There is a world of difference between lead platforms and down ports. You cannot seriously claim they are one and the same.Dragonbums said:I'm not addressing what game ports may or may not come to the Wii U in it's late life cycle though.Lightknight said:There's a difference between games being developed and launched concurrently with the predecessor vs launching with games that have already been available for half a year or more like Arkham City and Mass Effect 3 because the predecessor was too weak to get a port for them.Dragonbums said:I'm just going to say that on this part, the same can be said for both the PS4 and Xbox One at the moment as well. Only a couple of exclusives for their new consoles and everything else are just ports for this generation of games.Kinitawowi said:One of the biggest problems with describing the WiiU as 8th gen is that the majority of its launch titles were 7th gen ports.
Look, you have admitted that Nintendo has dropped the ball in the games department. You don't have to defend them here. Nintendo themselves have admitted this as a major failure on their part. Followed up by marketing of the console and a failure to explain why the WiiU is worth purchasing because it's a new experience. That's Nintendo's words.
Frankly, it is just current generation tech at a new gen console price with precious few games. This is not the future of gaming as is. It's a rough time to be a Nintendo fan with such a mistep. If you think about it, Sony fans were in the same position with a company that had won the previous two generations by multiple times the competition combined and suddenly they were on the bottom until what, a month ago when they barely squeeked past the 360 into second place where console sales are concerned. Sony delivered a WAY overpriced device with hardware we weren't sure of. Its bluray saved it early on but the 360 offered what appeared to be better for cheaper (as the ps3's difficulty curve in programming caused nearly all multi-platform games to be developed on 360 and then ported over).
As a Nintendo fan, I have been frustrated at having to buy another console to play all the other games I want to play. I am unhappy with what is a $300 fee just for the honor of then being able to buy Nintendo software. I'm ok paying a premium if it means I get to play Nintendo AND the huge list of AAA multiplatform games but I'm no longer ok with it for just the ten or so Nintendo titles I usually get per generation and enjoy. This was an overpriced, underpowered, undersupported mess of a console. It may be considered 8th generation but it certainly can't stand tall amongst the competition.
I'm talking about how OP is criticizing the Wii U for having launch titles that consisted of PS360 ports, when the PS4 and Xbox One's main lineup right now are PS360 ports as well.
As an example Watch Dogs has PS4/Xbone/PC out in the forefront and everything is scaled down for the inferior PS3/360/Wii U versions.