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S.T.A.G.E. on 24 August 2012
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zumnupy10 said:
Soundwave said:
zumnupy10 said:
To be honest, a spring 2013 release would not be bad.

Nintendo could avoid direct competition with Halo 4 and the new PS3 model.

Also It would give more time for developers to finish unannounced projects for Wii U.


They might as well just can the product if they're going to do that and go back to the drawing board. 

Really Wii U probably needed to be out in fall 2011 ... Nintendo just let the Wii wither and die the last year, basically they just left their whole console division out to hang. 

Basically a wasted year just trying to kick start the 3DS. 

The entire transition from DS/Wii to 3DS/Wii U has been poorly executed. They needed to get both the 3DS and Wii U going earlier on. 

You are right about the transition from DS/Wii to 3DS/WiiU being poorly executed.

WiiU really should have been released during fall 2011, But I'm sure Nintendo wasn't expecting Wii sales to fall so badly in 2011.

 

 


They did expect the Wii sales to fall. The Wii was created to gather in casuals which generally assumes high sales/ short usability timing and quick diminishing interest. Thats where they succeeded which is exactly why the Kinect is helping Microsoft but after the third year will eventually fail them unless they hold buyer interest (which I doubt will last). What will people use the Kinect for next year? We'll have to find out soon.


Nintendo is going to have to change their marketing strategies for the Wii U because it's being marketed to the core with games that have already been spoken for and purchased to the brim months ago. The sales will not be stellar, but first party might surprise because we know their core will follow them wherever they go.