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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Breaking: Nintendo sends direct message to Wii owners asking them to upgrade

 

Does Wii U have a marketing problem?

Yes 246 78.59%
 
Maybe 36 11.50%
 
No 30 9.58%
 
Total:312
gatito on 01 May 2013

Yeah, it's a good way to reach their potential buyers.



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BenVTrigger on 01 May 2013

I made the thread title not Kotaku.

And sending a direct message out to your entire userbase months after your next gen console is already on shelves.....well its pretty close to begging



scottie on 01 May 2013

Edit: Thank you.



AbbathTheGrim on 01 May 2013

"Wii owners, please understand that you need our WiiU."



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

BenVTrigger on 01 May 2013
scottie said:
Begging?

Any way to spin this into bad news for Nintendo and you'll jump on it.

How about a new title - "Clever marketing move by Nintendo, are PS4 and Durango d00med??!!??"


Spin bad news on Nintendo? In all honesty this may be the first ever "negative" Nintendo thread Ive ever made.  in 5 years. Most of my Nintendo threads are me raving about how awesome the 3DS is



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BenVTrigger on 01 May 2013

I changed the name of the thread

Less offended now Nintendo fans?



Galaki on 01 May 2013

So... Nintendomed?



Pre-order limited edition Blue Slime Condoms

SOLIDSNAKE08 on 01 May 2013

people need to switch their wii's on first. mine has been on standby since 2009!



chapset on 01 May 2013

Most wii owners don't know how to check up their messages so this is pointless, they should make a firmware update with a game introducing the wii U when you log into your wii



Bet reminder: I bet with Tboned51 that Splatoon won't reach the 1 million shipped mark by the end of 2015. I win if he loses and I lose if I lost.

Otakumegane on 01 May 2013

No wonder my Wii was lit up.

Meh, I'll fix that tomorrow.



http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/92109/nintendopie/ Nintendopie  Was obviously right and I was obviously wrong. I will forever be a lesser being than them. (6/16/13)