As a Wii U owner who returned his Xbox One because it's a crap system, I have to disagree. Wii U is not a failure at all. It's a slow starter, to be sure, and that's 100% Nintendo's fault: poor naming of the system coupled with poor communication about the nature of the system AS a new system and a mysterious…

We expect Sony's and Microsoft's new consoles to thrive over the next three years, with cumulative worldwide sales of 37.7 million PS4 and 29 million Xbox One consoles by year-end 2016. We do not expect Nintendo's Wii U to fare as well, with cumulative sales of under 20 million by 2016.

Wait, did anyone else notice that the two new characters fight together rather than being two separate characters?

I realize this is going to be met with a lot of animosity, but I really don't understand the big deal about 7/10. I mean, yeah, I like it, but I just don't see it as the cultural phenomenon that everyone is hyping it up to be. Nothing about 7/10 is particular original, and what few things it does do well 8/10 already…

Nice words, Evan. I'm glad games like Brothers are being made. Unfortunately, I found that Brothers doesn't fulfill its promise of heartache and adventure.

Aw man, I feel bad trying to knock somebody in the "desperate wannabe" category. If you enjoy posting Let's Play videos or recording podcasts, you should do it!

What am I representing beyond the opinions of a single person? Should the world change to accommodate me simply because I have an opinion and can complain about it?

I've been playing games since the Atari 2600 days and I've never faced any incidences of prohibitively exclusionary actions from male players. My female coworkers and I often game together (we're even in a guild in Guild Wars 2) and we've never been told "Girls don't play these games so get out" by anyone. Ever. Does…

Someone definitely does need to get their act together. And it's not Square. It's the gaming community, Kotaku included.