Nintendo needs to stop making video game consoles, and only focus on making video games because that is what it does best. Since Nintendo owns all the rights to Mario Brothers and Zelda – they need to start releasing those games on the XBox and Playstation, instead of releasing subpar gaming consoles and making everyone waste their money. No one wants a Nintendo – but everyone wants to play Mario & Zelda!
The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) was released all the way back in 1985, and was a huge success. The company has since released a number of consoles, but ever since the first PlayStation entered the market (back in 1994), Nintendo has been struggling to stay popular. Suitability issues were deepened with the release of the Xbox, and it remains to be seen if Nintendo will stop making consoles in the near future as it doesn’t seem that they can keep up with the competition.
Wii U vs. PlayStation 4
When it comes to direct comparison of the Wii U, and the planetary popular PlayStation 4, there is no question that the PlayStation 4 is a more powerful gaming device. Let’s take processor for an example. The PlayStation 4 has an octa-core (8 cores) AMD Jaguar processor, a technological marvel capable of handling anything with ease, whereas the Wii U has only a tri-core PowerPC CPU. This is just the beginning of PlayStation’s domination over the Wii U. One of the most important pieces of hardware when it comes to gaming consoles is the GPU (Graphical Processing Unit), and it’s astonishing how big the difference is between the two consoles. The PlayStation 4 comes equipped with the AMD Radeon Graphics Core GPU with 1152 shaders, which is over 3.6 times more shaders than on the Wii U’s AMD Latte GPU (320 shaders). We could compare every single piece of hardware featured in both consoles, and PS4 would emerge victorious every time. It has more RAM (8GB DDR5 vs. 2GB DDR3), more storage (500GB HDD vs. only 8GB or 32GB Flash), better performance, removable hard drive, etc.
When it comes to the list of available features, the PS4 has could storage at their disposal, allowing them to upload and share screenshots, videos, save data, etc. It is pretty cool that the games are playable as they download, granted that they have downloaded a certain amount of content that is required for game’s operation. The experience might not be flawless until the game is fully downloaded, but it will be more than playable. Different PSN accounts are accessible from different consoles on the PS4 as well, which really comes in handy if someone else’s system is being used. Simply accessing the account from someone else’s PS4 grants access to everything the user has access to on their own system. The lack of AAA titles are another problem that the Wii U is facing as game developers are reluctant to release a game on a system that simply can’t run the next-gen titles the way they should be ran.
The Wii U is an inferior system in every way. It has some amazing Nintendo-exclusive titles that you won’t be able to play on any other system (like Super Mario franchise, Legend of Zelda franchise, etc.), but it seems that they could generate higher income if they stopped trying to compete with Sony and Microsoft on the console market, and simply release these amazing games on those systems instead. These games would definitely be top sellers, but unfortunately they are limited to Nintendo only, preventing a lot of people from experiencing them. Fortunately, Nintendo has recently admitted that the Wii U was a failure, and it remains to be seen if they will finally stop trying to make consoles that simply aren’t able to compete with the titans that are PS4 and Xbox One.
“Nintendo shouldn’t make games on Nintendo consoles”
Dude you just went full retard
One i disagree i bought the wii u with the intention of playing 3 games and having fun and i found myself buying and having a lot of fun with 7 while i bought my ps4 and was intending on having fun with at least 5 and have hadfun with 2 one battleborn which is a dying game anyway and 2 LBP 3 which is LBP 1 which i can still play and have lots of gun on also i don’t have to pay anything to use online features on my wii u
2 wii u doesn’t need great graphic things because they have great art to make up for the lackluster power pikmin 3 is still the most beautiful game i have played followed by pikmin 2 mario sunshine and wind waker HD all things on nintendo consoles
3 nintendo still has good classic fun games something i cant find on my ps4 besides LBP CoD is toxic with unbalanced gameplay while mario kart is just fun chaotic with just the right amount of skill needed wind waker is just way more fun compared to something like bloudbourne
Click bait at its finest
Nintendo makes fun, accessible consoles that perfectly fit their software. Sony and Microsoft offer the exact same experience on two wildly expensive platforms. I am not enticed by ether the PlayStation or the Xbox.
Boy bye.
This article is so stupid. Nintendo will die before it becomes third party. Everyone betrayed nintendo in the 32 bit era but nintendo had the finances and still do. Nintendo has enough money to last them forever.
Why is this sponsored bullshit doing all up in my feed?
UMMMM how about FUCK NO!!!!
Fuck you man. Get a Nintendo console if you want Nintendo games you horses ass
No, Sty. They should not stop making consoles.
I am a huge Nintendo fan. And I for one loved the Wii and Wii U. I saw a lot of flaws in the Wii U, but in the end, they are beaten out by what the console offered.
Everyone has their right to their opinions, but that one is short-sighted and asinine.
Their consoles aren’t bad though. What about the Wii? Yeah they have declined, but all companies experience a decline at some point
Why does everyone want Nintendo to be another clone of the other 2 systems? Why can’t they innovate and still be respected. If you’re a true gamer you wouldn’t mind owning all three systems. If someone wrote an article about wanting halo on PlayStation they would be chewed up and door out by the public. Why not say “Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo should just team up and make consoles”? Because it’s a fucking pipedream!!! If you love games as I do. Then by an Xbox for halo, a PlayStation for Uncharted, and Nintendo for Zelda. Quit bitching and just game.
I use my WIIU daily….
One of the most retarded ideas I’ve heard since I was told we would build a wall
The Legend of Zelda on PS4 would be sick
Dude as a life long gamer who has owned almost all the consoles and now only has two. A PC workstation and a New 3DS, you do not know what you are talking about. Nintendo is the company Sony and Microsoft copy. They may be conservative but they know how to make new interesting things. By all means don’t buy them but for the rest of us? Nintendo is the company to beat not the company to concede.
Of all the clickiest bait to ever bait a click this bait clicks the clickiest.
is this even a serious article lol.
the Wii was the highest selling console ever… the Wii U failed due to bad marketing, the switch will revolutionize gaming, so nintendo should continue to make consoles, but bring more software as well.
I honestly can’t see it happening…
Xbox and ps controls have the same amount of buttons.
Lol. Xbone and ps4 are okay…I’ll stick with my wiiu.
Deadass it’s true
Playstation 1 was out when 64 cane out and they are completely different but hoth great Xbox copies playstation but added music so U can play and listen x box is killing console for the fact that they started charging for online gaming on the 360 now ps4 charges so duck Xbox and it’s 12 games lol
X box 1 is for fat gamers ps4 is for epic gaming and Nintendo is for excersize gaming
This is stupid hahaha.
Nintendo’s got q better handheld system than PlayStation in my opinion
Famous Nintendo characters shouldn’t be in other console’s plain amd simple nintendo brings the fun for.everyone don’t put it to other conpanys….specialy Microsoft
the article is mostly the hardware comparison, but comparing the games on wii u vs any other console, the wii u obviously wins.
Nintendo would probably make more money if they did cut out their consoles and made games for other consoles. They would be able to market to a larger audience rather than just the ones willing to buy their system
But the consoles they make DONT SELL they make amazing 1st party games but they only have a handful of GOOD games worth spending money on for the WiiU everything else is garbage they lose money making these systems that don’t sell whatever nintendo touches turns to gold except there consoles lately the last gem that nintendo released was the gamecube but the wii and WiiU are duds
Nintendo is innovative.
They are not afraid to try new things. They are bold.
Playstation and Xbox mimic them.
or they should just make a simple console like GameCube just updated no dumb controllers or separate screen shit then they’d be fine
Yes I agree. That would be great if I could play Nintendo games on a real console not some kiddy ass bullshit wii that’s really made for girls and little kids.
Goodbye.
It’s first party for a reason. Leave them to work their magic without other cooperations stifling their creative vision.
This guy is a fucking moron. Why share the wealth with another company when you can keep all the money to yourself? Must not be a gamer in order to write stupid shit like this.
Console sales barely have any margin (price-cost). Sony, Nintendo, MS dont make their money from consoles. They make it from games. If nintendo could sell more games (via licensing), they would have a bigger market $$$
Well shit..
Styzzz you are aware that nintendo is the most financially stable of the 3 manufacturers . #justsaying
A little research wouldn’t hurt before you suggest such blasfemy
http://wiiudaily.com/2014/03/nintendo-not-doomed/
http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/08/nintendo-valued-as-bigger-company-than-sony-4254425/
styzzz Nintendo does make money on their consoles- they always have. I think, which I respect, it is an honor thing for them. They are very traditional Japanese. The consumers who buy only PS and MS are not as much gamers as Nintendo fans fir not buying Nintendo. Then Nintendo could invest in more advanced tech. I think the Switch may be pretty powerful- the Gamecube was more powerful than the PS 2. Nintendo was the ones to introduce the d pad, the analog controls, the vibration/ rumble- the proper way to make a game in 3d space. So I do not agree with this narrow- minded statement, especially when all theses people only play like Madden 52 and COD
Let’s be honest though.. Ever since the playstation launch nintendo played second fiddle unless you have kids.
It became a kids you with very minimum game appeal for adults..
The only thing that keeps nintendo in the console market is the legend of Zelda series and Mario..
If they released those for playstation or xbox everyone would dump those garbage consoles with those ridiculous excuse for controllers
Have you seen the switch? It is freaking amazing
They’d make more money just selling software and portable hardware. Nintendo always sells their home systems at a loss and eventually they make profit. The wii was a one hit wonder and the Wiiu didn’t see the same success and flopped. I feel as though the switch will flop just as bad, unless Nintendo gets rid of their handheld DS platform and double down on the portability of switch.
I have all systems Nintendo should keep making there own systems this guy is an idiot
Mario Bros and Zelda should never be on any other consul then a Nintendo Console
No no no no. Dumbest shit I read all day. The WiiU may not be as powerful but I still think it’s the best out!
in my world one game is worth buying the whole console for
Fuck you and everything you stand for homie. The day I see Zelda or Metroid on a Sony machine is the day I switch to computer gaming and leave the consoles in my wake. You can suck a LONG dick
Nintendo makes their money on exclusivity. PS n Xbox are sluts for games. They both have almost the exact same games, n the more generations come out, the less difference there is between them. Nintendo has games those 2 will NEVER have, and is the only reason video games are still relevant today. We blur that line any further and there is only gonna be 1 super console to monopolize the market n start jackin up prices, watering down games (which is already happening) and the worst news is, if that were to actually happen, only Microsoft has the money to control the market that way. Nintendo is the only thing keeping that from happening.
Nintendo is the anti-microsoft. Microsoft only came in to divide n conquer (obviously) as they brought next to zero to the gaming community.
That’s not entirely accurate, both Sony and Microsoft are coming out with more and more exclusives to further separate themselves from their competition, and in the case of Nintendo letting other devs. make their exclusive games such as Zelda, Metroid etc, it would be no different than when Metal Gear (a loooong time Sony exclusive) finally came to the XBOX , or even Mass Effect, Splinter Cell finally came to Playstation etc. Nintendo wouldn’t release their entire catalog I’m sure, but a few staple games being made on other platforms would not hurt the entire gaming community as you suggested. But no, I don’t believe Nintendo should stop.making consoles, just alllow.some of their games to grow up.
You should just kill yourself now thank you
Nintendo consoles are great
Just closed minded gamers are ruining the gaming world for everyone
Lol says the guy who is being close minded. As much as I love Nintendo they are sucking royally on the console race because the console doesn’t have enough content. I pick up a Wii U just to play Smash and new Zelda and that’s it, I play them beat it in a few days and I’m done and I have a brick on my desk because there are no appealing games to me, I’m older now and as much as I like Mario I would like a Mario game to throw something new like actually stories instead of the same old hey princess is captured again now go collect fucking stars…..
That’s why you don’t worry about the god damn console race and just enjoy the fucking games there is plenty of great games on Wii u. NO ONE WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE.
It won’t happen
Nintendo focuses on a different market than PlayStation and Xbox. And the fact the we still buy their machines, regardless of love or hate for them, shows they’re still doing it right. Suck it up.
Huge Zelda fan here – just staying I wish I could see more games, and not have to buy their console – which is – sub par
Sorry bitch always n will be Nintendo remember Nintendo branch u gags to the world it can take you yall out
Man STFU and stop trolling, how old are you? I got the Nintendo when it 1st came out when you were just a sperm in your daddy’s nuts. Your first Nintendo was probably the GameCube so stop acting like you are getting paid by them and you really know about Nintendo like that….cuz u don’t
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I bet you wish I was in the cube yrs sorry women I was in the Nintendo yrs pussy willow, your thinking is ways retarded anyways go slap yourself with ur moms t it for posting sum bull like I said IT WONT HAPPEN NUMB NUTS
Lmao, did you really use the words “pussy willow”? 😂😂😂 Now I know you’re a kid, go wipe that breast milk off your lips Jr.
Dame it took you that long 4 a come back woow. And your laughing on your own next time b quicker crab
Just saying this now. The controllers for the other platforms don’t handle the way they should for a nintendo game. I know it sounds weird but for instance. Playing smash bros on an Xbox controller Vs a nintendo controller would feel 100X less responsive.
I’ve ran Smash Bros Brawl using my xbox 360 controller and I wanns say it’s the best controller for it. It’s perfect.
Is this dude stupid …… if your controller is unresponsive it’s because your not used to it ……. not because the buttons work slow lol
yeah im tired of nintendos kiddy games, I wish the i was back in the nintendo 64 days
While I don’t agree that Nintendo should stop making consoles, I do however agree that Nintendo should release the rights of some of their games (Zelda preferably ) to 3rd party devs. for other platforms. I mean why not? A mature Zelda game with next gen tech would be a dream come true (at least for me) .
If Nintendo should release Zelda and Mario ect to other platforms then lets see some God of War or Halo on Nintendo then. Otherwise Hell no
Philip Rogers ,we actually will see that now with the new Nintendo Switch coming out soon.
Hey styzzz why dont you shut the fuck up and respect the godfather of gaming
DAT fanboy tho.
Actually…the godfather of gaming been around much longer. But Nintendo saved the industry back in the 80s after Atari collapsed it 🙂
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer
Agreed man Nintendo saved the industry they have a new CEO
Jashawn Poole yep
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