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WHAT DOST THOU THINK

Wii U will sellest so lit... 23 26.14%
 
Dude, the next console wi... 20 22.73%
 
Bub, da next console is g... 9 10.23%
 
I am a logical professor ... 15 17.05%
 
La la la. I am waiting fo... 4 4.55%
 
Idk bff like it might do well but like idk 2 2.27%
 
Well, we must take many f... 9 10.23%
 
Wii U level shall do it, 6 6.82%
 
Total:88
almostpitythehaters on 20 June 2015

Again, haters ignoring the wii for convenience and not waiting for Wii U's final numbers.



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zorg1000 on 20 June 2015
Esiar said:
zorg1000 said:
Didn't Wii already break the cycle?

Read first sentence of OP. Exception proves rule. This incomplete sentence.


So if the next console sells 100 million are we gonna just say it's an exception as well?



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Dulfite on 20 June 2015

I think there will be 1 wii for every 2 Wii U's, to be honest. Insanity aside, I do think there are a LOT of people that still don't know the Wii U is a superior Wii. If they called the stupid thing a Super Wii people would associate that with Super Nintendo and be a whole lot more aware that it is the next console. I believe the Wii U would be selling a lot more with a different name, so for the next piece of hardware if they called it the Thwii or Wii U Ex or whatever its gonna bomb.



zippy on 20 June 2015

Why do people insist the Wii doesnt count? The Wii was real, it broke the cycle, no it obliterated the cycle and Nintendo could easily have another Wii moment again. The thing is, sustaining that momentumn going forward.



Esiar on 20 June 2015
Dulfite said:
I think there will be 1 wii for every 2 Wii U's, to be honest. Insanity aside, I do think there are a LOT of people that still don't know the Wii U is a superior Wii. If they called the stupid thing a Super Wii people would associate that with Super Nintendo and be a whole lot more aware that it is the next console. I believe the Wii U would be selling a lot more with a different name, so for the next piece of hardware if they called it the Thwii or Wii U Ex or whatever its gonna bomb.

Wii U would be better off named Wii 2. Wii U sounds like an add-on/upgrade thing like the DS Lite.



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zelmusario on 20 June 2015
mZuzek said:
zelmusario said:
I think the next console will break the cycle. I think we'll see a rise in sales from Wii U to next console and it will start trending the other way. NX (or whatever) will be more like GC sales (20+ million).

I'm basing this off nothing substantial or concrete, just a hunch. A hunch that Nintendo will look at why Wii U failed, correct the errors, shed this identity crisis they've had of catering to casuals and go back to just making good games on hardware that everyone can understand and get on board with. It's a big hunch, but I think it would automatically earn them 10+ million more hardware sales.

Like I said, purely speculation and not based off anything. I just think they'll take a long hard look at who they are and where they want to go and figure out how to win the general public back next generation. Their games always sell well - it's the hardware that's confusing.

I liked having this hunch too.

Then E3 happened.


Yeah, I know what you mean. I am kind of hoping the backlash from this E3 will force them to make changes, though. But Nintendo tends to do their own thing no matter what, soooo........yeah. 



It'll be awhile before I figure out how to do one of these. :P 

curl-6 on 21 June 2015

Playstation consoles have been in a lifetime sales decline since the PS1.
PS2 doesn't count, it's an exception to the rule.



curl-6 on 21 June 2015
zorg1000 said:
Esiar said:

Read first sentence of OP. Exception proves rule. This incomplete sentence.

So if the next console sells 100 million are we gonna just say it's an exception as well?

Yeah, that seems pretty much in line with the revisionist's desperate attempts to pretend the Wii's success didn't happen, because it doesn't fit their narrative.

If you have to remove an entire console from history to prove your point, then your point is wrong.



POE on 21 June 2015

the wii HAPPENED.



ToxicJosh on 21 June 2015
Aielyn said:
ToxicJosh said:
Aielyn said:
Such a stupid phrase, it should be stricken from English entirely. The exception can't prove the rule.

Off topic:


Not a stupid phrase, comes from the other meaning of 'prove'; to test. So the exception tests the rule. Or in other words, the exceptions that disproves the rule

Nobody uses "prove" in that way. I've never heard it used to mean "to demonstrate invalidity" in any other sentence.

and I've never seen a black swan, but nevertheless they exist. whether or not you've come across a particular usage of a term doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, and that is the origin of that expression.

and it's worth knowing because it makes the phrase literally mean the opposite of what it should do. it's like "I could care less" vs "I couldn't care less", the former is incorrect and means the opposite of what is intended.

/rant over