Wii U ranking jumps over 875% on Amazon UK after Xbox One announcement

[Gahars]

My how the tables have turned

Is it really a "tables have turned" situation? People have been pretty down on the next Xbox for months now. Remember the always online rumors? Adam Orth?

The only difference is that we're not relying entirely on speculation anymore.

 

[tropireno]

Hey look, the Xbox sucks! Better go buy a shitty Wii U!

 

[the_randomizer]

Hey look, the Xbox sucks! Better go buy a shitty Wii U!

That was the most thought-out comment all day!

 

[Rockhoundhigh]

Sometimes I feel that everybody on the Temp with any notoriety loathes, not hates the Wii U. Insert unoriginal joke about having NO GAEMZ here and watch your likes surge.

 

[shakirmoledina]

is it me or does every new console announcement such an effect to other consoles.

 

[Bladexdsl]

wait a minute how come the sales haven't jumped by

Too late

My how the tables have turned

revenge is sweeeeeeeeeeet

 

[ForteGospel]

Is it really a "tables have turned" situation? People have been pretty down on the next Xbox for months now. Remember the always online rumors? Adam Orth?

The only difference is that we're not relying entirely on speculation anymore.

You forgot that most of the casuals don't even search for information but the disappointannouncement was everywhere, and when I talk about the casuals I mean the sports gamer.

 

[TackyPie]

Now all they need to do now is come out with Mario Kart U and Super Smash Bros U and they might see a better %.

 

[Foxi4]

Love the ambiguous title on this one.

Let's rephrase that:

"Wii U's place in a ranking (on Amazon) jumps by 875% (meaning from abyssmal #390 to poor #40) after XBox One announcement"

This in no way represents global sales.

 

[PolloDiablo]

is it me or does every new console announcement such an effect to other consoles.

IIRC people were saying that Nintendo's stocks dropped after the announcement of the Wii U
but I don't remember hearing anything about Sony or M$ increasing their sales

 

[slingblade1170]

It doesn't matter how the Wii U is selling, Nintendo are doing fine. Nintendo, just like countless other companies have been in a slump before and they will recover and will be there again in the future. I just don't see how people can say the Wii U sucks, I bought one and its a great system. The gamepad feels nice and the screen looks amazing, the pro controller is just a dreamcast/xbox rip off but I love it and glad it is! There aren't many great games on the system yet but by this time next year there will be plenty. If you go look at some old forums on different websites you will see that the Wii & 3DS had similar troubles one way or another and they eventually sold more than the competition. Nintendo is just gaining this reputation that gamers love to hate them, all because their hardware is inferior to MS or Sony but without Nintendo we are stuck playing CoD/Halo and their many fps clones. Sony, MS & Nintendo can all co exist like they have for the past 13 years.

 

[pwsincd]

I bought 875 WiiU's two days ago anyone want 1

 

[Guild McCommunist]

It doesn't matter how the Wii U is selling, Nintendo are doing fine. Nintendo, just like countless other companies have been in a slump before and they will recover and will be there again in the future. I just don't see how people can say the Wii U sucks, I bought one and its a great system. The gamepad feels nice and the screen looks amazing, the pro controller is just a dreamcast/xbox rip off but I love it and glad it is! There aren't many great games on the system yet but by this time next year there will be plenty. If you go look at some old forums on different websites you will see that the Wii & 3DS had similar troubles one way or another and they eventually sold more than the competition. Nintendo is just gaining this reputation that gamers love to hate them, all because their hardware is inferior to MS or Sony but without Nintendo we are stuck playing CoD/Halo and their many fps clones. Sony, MS & Nintendo can all co exist like they have for the past 13 years.

A) People say the system sucks because it has no goddamn games and it has some poor design choices. I think honestly the Wii U Pad really hurts the system. Sure, it has the opportunity to present some interesting ideas but in the end it's a hurdle for third party developers to be forced into doing more than a simple port to the system. Instead they now have to go make all these stupid Gamepad features. Also the assurance of "Look there'll be great games soon!" when they all end up being Nintendo games doesn't cut it. I realized that buying a Nintendo system for Nintendo games was a bad idea. I did it for the Wii and that ended up almost being completely useless after I got a Xbox 360 (and now a PS3). It ends up becoming a Smash Bros. machine.

B) If you say "All Sony/MS consoles do is play CoD/Halo/FPS games" you should probably stop talking because your knowledge of video games is about equal to that of an Amish toddler.

 

[WiiUBricker]

A) People say the system sucks because it has no goddamn games and it has some poor design choices. I think honestly the Wii U Pad really hurts the system. Sure, it has the opportunity to present some interesting ideas but in the end it's a hurdle for third party developers to be forced into doing more than a simple port to the system. Instead they now have to go make all these stupid Gamepad features. Also the assurance of "Look there'll be great games soon!" when they all end up being Nintendo games doesn't cut it. I realized that buying a Nintendo system for Nintendo games was a bad idea. I did it for the Wii and that ended up almost being completely useless after I got a Xbox 360 (and now a PS3). It ends up becoming a Smash Bros. machine.

No developer is forced to make use of the Gamepad. You know, there are two other controls available, Wiimote+Nunchuck and Wii U Controller Pro.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

No developer is forced to make use of the Gamepad. You know, there are two other controls available, Wiimote+Nunchuck and Wii U Controller Pro.

They say that but they basically are. Every Wii U console comes with a GamePad. Not every owner has a Pro controller or Wiimote + Nunchuck. So if you want to reach the broadest possible audience you'll need to develop for the GamePad. If you make Call of Duty and expect everyone to buy a Pro controller because developing for the GamePad is just a useless bunch of resources then people aren't going out of their way to buy another controller and the game itself.

The same issue was with the Wii. You didn't HAVE to develop for the Wiimote and motion controls, there was the Gamecube controller and Classic Controller, but you basically had to because everyone had one.

 

[WiiUBricker]

They say that but they basically are. Every Wii U console comes with a GamePad. Not every owner has a Pro controller or Wiimote + Nunchuck. So if you want to reach the broadest possible audience you'll need to develop for the GamePad. If you make Call of Duty and expect everyone to buy a Pro controller because developing for the GamePad is just a useless bunch of resources then people aren't going out of their way to buy another controller and the game itself.

The same issue was with the Wii. You didn't HAVE to develop for the Wiimote and motion controls, there was the Gamecube controller and Classic Controller, but you basically had to because everyone had one.

You can use the Gamepad just as a normal controller though. Nobody is forced to make use of those fancy Gamepad features.

 

[slingblade1170]

A) People say the system sucks because it has no goddamn games and it has some poor design choices. I think honestly the Wii U Pad really hurts the system. Sure, it has the opportunity to present some interesting ideas but in the end it's a hurdle for third party developers to be forced into doing more than a simple port to the system. Instead they now have to go make all these stupid Gamepad features. Also the assurance of "Look there'll be great games soon!" when they all end up being Nintendo games doesn't cut it. I realized that buying a Nintendo system for Nintendo games was a bad idea. I did it for the Wii and that ended up almost being completely useless after I got a Xbox 360 (and now a PS3). It ends up becoming a Smash Bros. machine.

B) If you say "All Sony/MS consoles do is play CoD/Halo/FPS games" you should probably stop talking because your knowledge of video games is about equal to that of an Amish toddler.

Lol, I bet you like being a reporter on temp, because everytime someone posts something that goes against the majority of most users I notice you troll them. I know what I'm talking about with video games, as a collector I love almost all kinds of games and systems. I do agree with the gamepad statement you made, I think Nintendo should of had a traditional controller and use the gamepad as an addon that way lazy ass developers will actually make games instead of avoiding the Wii U altogether because they don't want to implement the gamepad's features.

Anyways, I shouldn't have replied to to this message because now all I will receive is another smart ass reply.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Lol, I bet you like being a reporter on temp, because everytime someone posts something that goes against the majority of most users I notice you troll them.

Don't see the correlation there at all.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Off topic: I don't really see the issue of the gamepad being all that hard to program for, it's not like your making an entire game on the thing. Mountain out of a mole hill?

On the actual topic, this number is out of date now. The Wii-U is no longer at #40 it's at #4 possibly #3 now.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Off topic: I don't really see the issue of the gamepad being all that hard to program for, it's not like your making an entire game on the thing. Mountain out of a mole hill?

On the actual topic, this number is out of date now. The Wii-U is no longer at #40 it's at #4 possibly #3 now.

Still it involves hiring more people to go develop all this interface for it compared to just paying people to port a game between the Xbox, Playstation, and PC. It's an unnecessary hurdle that costs more money. In the end if you have to spend more money on a Wii U port that'll sell less than every other ported version, why even bother?