal
no
>>340345452
>this company has the mindset for selling for 2x less the price, so should this too
Also
>But Nintendo is just a corporation anon they are not your friend
>WTF?! Nintendo needs to cater to us and not the stockholders
Which one is it you shitposting faggots? Everytime you shitpost against Nintendo your hypocrisy always show for the sake of shitposting against Nintendo.
>>340347673
DELETE THIS
>>340348643
nah, I only got an xbone because my brother wanted it for his birthday, nothing on there i have that I can't run on PC better. shit sucks
I guess with certain games it's fine so I don't have to deal with hackers, but there really is no reason to get a singleplayer game on console over PC
>inb4 muh comfy couch
I can still play PC from my couch because xbone controller works with PC and would save you hundreds of dollars
>>340350154
>he's on fucking neogaf
>>340355349
I think he just means personal hygiene and taking pride in ones appearance.
>>340351832
>so you doing anything over the weekend man?
>>y-yeah my gf wanted to go to a concert or something
>he keeps asking me shit but I can't hear him over the sound of the clippers buzzing next to my ear
god damn it dumb fuck, if I repeatedly say "what" then speak louder, don't just repeat it at the same volume
Can they just make a fucking console wars board already?
>>340345452
Nintendo has stopped appealing to casuals, now they are trying to appeal to the hardcore niche that will pay that price for exclusives.
>>340356326
But what would that leave us with? E-celebs, people who see SJWs underneath their beds, and thinly disguised /pol/ and porn threads?
>>340345452
>How do they plan on competing
They clearly don't.
They're already written off the console. How many games are coming out this year? Like 3?
You'd have to be a total tard to buy it now, especially new.
>>340356164
What? I'm a different anon man.
>>340356640
How about video games?
>>340356505
You see, at first Nintendo was only appealing to casuals, now casuals have jumped ship for iphone games, and all the hardcore-casuals, or as I like to call them, the casualcores, are either playing the Xbox or PS4. Now all that's left is neckbeards to buy the WiiU.
>>340345452
What consoles there that can not connect to the Internet in any way?
totally free internet consoles, and all come complete games (without any DLC or the like)
there is only local multiplayer (from a single console)
without internet Peripherals
>>340356981
...or people that just want to play some damn videogames?
Some anons come up with the most contrived bullshit to give them any shitposting material I swear.
That's basically one of the main problems with the Wii U this whole gen. Part of the reason the Wii did well was it was the "budget" console far cheaper than either the 360 or PS3 at launch and got competitively priced drops.
The Wii U was barely cheaper than the PS4 or ONE and as they've each gotten drops the Wii U remains the same price.
>>340348245
this is cool as fuck, did not know this. might get one now since me and my wife take long train rides to maryland since thats where shes is from. usually play 3ds but this looks way more comfy.
>Comes with MK8. GOAT MK for racing
How does M$ even compete?
>>340352679
what?
>>340357519
ehh i'd stick with the 3DS. i mean really majora's mask 3D and rune factory 4, or offline splatoon?
if you're going to buy something buy a vita
>>340358036
you have a point, vita is way cheaper too. if the WiiU had better support it would be automatic.
>Wii U comes with great, fun game for $300
>Xbone comes with shitty 3rd person cover shooter that isn't fun for $300
I don't see a problem, OP.
