Xbox One, PS4 sales "disappointing" in China - Report

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Nuvendil said:

bunchanumbers said:

Really? Nintendo should have invested more than that. Using a N64 to gauge interest when some of the best games Nintendo made were on Wii U? They should have launched the GCN there. And I still think that they should launch Wii U there. They just need to lower the price, or cut the gamepad and make a system that works with the Pro Controller.

I said it launched in 2003, that's well before the Wii U :P .  And disposable income in 2003 in China was on average far lower than it is now so the 2003 GameCube with a very limited library wouldn't have been able to get down to the needed price point without becoming completely unprofitable.

As for launching the Wii U, why?  It has been available on the grey market and in Hong Kong for a long time, doesn't have a big enough library to drive down the price, and the Ps4 and Xbone just failed in the region.  There's no empirical evidence to suggest that China is a secure investment.

Wii U may not have a big library, but it would have almost all of its library allowed through censors. PS4 and X1 failed because almost all of their games are illegal in China. Wii U doesn't have this problem. I don't think it would have been a smashing success, but I do think that it could have formed a solid niche if they took it seriously. Not only that Nintendo would pretty much be the only one able to advertise their games because all of them are legal.