Dexterity said:
There's no motion control in the Wii U.
There is. It's just not being used. Just like the majority of Wii games after Year 2 of its release.
The Wii U controller's screen is only really used for off screen play, or sometimes menu functions. The only exceptions to this are the launch titles which were tech demos showing off the functionalities of the controller. Even Pikmin 3 abandons the controller's screen and only uses it as an OPTIONAL map.
Which is a point against the console. Putting in a gimmick that's unnecessary and abandoned within the first year of the console's release.
I mean Jesus Christ, they even made a fucking screenless controller an option.
Which you have to buy. Otherwise you have a peice of abandoned hardware for a controller, great job Nintendo.
No developer is forced to cram things into it. You actually have no clue what you're spouting. Seriously, good luck finding many games using any form of motion control on the Wii U.
-Wii Sports Club
-Star Fox at E3 demonstrated motion controls
-As did Giant Robot
Who has no clue?
And why does Nintendo oh so desperately need more 3rd party support? They've relied on first party games ever since the Nintendo sixtyfuckingfour. Don't even answer that question, it's entirely rhetorical.
Because every Nintendo console since the NES, with the exception of the Wii, has sold millions lower than the previous generation.
Because Nintendo's first party IPs haven't grown up enough compared to the median age of gamers and can't support Nintendo consoles by themselves for another couple of generations.
Because it was exclusive 3rd party games that made Nintendo consoles popular. Remember Goldeneye? Perfect Dark? Banjo Kazooie? Killer Instinct? All on the N64 (or as you so calmly put it, "the Nintendo sixtyfuckingfour").
How about the SNES and NES era? Megaman? Final Fantasy? Chrono Trigger? Contra? Metal Gear? Earthworm Jim? Secret of Mana? Castlevania? Earthbound? TMNT Turtles in Time?
Look, I just named a bunch of classic franchises that were Nintendo exclusives. Many of them remained Nintendo exclusive until the N64's hardware capabilities kneecapped them. Then they went to the Playstation. Final Fantasy 7 was rebuilt as a PS exclusive specifically because of the N64's limited storage.
Now Nintendo's piss poor treatment of the 3rd party (which really started with the Gamecube era) has come back to bite them in the ass. Nintendo's 1st party games can't make the Wii U a success by themselves. Nintendo doesn't release games at a fast enough rate to not have many months of waiting until the next release. That, and their single player focused games can be beating within 10-12 hours. That's not enough game to have on a console that has a major title or two coming only every 6-8 months.
That's why Nintendo needs 3rd party support. They'll fail otherwise. They're focus on their shrinking fanbase will kill them. If the median gamer's age is to be taken seriously, and it should, most gamers are in their late 20s to early 30s. You're going to have a hard time selling them Mario, Zelda and Yoshi based solely on nostalgia.
Nintendo right now is mimicing Sega in the mid 90s. The 3rd party is leaving them in droves and their console doesn't have enough games that bring a breath of fresh air to the table.
