"GameStop CEO Confident That Nintendo's Wii U Can Still Be A Hit"

[kane_magus]

I don't disagree with what these guys say (either the GameStop CEO or the author of the article). As soon as they release a proper Zelda and/or Metroid game, the Wii U will probably take off. Hell, just the next Smash Bros. game, which is not too far away, will probably be enough to make that happen. People (or at least me, anyway) buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games, and... that's pretty much it. Sure, there might the occasional non-Nintendo-made outlier here and there, but a Nintendo console is for Nintendo games these days. The only thing, for me at least, is that I'm just not as into Mario games as I used to be, but yeah, when Zelda or Metroid hit, that's when I'll move from ignoring the current gen consoles altogether to finally thinking about maybe getting a Wii U some day. I don't think Nintendo is too awfully hurt by not getting Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty, honestly. Anybody that really wanted to play those games probably already have a PS4 or X-bone anyway.

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[owsf2000.livejournal.com]

It'd probably have a better chance of being a hit if they didn't seem to stuff all their Wii-U related stuff in the back of the shop or in a tiny corner somewhere. That's just my personal observation from the local shops (As well as the shops I've visited in nearby towns.)

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know, myself, since I haven't been inside a GameStop since... hmm. I honestly can't rightly remember. I think it was shortly after I bought a PS3, because I went there to buy LittleBigPlanet, so I guess that would be around four and a half years now since I was last in one.