They initially went for hardware that's basically 2 x Wii U but halfway in the proces they were surprised and shocked by Sony and MS reveal of their next systems. Luckily they have time to change the hardware to at least 3 x the Wii U.
They initially went for hardware that's basically 2 x Wii U but halfway in the proces they were surprised and shocked by Sony and MS reveal of their next systems. Luckily they have time to change the hardware to at least 3 x the Wii U.
As long as it doesn't have that unconventional game pad it'll do better than the WiiU.
I'm calling a delay, Nintendo really should have had a few more games lined up for Wii U to keep things ticking over, even if it was just smaller titles.
PwerlvlAmy said:
I do not agree with anything you've stated at all. I feel lower powered system will spell the death of Nintendo in the console market with Nx,you differ and thats cool. I just do not see a scenario like that ending in a positive manner for them
we shall have to agree to disagree |
Its one thing what you feel and totally thing what is fact. Not strong console doesn't mean bade sales or "dead of Nintendo in console market", Wii was much less powerful compared to competition and 3DS is much less powerful than Vita. Also fact is that there is room for 3 identical platforms on market where they will compete power of hardware, so its positive that Nintendo taking different approach and coming with something different.
PwerlvlAmy said:
I do not agree with anything you've stated at all. I feel lower powered system will spell the death of Nintendo in the console market with Nx,you differ and thats cool. I just do not see a scenario like that ending in a positive manner for them
we shall have to agree to disagree |
Personally I think Nintendo realise 3rd party support is going to be lukewarm at best, hence the unified library. This way the NX can still be well supported with a steady stream of games from Nintendo themselves, without the hassle of developing for 2 separate systems. Fingers crossed this means no droughts like Wii U because 3rd parties weren't filling the gaps.
bunchanumbers said:
According to Nintendo, it takes years to understand a product. They still say Wii U was never understood and that came out in 2012. If Nintendo is making something and they expect the average consumer to fully understand it in 4-5 months, then they are putting too much faith in the average consumer. The reason Apple can make a new iphone and go from reveal to launch a week later is because years ago they established what iphone is, and they don't have to go beyond what this years new features are. Nintendo will be going in cold with this device. Just throwing it in the market without any time to explain the product would be a bad deal for it. |
You misunderstood Nintendo about Wii U, Nintendo never said it takes years to understand product, lol. They never said that Wii U is misunderstood because of time, it's misunderstood because bad marketing. Fact that Wii U was revealed year and half before launch and people still didnt understand what is Wii U proves that marketing is a problem not time.
People can easily (and much better than Wii U) understood what is NX with good and strong marketing in around 3 months, not to mention 4-6 months.
zippy said: I'm calling a delay, Nintendo really should have had a few more games lined up for Wii U to keep things ticking over, even if it was just smaller titles. |
Wii U is dead for quiet time now and few games wouldn't change anything, but 3DS is still selling thats why they have few more games for 3DS.
Miyamotoo said:
You misunderstood Nintendo about Wii U, Nintendo never said it takes years to understand product, lol. They never said that Wii U is misunderstood because of time, it's misunderstood because bad marketing. Fact that Wii U was revealed year and half before launch and people still didnt understand what is Wii U proves that marketing is a problem not time. People can easily (and much better than Wii U) understood what is NX with good and strong marketing in around 3 months, not to mention 4-6 months. |
Are you really putting faith in the marketing that had years to show what Wii U is about and couldn't do it?
And you're expecting this marketing team to make it happen in a fraction of this time? They haven't shown good and strong marketing around hardware in years. I wouldn't be shocked if the entire marketing team is sitting around a table, with a NX on it and are saying amongst themselves, 'Ok... how do we sell this thing? Its weak, has a low resolution, and will cost as much as hardware that is several times stronger.'
More than likely it will be met with silence.
I don't think fear has anything to do with it. Even if it was fear, that wouldn't matter since they would have to reveal it at some point anyway. I suspect the real reason is that Nintendo is waiting for their investors meeting at the end of the month. They'll either reveal it then or not too long before the meeting.
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mountaindewslave said:
this. you announce in September and then the holidays come by and everybody asks for a PS4 as a gift and then totally forgets about the NX come next spring. Frankly Nintendo's best move might be to literally wait until right around the holidays to announce the system, keep it fresh in people's mind while they're on vacation and getting holiday money and things announcing early is useful is you're launching during like the holidays. Announcing early is just not relevant at all if you're launching in March. They can easily spam commercials and ads online for a few months. Obviously to a lesser extent look at how films are advertised- granted they're only out for a limited period of time, a limited theatrical run, BUT you don't advertise wayyyy in advance. you advertise in a sweet spot in the months leading up to the release
I can see if Nintendo has something super innovative, them being concerned that Sony might attempt to hack together a similar-ish thing if there's too much time in between release just as an example, although this was late by Microsoft, something like the Kinect getting made because of the Wii comes to mind. if you have a really good idea for something the real value is arguably in protecting the idea and using it at the right time to control market share |
I don't think announcing it early (in September, for example) would have been a bad idea. On the contrary, actually.
Knowing advance would probably make some people wait a few more months to then spend there money.
That's probably Nintendo's angle with NX: small gap between reveal and release.
Of course, this is not as simple as "here it is, go buy it". They need time to come out with marketing and the actual reveal of the games (dumping all the information at once and then having nothing new to show for months would be a bad idea too)... but so need 3rd parties. That's why i hope that 3rd parties have enough time and are ok with this type of approach.