PixlBit

Yeah, I had already talked about the Vita and the Wii U's sales multiple times on 1UP already. :p

But seriously, though. On the NPD numbers, the Wii U is already tracking FAR below the Gamecube--a trend that may only accelerate over the course of the summer. While the GCN sold no less than 100k between it's 1st May and July, the Wii U is already selling under 40k now and has no big games lined up between now and August with Pikimin 3. They've already stated that The Wonderful 101 won't be out until September, and neither Bayonetta 2 nor the Wind Waker remake were even mentioned during Friday's ND.

But unlike the Vita, I'm still not willing to give up on the Wii U entirely. I still think it can pull similar numbers to the N64 (around 40million LTD) if Nintendo plays it's cards right. The Vita's failure--and even the 3DS's lower momentum compared to the DS--represents a broader shift away from dedicated handhelds in the West, especially those not made by Nintendo.

Holy shit, that's amazing. I especially love the owl.

Pretty much. They also have to deal with the fact that many people either can't get stuff digitally or simply don't want to on principle--and that's not going to change for several years. Sales like this makes it a much more attractive option.

Yeah, I'm surprised they even put it in. But with all the other games for $10, why not? XD

There was no way I could possibly pass up a deal like that for just $10 bucks. I just couldn't. :p

It's going to take me a long ass time to get through this stuff. I can't blame you. :p

I have no problem with it at these prices. I don't think I've EVER payed more than $10 for a game since I got Steam. But at $60? Fuck that, I'm buying a physical copy.

While I doubt they would've supported it that well anyway, the worrying thing is that many other developers are equally tepid about the Wii U and see little reason to make games for it. That trend needs to change in a big way going forward.

You can get a 1TB hard drive for that price. Why Sony thought people would be willing to pay that much in a market increasingly leaning towards digital distribution is mindboggling. They could've added built in memory, at least...

I see plenty of other people either getting the much cheaper last-gen systems with their bigger libraries, or just sitting on the stuff they already own for a while. The PS4 and 720 are not the huge leap forward in tech and features that the current gen devices were over the PS2. Indeed, I don't think we'll ever see such a jump again, let alone anything like the 90's where you went from the SNES to the Dreamcast in one decade.