Good morning. We trust you are all well. If not, maybe this edition of Gaming News Wrap will help make you feel better. Games Surprise! There’s likely to be DLC for Assassin’s Creed Unity, and it’s taken the usual leak by a retailer of pre-order incentives. Why do some people act surprised these days that DLC for a game is…
Metal Gear creator, Hideo Kojima has given the Playstation 4 the nod as the best home console. “I think, between the home consoles available in the domestic market, the PS4 is the best.” Dualshockers are citing an interview published on Famitsu, where the acclaimed Kojima discusses the Metal Gear upcoming games and drops technical opinions on the consoles. He backs…
Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has famously not been the most complimentary to Nintendo in the past, and it doesn’t look like he is about to change his ways anytime soon.Pachter, this time, says he does not know why “Iwata is still employed.” GamesIndustry report that Pachter addressed Game Monetization USA Summit attendees, outlining the Wii U’s commercial performance, which he…
And it should. If there’s one title that looks like it could be a system seller, it’s The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. Nintendo are upbeat about Wind Waker helping the Wii U along with sales. MCV report that The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD will be part of a special console bundle abroad, sweeting the Wii U…
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is adamant that the Wii U’s poor sales cannot be blamed on the console’s pricing. Iwata explained to CVG that if that was the case, then the cheaper basic model would not be selling worst of all. “If the price is actually an issue [with Wii U], then there is some contradiction between the current sales…
Nintendo is reportedly continuing to sell the Wii U at a loss, reports GamesIndustry. Nintendo recently disclosed a massive loss of $387 million in operating costs for the year. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata attributed the major loss to poor hardware sales, but did however claim that Nintendo would return to profitability in the near future. “Nintendo posted an operating loss…
Nintendo Wii U fans won’t be happy to hear that Bethesda, who brought us Skyrim, is not planning on developing any of its upcoming games for the Wii U. Speaking with Joystiq, Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines says the Wii U is not currently on Bethesda’s radar. He explained that hardware issues is the major contributing obstacle…
Nintendo head, Satoru Iwata is still confident that the Wii U can still be “accepted” by the public. On the back of Nintendo disclosing disappointing Wii U sales, Iwata is claiming that Nintendo needs to do a better job of making the public understand and accept the benefits of the Wii U. In an interview with Toyo Keizai Online [as…
Forbes are citing a report from ABI Research which predicts that the Wii U, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will not match the sales of the previous generation of consoles, at least not any time soon. Practice director, Sam Rosen says the new platforms will also have a difficult time finding traction “without solid titles and first-party franchises.” Rosen believes…
In a Q&A with investors, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto admitted that Nintendo struggled in adapting to HD development for the Wii U as it requires twice as man manpower to do so. “When it comes to the scale of software development, Wii U with HD graphics requires about twice the human resources than before,” Miyamoto explained. Miyamoto says Nintendo may have…