phantom_leo said:

This truthfully annoys THE FUCK out of me... They REALLY expect  me to hold on to a PS3 'til 2015 just to play the next Persona? I don't like having extra "stuff" and with nothing else to play on it, I'm just going to be staring at it, taking up space.

If they announce a PS4 port, the PS3 will be gone within minutes...

That's just a play out of Atlus' gamebook. Both Persona 3 and 4 came out after the PS3's release. I'm sure there will be a Playstation Cloud version that'll come along at some point for it though. Besides, if you get rid of your PS3, how will we play Ultimate Street Fighter 4?

And this is a reminder that I just want to play a Castlevania game at some point in the near future.

playing diablo

many rifts

Finished this which improved a lot after one of the worst openings in adventure gaming history (if you start as the black chick). Incidentally, is it impressive that Elijah Wood manages to voice act Elijah Wood with the same level of Elijah Woodness that he manages to act Elijah Wood in films?

Ravenprose said:

Hmm, out of all of those game franchises listed, I'm only going to be buying one. Can you guys guess which one?

Call of Duty of course.

Oh ok Tomb Raider.

The Wii not having many of those franchises didn't hurt it.

phantom_leo said:

Your image isn't appearing, btw. I am curious what you are referring to here!

Really a shame it's not showing up. It's a delightful image featuring all of the Castlevania characters from start of the series right up until the Lords of Acid or whatever the last installment was called.

SupremeAC said:

My gut feeling tells me that MK8 will shift more then a million units.  Still, one game doesn't make a generation.  I don't think Nintendo will be able to turn around the WiiU like they did the 3DS, by virtue of it taking much more time and resources to make games for the U.  I don't think this will pose much of a problem for them this gen, but if they don't play with the big boys next gen, and they don't strike gold like they did with Wii, I can see Nintendo being d00med next gen.

I think Nintendo are/will be aiming for a tipping point, where they build up such a strong mass of great exclusives, that critically it would be foolish of any gamers to ignore it. They are getting there now and many people seem to hold Mario Kart 8 as that tipping point. By the time Zelda, X, Bayonetta 2 and more hit, the console will be a critical darling at least. Retro and EAD Tokyo have their games out already round about year 1. They have years to make more software. Nintendo are sure to announce a couple of new games at E3, probably to launch near Winter too. Third party wise, you might have missed it but Activision is giving it Transformers and Spiderman games, perhaps continuing with COD too.

Anything Sonic or Lego or Disney related will be hitting it too. Other  than that probaly a MH4 port. I hope they get Arika doing a new Endless Ocean, Retro doing a new metroid, Team ninja perhaps doing something for them. And a new Fatal Frame would be cool.

Dvader said:

Wow Infamous is boring.

PS4 killer app!

You bought it.

Why are you laughing?

Dvader said:

You will play the next FF, the next RE, the next MGS, the next GTA, the next CoD, the next AC, the next Tomb Raider, the next Deus Ex, the next Mass Effect, the next Far Cry, and so on. You will get absolutely none of that on Wii U.

Whilst I'm not advocating that U will be successful, most of those franchises didn't come to Wii either and that was a success.

There was no Wii AC, no Wii GTA, no Wii Deus Ex, no Wii Mass Effect etc No mainline RE.... etc

Others were spun off with weirdo versions. Wii U doesn't neccessarily need the same games/franchises as others, it needs compelling software in its own right, exclusive or not. It needs some De Blobs and Boom Blox-es. It needs some Endless Oceans and Little Kings Stories. Nintendo needs to satisfy existing owners so they aren't burnt and put off future consoles.

Ravenprose said:

It's mainly because I have made reading my primary hobby now (I'm currently doing the 52 books in one year challenge), but it doesn't bother me in the least the lack of games coming out for PS4 or U. I'm going to be getting far fewer games each year for now on anyway, perhaps 3 or 4 at most. So far this year, it appears that I'll be getting Wolfenstein The New Order and Mario Kart 8. If those are all that come out that appeal to me, then that's okay.

I'm the same but with Anime. There are games on all platforms I own but dont play, Zelda and Fire Emblem 3DS, Skyrim, AC4, Halo 4 and Sleeping Dogs and tons more. I'm fairly apathetic to gaming at the moment. I did plan to buy 2 consoles as I always have since the Genesis/SNES days, but now I feel soured to the whole industry. A lot of that has to do with the Wii U boning, if third parties expect me to buy a whole new console to play their software (EA and others) then I just wont buy your games. If they release on a plaform I own maybe. X1 and PS4 are boring the heck out of me and there are only a few exclusive Wii U titles I'm interested in. That narrows my choices and saves me money, and I'll need that money for Anime Blurays

SupremeAC said:

Foolz said:

The Wii not having many of those franchises didn't hurt it.

The Wii had soccer moms backing it.

Then they should push for soccer moms, make a recipe app with the tablet, make a health tracker, make a Nintendogs type game for kids etc. Push for more family gaming, Monopoly Wii U etc

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