The Wii U is a cool console….but it has NO games.
People are talking of Nintendo’s demise:
To say that Nintendo’s Wii U had a troubling fiscal first quarter might be an understatement.
The game company on Wednesday announced that during that period during April, May, and June , it sold only 160,000 Wii U units worldwide, bringing its grand total since its launch last year to just 3.6 million units sold. During the three-month period, Nintendo sold just a little over 1 million software units globally.
Each month, research firm NPD releases market data on the U.S. gaming market, and although it doesn’t announce console unit sales figures, it’s been clear that the Wii U isn’t selling well. That the console is having such trouble elsewhere around the world, as well, speaks to just how unpopular the Wii U is.
Still, maybe its time to hang up the video games. I simply refuse to play a FPS with a conventional game controller. I’m also fed up with the constant hardware upgrades needed to keep current with PC games.
I guess its no huge loss, as I DO have a baby on the way, and likely wouldn’t have the spare time needed to play games that don’t run on my phone….
I haven’t played any computer games in so long I’ld have to build a computer w/ old software just to use the ones I have.
Eh, I play Nethack on the alt.org server! So all I need is a telnet client!
I was gonna say “I thought you just played nethack, why do you need a fancy compy?” There’s more to games than graphics!
I keep my PC current while waiting for a new Half Life series to come out. ‘Former scientist armed with a crowbar’ is about the only video game concept worth playing.