Activision disappointed with Wii U launch

The WiiU actually had decent software support. 24 titles at launch and most of which AAA third party titles. Granted a lot of them were ports of games already on other systems but for people who never owned a 360 or PS3; the WiiU versions of these games were still relevant to early WiiU adopters.

And if rumors are to be believed Sony and Microsoft's next systems won't be the hardware powerhouses that the PS3 or 360 were compared to their predecessors. Graphic fidelity has reached a plateau and I think the differences between consoles this gen will be fairly small with slight variances here or there.

Sony is focusing on social integration with PS4 as opposed to pure hardware power, and Microsoft seems to be pursuing integration of Xbox with Windows 8 etc. which has pissed off countless developers including Gabe Newell who cites that Windows 8 does not run steam very well if at all.
 
If you want to talk about developers for WiiU, WiiU is getting games like Bayonetta 2, Monster Hunter, and Nintendo signed a partnership with Unity which means over 1 million indie developers will have access to the WiiU.

@TheWatcher000 And there would be several brutal finishing moves to KO Kotick :D.

@DeViLzzz You for real?

@hatieshorrer I bought my Wii for $129.99 in 2010 he was close to right.. Even got a free game with it sucky fling smash got it for the wii mote though traded the game in .

@PSYCHOV3N0M No, should read "Gamers disappointed with WiiU"

@Strider8009 The enemy of my enemy is my friend. It's always nice that people can overcome differences by choosing to hate on the same subject.

@ABEzilla116  

I dont think Nintendo is waiting for third party developers.  I think Nintendo is happy knowing most of the people buying a Wii U will do so for Nintendo games that make Nintendo more money.  How do you convince people to buy Wii U a third party game on Wii U when that same game is on PS3 and X360 and most people already have one of the two.

No I think Nintendo planed on the Wii U sales to start slow the low manufacturing numbers would suggest that.

@Leeric420 And according to wall street investors Sony is focusing on social integration as opposed to hardware power.

And Microsoft is working on integrating Windows 8 with the next Xbox. Which by the way Windows 8 has pissed off guys like Gabe Newell due to the fact that Windows 8 seems to not support Steam very well.

The idea that Sony and Microsoft's next consoles are going to be leaps and bounds ahead of what we have now is absurd. We have reached a plateau in terms of graphics fidelity, we may see a slight boost but nothing like the jump from PS2 to PS3 or Xbox to 360. Game development costs will continue to rise and developers will not develop a game beyond 1080p native resolution because its simply too costly. Even with Sony touting 4K as the next big thing just think how expensive it would be to develop a game for 4k. At the most you can hope for a chip that up-scales games to that resolution.

Just look at the number of studios that closed their doors over the past two years. And then try to justify the argument that more powerful hardware is what this gen will be all about. Every time hardware is increased so too do development costs.

@Leeric420 its not all about the specs you know, you can have an amazing game with the crappiest graphics and stuff, think minecraft--> an immensely popular game. its more about the content most of the time than the graphics capabilities, yeah its nice to have spiffy graphics but i would rather play a game with an amazing storyline with good music and play-style with crappy graphics than have amazing graphics and a crappy storyline and play-style/music

@osxgp I doubt that Wii Sports was the sole reason people bought a Wii. Wii Sports was a pack in that appealed to the non gamers. It was games like Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario, Metroid, that a majority of the 'core' audience bought the system for. Here are some facts and figures for you... Naturally Wii sports would be listed at the top because it was packed in with the system. With over 99 million Wii systems of course Wii Sports would have a huge attach rate. But look at the next title... none other than Mario Kart.

Wii

Hardware: 95.85m
Software: 818.46m
Best-selling titles: Wii Sports ? 79.60m
Mario Kart Wii ? 32.44m
Wii Sports Resort ? 30.14m
Wii Play ? 28.02m
New Super Mario Bros. Wii ? 26.26m

I myself have 22 Wii titles. Of those I have Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Mario Galaxy, Red Steel 2, Goldeneye, MadWorld, Okami, Xenoblade, The Last Story, Metroid Prime Trilogy (3 games in one package) Cod WaW, CoD BOps, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider Underworld and when it comes out I will be picking up Pandora's Tower.

 @osxgp NO,NO,NO..... Wii sold the MOST software! 900m units in fact. Xbox a little under 800m and Sony just under 600m.

With 98m Wii's sold that works out at roughly 8.4 games per Wii. Hell, Mario Kart Wii sold more than ALL the Halo's on 360 PUT TOGETHER!

Maybe you should should get your facts straight before makijg up BS and listening to the trolls!

@osxgp  

Thats funny because Wii owners are averaging as many games as PS3 owners.

@osxgp No, if they were repeating what SEGA Dreamcast did, they would have been bleeding money out the ass with their other consoles.

@Thanatos2k Yeah,

In order for you to tackle the problem, you must first acknowledge it.

Wii U has POS marketing.

@Thanatos2k  

Is that why Platinum games is making Bayonetta 2, and MistWalker and Monolith have also announced they are making Wii U games.

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