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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 01 May 2012
NintendoPie said:

Woh, woh, woh! LM is way better than Brain Age or Nintendogs!


True, but gameplay kind of sucks though.



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NintendoPie on 01 May 2012
happydolphin said:
NintendoPie said:
happydolphin said:
Meh, it was okay. But it certainly wasn't a Brain Age, a Nintendogs or a NSMB!

Woh, woh, woh! LM is way better than Brain Age or Nintendogs!

I'm talking about sales Py! (i.e. mass appeal, the aim after all)

Oh, okay. LM2, though, looks like it might be a hit. Look at those Pre-Orders! (If we can accept them as true....)



NintendoPie on 01 May 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
NintendoPie said:

Woh, woh, woh! LM is way better than Brain Age or Nintendogs!


True, but gameplay kind of sucks though.

You are dissapointing me, THE1.



IIIIITHE1IIIII on 01 May 2012
NintendoPie said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:


True, but gameplay kind of sucks though.

You are dissapointing me, THE1.


Hint: Vaccum cleaner



NintendoPie on 01 May 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:


Hint: Vaccum cleaner

You don't like cleaning? That was the best part!



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Level1Death on 01 May 2012

I guess Iwata is ready to take another pay cut, or worse.



 

 

 

happydolphin on 01 May 2012
DarkTemplar said:
"Iwata explained, it decided not to flood the 3DS's early release slate with casual games ... It intends to take a similar approach with the Wii U when it launches later this year."

So the Wii U will be a red ocean product?

It'll be a hybrid.

They will begin by cementing the red ocean in the first year (as was done for the 3DS), and then move on and evolutively seek out the casual audience (blue ocean), incrementally.

It's a solid plan. One is more difficult to secure, and that's the red ocean. Once it's secured, it's a solid revenue stream because, even though they don't buy one game alot, they buy alot of games less. As could be seen between Wii games and HD twin games. The data is in front of our eyes

Note: I'm calling the casual audience blue ocean still because the competition has yet to make headway there, despite kinect and all.



happydolphin on 01 May 2012
NintendoPie said:

Oh, okay. LM2, though, looks like it might be a hit. Look at those Pre-Orders! (If we can accept them as true....)

Of course, two gens later, after the harm is already done. Let's just say its success would have been at the expense of the Gamecube, which was already suffering from major issues in market image.



DarkTemplar on 01 May 2012
RolStoppable said:
DarkTemplar said:
"Iwata explained, it decided not to flood the 3DS's early release slate with casual games ... It intends to take a similar approach with the Wii U when it launches later this year."

So the Wii U will be a red ocean product?

Yes. The mission statement is to compete over the existing pool of gamers, not to expand gaming.

Well I don't believe that this is going to be good to the game market.

A core Nintendo cosole can prevent Nintendo fans from buying another consoles, while the lack of Wii games (Wii Fit, Wii Spots, etc) can make Wii owners become former gamers.

Both possibilities can have a bad impact the number consoles sold durring the next generation.

I wonder what Malstrom will write about it.



NintendoPie on 01 May 2012
happydolphin said:
NintendoPie said:

Oh, okay. LM2, though, looks like it might be a hit. Look at those Pre-Orders! (If we can accept them as true....)

Of course, two gens later, after the harm is already done. Let's just say its success would have been at the expense of the Gamecube, which was already suffering from major issues in market image.

What do you mean by at the expense of the GameCube?