how are u w/ present nintendo dying

[Kalahari Inkantation]

man Wii Us are still unexplainably expensive, aren't they

i mean it's not really unexplainable, the reason is they have a stupidly high manufacturing cost. at least as of 3 years ago it was estimated they cost about $200 to produce a single unit, with the gamepad costing about 70 bucks of that. they've been selling them at a loss since launch basically. not that they shouldn't have just taken more of one and cut the price to $199 like 2 years ago, but it's probably just because cutting the price at this point isnt really going to affect sales that greatly enough to offset how much they've lost on this dumbass console lol

not to mention that at this point, nintendo probably doesn't want the wii u to sell anymore lol

any significant increase in late adoption of the wii u would put a console that's officially been deprecated in conflict with the upcoming nx

keeping the wii u's price 2.5x what it should be both ensures that their losses are minimized and keeps any interested gamers looking forward to their next platform

plus the wii u uses such ancient and exotic components that nintendo probably pays a premium for the manufacturing of inferior hardware in small quantities

they would almost certainly have saved money in the long run using more powerful, less proprietary hardware for which there is a market larger than just nintendo

[squirrelfriend]

might as well just develop games for other systems at that point

[Kalahari Inkantation]

like my brand new iphone 7

[squirrelfriend]

exactly
i support Chinese socialist slave labor

[rdl]

honestly nintendo's been shite since the wii, arguably the gamecube, also arguably the n64.

wii had mario galaxy 2, that was basically it. and donkey kong, but that was retro.

oh and re: MIB. Yeah in Baten Kaitos your "character" was like a magical spirit that was "watching over the characters" so you "influenced their decisions" but weren't actually the main character. so since you're from a different dimensions, they made all of the voice acting sound like they were speaking into a tin can to really immerse you in the experience of being a spirit from another dimension. pretty smart stuff.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

mario maker is ok but imo not for its price

it's a game with literally (until the servers are inevitably shut down) infinite replayability, how is that not worth 60 dollars lol

it's a basic level editor with almost no new assets that probably took all of two days to make

that's not a jab at the game's quality because as far as i can see it's universally regarded as good, but i guarantee it couldn't have cost nintendo more than $10 to develop

[Kalahari Inkantation]

honestly nintendo's been shite since the wii, arguably the gamecube, also arguably the n64.

wii had mario galaxy 2, that was basically it. and donkey kong, but that was retro.

i disagree

the wii was a legitimately great console, and the others are pretty much all superior to the wii u

there is a valid argument to be made that nintendo has been shite on some level since the n64 era, but there's no denying that they have objectively been at their absolute worst from ~2011 onward

[C.Mongler]

i guarantee it couldn't have cost nintendo more than $10 to develop

[Kalahari Inkantation]

you're right, that's probably an overestimate

unpaid intends did the bulk of the work

[C.Mongler]

i tell you what i'll give you a crisp twenty dollar bill if you can have me tile-based platformer maker by Christmas time buddy

[Kalahari Inkantation]

sure

just give me all of your pre-existing artwork, spritework, sound effects, 3d models, music, and source code, and i'll have a brand new, original game competed for you before long

[C.Mongler]

just use a Yoshi's Island ROM, shouldn't be hard!!

[6M69I69B9]

honestly nintendo's been shite since the wii, arguably the gamecube, also arguably the n64.

wii had mario galaxy 2, that was basically it. and donkey kong, but that was retro.

oh and re: MIB. Yeah in Baten Kaitos your "character" was like a magical spirit that was "watching over the characters" so you "influenced their decisions" but weren't actually the main character. so since you're from a different dimensions, they made all of the voice acting sound like they were speaking into a tin can to really immerse you in the experience of being a spirit from another dimension. pretty smart stuff.

oh SHIT

yeah damn that is fucking nuts

i really should buy eternal wings to replay it.  i borrowed the game from a friend in high school and finished it.  she really loves the games and her art somewhat reflects the style of baten kaitos

it can't be more the $20.  i hope..

sure

just give me all of your pre-existing artwork, spritework, sound effects, 3d models, music, and source code, and i'll have a brand new, original game competed for you before long

tfw tec made a better argument while i was running with a paper bag over my head

[C.Mongler]

this reminds me i still don't have a new tile-based platformer builder in hand yet, what gives???

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Nintendo needs money to make real games. I'm about as enthusiastic for Pokemon Go but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. If you want Nintendo to put its big boy pants back on and lead the industry again, respect that it has to pick up on some current trends for once.

Nintendo makes Mario game on IOS(and Android eventually) to make money to produce quality games --> Super Mario Run is a huge success --> Nintendo makes $$$ --> we get good games

this is what naive (or perhaps delusional) nintendo fans actually believe

boy are they in for a sad surprise lol