Nintendo’s “Created Something Good” With The Wii U, According To Ubsioft’s CEO
Ubisoft was one of the shining showcases at this year’s E3, receiving plenty of praise from showfloor attendees and viewers over the internet, and for good reason too. The intriguing games that were shown off, in conjunction with their appearance at Nintendo’s time of the stage, capped off a good show for the prominent game publisher. It was also noted that the Wii U was shown off quite a bit in their conference, and Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has apparently stated the company’s support for the console in a recent interview with Gamasutra, also telling us how “risky” it is:
I think Nintendo has very often surprised us, so you never know. I think they’ve created something good, if the customer uses everything they have created, I think we can see a good success with that machine. That type of collaboration can be fun and also challenging at the same time. It’s something has never been done before. … Those guys are taking lots of risks with the games they create — and they’re extremely successful.
Well, as we all know, any new console being released does come with an awful amount of risks, especially when it’s paving the way as the first of its generation. But how big a risk do you believe the Wii U is posing for its manufacturers? Air out your opinions below.
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The biggest advantage the Wii U has is the time frame it is releasing in. People are itching for something new, this is the longest console generation yet and people are ready and willing to put some money out for something different, especially the early adopters of these current consoles. It's sad, though, that people are coming out and saying the Wii U will be only slightly more advanced in what it can do over the current consoles.
Many of the people who want a new console MAY look at the Wii U as just a slightly beefier Xbox 360 or PS3. Remember when the Wii was released? It was only slightly beating original Xbox games in capabilities under the hood of the console. The thing that attracted huge numbers of people to it and made it the biggest console this generation was mostly the fact that it brought something very unique and new to the general public at an affordable cost. That "new" feeling that the Wii had made it instantly attractive to the casual crowd and some hardcore gamers, and the price for entry made it even more accessible. The fact is that the general public did not have it's hands on anything quite like the Wii when it came out. The reason the Wii U could be facing difficulty is that it is treading on familiar ground. Tons of people have already played touch screen games with the iPhone, making the novelty of it no where near that of the original Wii's upon release, and let's not forget that this whole idea of using two screens with one as a touch screen was already done by Nintendo in the original Nintendo DS and now 3DS. And as far as graphical capabilities go, people are not seeing this as not much of a leap of the current gen consoles, which are far cheaper than the Wii U most likely will be. As I said before, the best hope of the Wii U is to ride the influence of time and that people want a new console. But that alone won't ensure success. Only time will tell what the consumer thinks about the Wii U and if they deem it necessary for the money.