Nintendo never learn their lesson and keep putting obstacles in the path of the third parties that draw customers. It's really simple. People buy Nintendo systems for 1st party titles. Why would they buy inferior versions of games that are available on other platforms and look better? Some might, but is it worth the effort for those third parties? The hardware isn't being fully exploited, but there's a reason for that, developers don't find the chip architecture very intuitive. It's about streamlining development.

I think it's much too late for Nintendo to expect a big turnaround so it's really up to them to churn out a good number of top quality first and second party titles until the end of the system's life cycle. I'm happy with the number of games I already have for the system. It's been instant value for me because I waited long after launch and bought the system a few days ago. Anything else Nintendo releases will be bonuses as far as I'm concerned. Zelda, Captain Toad, Star Fox...all purchase worthy in my view.

If Nintendo really wanted 3rd parties to take the Wii U seriously then the specs would allow for it. Unbridled arrogance? Over confidence? Ineptness? Being out of touch? All of the above and more? More I'd say. The Wii U's marketing was no different to that of the Wii so how could they expect to lure PS and XB gamers? They had a year headstart on the rest of the pack and they did not even release one game to tell everyone 'here is the Wii U, it's more than just a casual system for kids' - of course, I don't actually believe that statement even though I'm of the opinion that Nintendo need to diversify, but that's the perception Nintendo have done very little to change over the years. They haven't 'diversified'. Rather they've rehashed and relied on gimmicks. Where are the brand new system-selling IPs? There are none.

On top of that, the Wii U's marketing lacked focus and still does. Nintendo said it wanted to win back the core, but ended up disenfranchising them even more. Their Wii following abandoned them after motion controls proved to be a fad. Now they're left with a wavering few and the third parties have even less confidence in the product Nintendo are trying to sell.

The tried and tested doesn't have the glowing mass appeal it once did. Nintendo need to accept this, 'innovate' and change their approach if they want to remain competitive as I imagine they do.

Utd? Umm...Utd are a joke in England currently.

@Heirren: Smartphones that demolish the PS Vita? What what? You seem to be of the crowd that believe uber realism should be the end goal of any system. The Wii U is a very capable system, the games just need to be tailored to make the most of the hardware. Look at Yoshi's Wooly World, for example. It looks wonderful and there's nothing like that on the PS4. The closest thing to it will probably be LBP3, but graphically it's no slouch.

It seems to be the case that whenever there are relatively complex models in-game developers are forced to sacrifice on textures and that's made worse by the poor AA. This looks ghastly to me and I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me Bayonetta 2 was a Dreamcast title. I think the Wii U can't replicate metallic surfaces very well. I've noticed that in Mario Kart 8 and it's the same here. Not really a fan of the art style, it's quite generic fantasy stuff if you ask me.

OT: Mario Kart 8 looks much better than this, in my opinion, but I guess there's a lot more going on in this game so they had to cut back.

The best one is the New Super Mario Bros. series xD

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

The Witness

No Man's Sky

Volume

The Last Guardian

Rime

Deep Down

Galak-Z

The Order 1886

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

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Correct me if any of those aren't exclusives.

I still wouldn't buy a PS4 if I didn't already have one though. Those games won't be released for a while.

Dust magnet *sigh*

You'd buy a turd *points and laughs*

@farrell2k:

Not really. You can't quantify effort in that way. 'Trying' isn't measurable. You have to factor in workload procedures.

I worded that badly typing on my phone. What I meant to say was that there's no context to the statement 'Nintendo actually did try". Which set of standards am I to use as a reference?