Pachter warns Wii U will finish a 'distant third' behind PS4 and Xbox One

Michael Pachter is an idiot, and you idiots who believe him are morons. Wii U will easily outsell XBox One. But not PS4.

Ok let me get this straight. Nintendo releases the Wii with inferior hardware and lack of 3rd party support. I mean wow the thing wasn't even HD. Nintendo goes on to crush the competition in sales on both console and handheld fronts. The Wii becomes the 3rd best selling console in history. So why am I once again reading an article about Nintendo failing? There is just no evidence to support these claims. I could understand having this conversation in 2000, but as far as sales go at the moment, Nintendo is king.

the Wii U will be to Nintendo what the Dreamcast was for Sega.

Nintendo just needs to change it's marketing direction. The Wii had awful specs but it was the most sold console in the world, the same probably couldn't happen with the Wii U but it could turn out like the next Gamecube and do fairly well on the market. The way I see it is you should just buy the PS4 and keep the Wii U as a secondary console for parties and the typical gaming environment Nintendo offers. I don't recommend getting the Xbox One because it's basically the same thing as the PS4 except with slightly worse graphics, less titles and a higher price.

WII U .WHAT A SACK OF SHIT

All I got to say is that I am going to run out and buy the Atari Jaguar right now. I can't wait for Aliens Vs Predator.

Haha everybody is hating on Nintendo but I'll be the one laughing when you idiots have to pay an extra $60 a year just to play online.

all nintendo care about is recycling the same mario/zelda cr@p but its fanboys think its something new and great because this time you play with a BS controller.

nintendo was hoping that with the market/industry been crazy on mobiles/tablets that theyd try cloning a tablet and add it with a console, this been another BS hyped gimmick/fad that nintendo hoped would print money (like the wii did).

but the problem is, compared to the current systems that have been out over 5 years, the wii u hasnt got anything that the other systems havent already done.

wow it has slightly better graphics, but i wouldnt pay for a game again just for that.

the fact that the wii u is over priced aswel, gamers are not interested in the console, as soon as the XBX1/PS4 comes out, devs will focus more on the actual next gen hardware and the wii u will be left behind.

i hope this greed antic ruins nintendo, they no longer deserve to make consoles, all they do is sell out of date consoles with cheap hadware that is always one step behind its competitors... i mean come on nintendo, you used to be the best, you cant be bothered to include media support, the wii u has a blue ray drive, let us watch movies.

nintendo is just a box that plays out of date games.... wake me up when they catch up

nothingis writtenin stone

The delusional fanboyism of these comments is hilarious. Nintendo relys on gimmicks to sale theyre hardware and doesn't even try to compete with the other console makers now. It actually was a winning strategy with the Wii but old folks in a rest home are not the demographic you need to target for this market (no one feels they need a better version of wii bowiling) which they are just now starting to see. People are saying who wants a watered down pc (PS4 and Xbone), yeah really who wants to see the latest game screaming across your HD flatscreen running 1080p @ 60fps, with hi res textures and fsaa? Of coarse gamestop just stop taking pre-orders on PS4 and Nintendo cant give away theyre system so maybe that's an answer? Then you have a guy in here saying TLoU is not worth 60 bones, but this same guy has been playing Mario for 20 years, THATS funny. TLoU had more innovation then ive seen from Nintendo in years (we wont even mention the game launched on a 6 year old console and still looks better then anything wiiu has or will have most likely). When Nintendo admits they screwed the pooch and are in trouble with the wiiu (which everyone that's not delusional already knew) and you still have people saying its all good and donkey kong 52 is gonna pull the console out of the toilet this holiday season, guess we know who spawned the original fanboys. This console is not gonna do a Dreamcast dump but I do see a Saturn slide happening (very short life span). If they want to compete NEXT time (cause the wiiu is in serious trouble this holiday with the new launches) they should leave the gimmicks at home and build an actual game machine. Oh and people that are saying Watch Dogs is going to run better on Wiiu then Xbone (and I HATE microshaft) is also just talking to make themselves feel better or are actually VERY slow (just look at the RAM), wiiu will get watch dogs and it will be an ugly mutt compared to the other versions. I apologize in advance if I double posted...

Wii U hardware is too weak to the point to think that Nintendo made a mistake... i live in Japan and i don`t know anyone who wants to buy a WiiU... Nintendo is just more of the same... Mario`s, Luigi`s, Wario`s games gets launched one after another to the point the people lost interest in it... and Zelda is too old school for hardcore games...

WiiU is popular with Families and women, but none of them wants to spend money with a Mario game every month...and for children... the parents just go for the 3ds because it`s cheaper... and many people think the WiiU is just a Wii with a tablet controller, showing that Nintendo has made a mistake with the name too

Nintendo fans can say otherwise but in reality, nobody cares about the tablet controller anymore... and hardcore gamers don`t want to play Mario or Zelda... they will just wait for a PS4 or Xone... that`s the reality... just fans of Nintendo games will buy a WiiU

Nintendo still has some of the greatest exclusive games. The obvious next gen best choice is to buy a PS4 and once the Wii U price drops get it as the second console. No need to buy an Xbone to play the same PS4 games but a few.

Thus I am sure Patcher is wrong. Again.

Why do I need Michael Pachter to tell me this, it's visibly obvious...

I love it how Nintendo haters just come here to troll. I remember last year how the 3DS was being bashed on but a year later, after being highly successful and releasing worthwhile games, these same haters are nowhere to be found when discussing the 3DS. Sweet silence from defeat

So some guy dropped his opinion about a product and we have to listen to him?

It's currently very far behind the current consoles.

Tell me about it Got about 10 months left on my contract

Big N got arrogant and look at them now Wii u All hardware no software till 2014

Patcher is wrong as usual. The Wii U will finish a "distant position" behind PS4, together with the XBone.

Makes you wonder. What WOULD happen if NINTENDO had to give up making consoles? Would they become a 3rd party developer, or sell to someone like Disney?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo7rezJbavA

mmmmmmmmmm , i said before !!! , Wii u out of the challenge . moreover stuck developing old games , like mario and pokemon !!! forget the we grow up and we need more action

Slowly going the way of the Buffalo...

I said in 1 year. One year from now, I don't see the Nintendo Wii U having more sales than the other two systems. They don't have a lot support from gaming companies and are destined to become the new "Sega".

No system is going to eclipse any other this year Nintendo will be on top but not by far

I'm a huge fan of Nintendo (Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, SSB, etc.), but they don't have a chance. This might be one scenario where PS4 and Xbox One eclipse them in just one year (the Wii U).

No disrespect, but I don't even know a person with a Wii U, though I haven't played any system in awhile too (purchasing the PS4 this year). I still forget that it's even out right now, and that is so sad.

I truly know nintendo won't lead the console race this time around, but, I don't see them giving away the second place that easily...cough Zelda cough Smash Bros

He is indeed living in the dark ages..

Back when I was the closest I will ever be to being a “fan boy”, is when I was a SEGA gamer. I owned every system they made outside of the master system. When the Dreamcast was launched it was one of the most impressive systems I have ever seen up till that point, from the controller design to the possibility of what SEGA was going to do with it, I was excited, and a year later SEGA was done and you could for the first time ever, play a SEGA produced and made game on a Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony system. My SEGA fan boy heart was dismayed, but the adult gamer in me was born. I say all of this because I also love history and for the gaming community; it’s going to repeat. Interesting tid bit about the Dreamcast is that its day one sales were record breaking, no one ever fathomed SEGA not making console anymore; likewise no one every thinks that Nintendo would ever produce a game for another system other than their own. I can’t tell the future, but I am willing to bet history is going to repeat.