华盛顿邮报：WiiU算不上次世代主机

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Calling the Wii U “ambitious” but “not quite next generation,” Wedbush tech analyst Michael Pachter added yet another hurdle for Nintendo’s next console to overcome — bad press.

Pachter, an influential gaming analyst, made his comments in an interview with IndustryGamers. Nintendo showed off the Wii U at E3 this past summer, unveiling a whole new design for its popular console. The new Wii comes with a tablet controller with a 6.2-inch touchscreen that can act as a pull-out menu, viewfinder or standalone gaming/Web surfing portal. When the company showed off the new hardware, its stock took a nosedive, falling over 5 percent. The company needs a win with the Wii U as it struggles to sell more of its 3DS handheld gaming devices and fend off console competition from the Xbox and the PlayStation 3

In the interview, Pachter also pointed out some other issues that face the next version of the Wii, such as the likelihood that developers will have a hard time figuring out how to make games that take advantage of the new controller. He also pointed to the absence of announced “exclusive” titles with third-party developers. He said that the Wii U needs “three things: a competitive price, compelling first party launch titles, and compelling third party launch titles,” to be successful. So far, Pachter said, the device has none of those.
The console is expected to have specs that compete with the Xbox 360 and PS3, but Nintendo has yet to release more information about the console’s hardware.

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Analyst says Wii U is ‘not a next-generation’ console
分析师认为WiiU算不上“次世代”主机

Wedbush科技的分析师Michael Pachter称任天堂的WiiU只能称为“新的野心”而不能称为“次世代新主机”，而且WiiU将面临种种困难。
Pachter作为一个权威的游戏分析师，在近日接受IndustryGamers采访时表示出上述观点。任天堂在夏季E3期间就展示了一次WiiU的面貌，一个新主机，带6.2寸触摸屏的控制器。但是任天堂的WiiU一公布公司股价就暴降5%之多，任天堂想在WiiU的销量上追赶XBOX360和PS3的难度，甚至比解决3DS滞销的难题更难。

在采访中，Pachter也指出作为新一代的wii，游戏开发者会面临如何去适应和利用那个新式控制器的问题，也许会有不少困难。同时，第三方开发者的独占作品几乎是0。Pachter指出，作为次世代主机需要3点才能保证主机获得成功，有竞争力的售价、有强力的第一方作品、有众多强力的第三方作品，而WiiU一个都没有。
作为和Xbox 360、PS3同台竞技的WiiU可透露的信息很少，看来任天堂要坚持保密到2012了。