IGN News - Wii U Becomes Profitable After One Game Sale

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Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that while the console will be sold at a loss, it only takes the sale of one piece of software for the company to get back in the black.

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IGN News: Wii U Becomes Profitable After One Game Sale

[packaderm]

Thank you so much for saying that cuz i agree with u greatly

[DylanFromAZ]

I had to watch a God damn 30 second ad and it didnt let me skip it!

[OutOfTouch_YT]

Games on the GameCube supported a link between Gameboy Advance and it was even possible to use as a controller on certain games.

[meryn_root]

Wow, what a perfectly unbiased delivery of this interesting news /sarcasm

[asckurosaki]

i wish they would of made more exclusives for launch

[dekexz]

actually u must keep in mind that the system has just launched, the developers havent learned all the tips and tricks to it as they have with the aging hardware of the 360 and ps3. the developers are still learning and in a few years you'll see the full power of the wii u just like how we're just starting to see the full power of the 360 and ps3 after 6-7 years. the wii u will blow you away!

[water]

PS2 beat the gamecube because of it's immense game library which had great 3rd party support.
One of the reasons the Xbox even survived in it's early days was because it had halo.
The gamecube was also planned to have internet connectivity, but honestly the internet multiplayer can be shoddy at best at times. It's frustrating when you are doing fine and then everyone starts teleporting around and chunks start disappearing

[ChrisDeebo]

I actually like how the Wii U is like a handheld home console, shame it has no game that I can't get already on my 360

[hungryhippo]

That is one intelligent business strategy. Not only will this turn profit for Nintendo themselves but also for the 3rd party companies.
Good to see Nintendo going for 3rd party relations this time around.

[markmiller]

THQ and some other developers claim that the processor is less powerful, that's probably where he got that idea from.

[TheCrazyfruitbat]

Not only does ps2 have the most and best exclusives but ps2 is where most franchises come from that we see today (devil may cry, tomb raider, final fantasy etc).

[Demixroxic]

Why do people gotta hate its a good console with soon to be good games completely different from xbox and ps3

[MrRTWVideos]

That's so true, The wiiU can support amazing graphics.

[NintendoFan]

Brawl was the main reason I even wanted a Wii, and cuz it was da TING when it just came out. I think I'll just save my money for PS4 or Xbox 720

[PredatorCharlie]

Surely Deamon meant of the average reviews of metacritic:
Darksiders 2 gets a 85 of 6 reviews, Batman a 84 of 5 reviews and Mario Wii U 82 of 23 reviews

[Nthinglasts]

Well atm it beats every other console in almost every way and its barely out, meaning its at its worst atm. It will only improve more and more as bugs are fixed and devs learn how to develop for it and the games become far better.

[THEJMOSHOW]

It sold at a lost because a lot of people don't know it's out yet

[Zecobellic]

The only thing i am not gonna get used to is the control sticks being ABOVE the buttons, i mean what the hell....

[Injektedchaos]

People hate because Nintendo is just trying to make money off of people buying a HD Wii and calling it a next gen console. This is bad for the gaming industy in general.

[microsf]

No, not really. Nintendo released a handheld with a touch screen, then after witnessing its incredible success, Sony releases a handheld with a touch screen as well. Kind of like how Sony got into motion gaming after witnessing the success of the Wii.