Does the Wii U still have the best console lineup?

It never did to begin with.

Indeed it does. The only thing that really added to the twins from last year were a couple of multiplats. Xbox is bringing it this year though. So right now I'd rank it Wii U, Xbox One, then PS4.

Too much Mario for me.

Why is it so hard to get a good platformer outside of the indie space and Nintendo these days, man? Why?

Best console exclusives? Yes

Best console lineup? **** no. It misses out on way too many games.

It has the best exclusive lineup.

No. I've experienced all of these on the N64 and Gamecube.

Yep, same old answer. Best exclusives and weakest overall library.

... the **** did I just read? You are saying that sales equal quality, which is nonsense. Mc Donalds sell more hamburgers than high end restaurants do choice cut steaks, shitty pop bands sell more than classical composers, Dancing with the Stars gets more viewers than Mystery Theater, Call of Duty sells more than Souls games.

See where I'm going with this? People like shitty things and popular things are often shitty. Wii sold more systems and games than PS3 and 360 did, but I doubt you'd say they are of higher quality and that the people knew this because they bought that stuff. Stuff sells because of popularity and trends, not because of quality.

Come on man.

Mario Kart 8.

By far, I'd say. Xbone and PS4 still only have Halo 5 and Bloodborne, basically.

lolno

Keep the comparison on the straight and narrow rather than using hyperbole.

All things being equal, the consoles are comparable in price, availability, price of software, availability of software, etc..,

Excuses are strong with the Nintendo marks. According to them, people are not over-looking the Wii U because they feel the software is junk. Rather, it is because the hardware is junk. The bottom line is the Wii U is quite affordable and if the games were as fantastic as the marks suggest (which I don't disagree that some are good) people would be tripping over themselves to become an owner. The perceived value of gaming on the Wii U is not appealing to many and whether one can come to grips or not, the software plays a big role in the decision whether or not to enter the fray.

It definitely has the most interesting games this generation in my opinion which is why I still buy games for it instead of the PS4. But if we include multiplats then definitely not. The twins still have the big name multiplats like Call of Duty, Rock Band, Grand Theft Auto, etc. which do matter.

You know my opinion on the matter already

For the 12 and under crowd, yeah, I guess, maybe, perhaps, could be, dunno. :P

And yet you put more work into this reply than replying to my post. I got specific and if you think putting unreleased games on an exclusives list counts than you're out of your mind.

But Ori, Halo 5, and BloodBorne are multiplats. I don't honestly think having MGSV or Witcher 3 would help a Nintendo console. Multiplat whores don't buy Nintendo consoles. Nintendo console owners prefer Nintendo games.

Let's also throw in that I"m sure the vast majority of people that care to own a Nintendo system at this point have to do so as a "secondary" console. So they quite literally are only buying the console to play Nintendo games. If you think most of these people "don't play multiplats" on other platforms then I'm pretty sure you'd be wrong.

Yes, the multiplat attach rate on Wii was miserable as well - but that was because of the fad/casual nature of that system. I.e. the unwashed masses were literally only buying it for the motion controls, and then just threw in a couple of "Nintendo" games. I agree that those types of people aren't playing Elder Scrolls or Metal Gear Solid, but I also don't think too many of them bought a Wii-U either.

Right, because it wasn't directed to you but to another's inquiry.

The list produced took .5 seconds to Google; I made zero claims as to its accuracy, but provided it as a starting point for you to disagree. Your response was spurious, without merit or substance, and worth the minimal time I took to disregard it. If you want to disagree, at least have good reasons, but disregarding games because "Lots of them are indies. Even more of them are not big budget titles" is a f*cking joke and only promulgates the stereotype of Xbox fanboys as shallow and incompetently litigious.

Nintendo's first party line up just cannot be beat. Shame it is small compared to the third party offerings you can find elsewhere. That said, I cannot wait for Star Fox and SMT X FE

Irony here is how many critically acclaimed, Nintendo games can easily be ported (and in many cases improved upon) to competing consoles and hardware if not for licensing issues.

Worthy lineup for $150, at the moment the system is overpriced as ****.

Not to me. I haven't bought a game for it since Mario Kart.

After Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Halo 5 and Bloodborne, I'm not as sure as I was at the beginning of this year. And next year is going to be even better for PS4/XBONE.