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ninjablade on 01 August 2013
TruckOSaurus said:
ninjablade said:
TruckOSaurus said:

So their downfall started with their biggest success ever?


yes because they gave up on the core userbase, the hardware was lastgen and third party support was weak because of the hardware and the crappy online support, all, the wii sold off motion controls, it was a one it wonder, it over with now, what does nintendo have the moment, the core userbase is what has been keeping consoles alive for the past 30 years, not wii mote controls. when you release a console thats lastgen in terms of graphics and thirdparty's want to make nextgen games you think gamers are gonna be line up to buy nintendo next console the wiiu, when 360/ps3 had 20x better graphics, good online support and way more games, they essiantaily missed a whole generation of progression, because they decided wii mote controls were enough

Nice way of ignoring all the facts. Nintendo hardware had been in decline since the NES,  gen after gen of focusing on their core userbase, with consoles that weren't weaker than the competition and yet their marketshare and total sales still declined. Yes a large portion of the Wii crowd won't be coming back but some will eventually buy a Wii U (some probably already did). There's no doubt in my mind the Wii U will do better than the GameCube and it most probably will outsell the N64, without the success of the Wii that wouldn't have been possible.

they did great with the wii but had they made the console 50% the power of 360 and had online support, they would be doing amillion times better, imo they wont' recover from the wii, it was a one hit wonder but imo it will lead to nintendo being out the console race for good, look at what microsoft accomplished with the 360, thats how you do it, they were in no mans land and now they are a huge brand and will do great with the xbone, unlike the wiiu which is selling much worst then the gamecube, imo it wont beat the gamecube in sales, but we shall see who is right.  i lso wanna add the even though nintendo market share was in decline, it was cause of there stupid mistakes, and horrible relations with thrid party's, it just not about power, to survive in this market if you have to everything right from power to price, to avertising, image and third pary support.