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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Some NEW NX news. (not ground breaking)

Miyamotoo on 13 October 2016
DanneSandin said:
Damn, so Nintendo is flying people from retailers to a location to train them? This tells me three things:
1) It's a complicated device that needs a fair amount of understanding to describe accordingly
2) Nintendo have learned from their mistakes with the Wii U
3) Nintendo is trying real hard to make this as successful as possible

Two of those points are positive things, but it's also worrisome; a device that is hard to understand and use is a hard sell. Wii was so simple, while the Wii U wasn't. And look what that got Nintendo.

Well that would be worrisome only if that was only Wii Us problem, and we all know that was just one of many Wii Us problems.



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DanneSandin on 13 October 2016
Miyamotoo said:
DanneSandin said:
Damn, so Nintendo is flying people from retailers to a location to train them? This tells me three things:
1) It's a complicated device that needs a fair amount of understanding to describe accordingly
2) Nintendo have learned from their mistakes with the Wii U
3) Nintendo is trying real hard to make this as successful as possible

Two of those points are positive things, but it's also worrisome; a device that is hard to understand and use is a hard sell. Wii was so simple, while the Wii U wasn't. And look what that got Nintendo.

Well that would be worrisome only if that was only Wii Us problem, and we all know that was just one of many Wii Us problems.

All too true! The Wii U were plagued with problems, bad marketing and a UI that was hard to understand was only the tip of the iceberg.



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Wyrdness on 13 October 2016
Ka-pi96 said:

I read your post, you only mentioned the financial sector which isn`t really at all related to game console, you mentioned nothing about Apple or anybody like that. And hey, the iphone is something I look at and think `meh, don`t want that`, so this makes me think I`ll think the same about the NX.

Regardless, bigger/better certainly isn`t the dead end you portray it to be. In actual fact the Wii and it`s motion controls seemed to be the dead end in the gaming industry, while bigger/better consoles are still flourishing. The same can be said of other industries, think about 3D TVs. A big deal was made out of them and their innovation originally, but now all the focus seems to be back to the bigger/better TVs (UHD and the like).

Read the last part of the sentence, just because you went meh with the iPhone it doesn't negate the point because as is evident you were in the minority when it came to the launch of the new touch screen based phones.

The bigger consoles are still built on innovations, the analogue stick, rumble, triggers, online, internal storage, shoulder buttons etc... all of these collectively make up the platform you prefer so like it or not your bigger better scenario is still coming from innovations.



Miyamotoo on 13 October 2016
DanneSandin said:
Miyamotoo said:

Well that would be worrisome only if that was only Wii Us problem, and we all know that was just one of many Wii Us problems.

All too true! The Wii U were plagued with problems, bad marketing and a UI that was hard to understand was only the tip of the iceberg.

I also agree that marketing (in that I include reavile, marketing and naming) was biggest Wii Us problem.



teigaga on 13 October 2016

We' d need conformation from a source (not that I don't believe).

I'm completely here for the 80% customizable NX hybrid that foreshadowed the Eurogamer rumour. It might end up terrible but I'd be excited to see its possibilities.



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Lrdfancypants on 13 October 2016
JWeinCom said:
Lrdfancypants said:

Nintendo has never had a national sales / training meeting before?  That is odd to me. 

Probably not...

Generally when doing something like this, you'd have a national meeting for the higher ups, who would then pass the information to those lower on the chain.  Having all of their reps go to one location is logistically challenging and really expensive.

What this may indicate (if true) is that Nintendo has another product that may be difficult to explain (like the Wii U) and they are working harder on ensuring the message is clear.  

National sales meetings are typically for the field reps and are usually Jan/Feb 

I'm not doubting the OP, I've never worked in that industry, but it's pretty common. 



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DélioPT on 13 October 2016

That is actually pretty big, if you ask me.

One of the things that helps a console succeed is people at retail, people that know your machine and will actively push it.
More than once i heard about people working at retail that didn't do their job right; other companies really pushing hard so that their products are pushed to people.
In the end, it was Nintendo who lost a voice in retail workers.

This shows that Nintendo is aware of this and will actively try to "educate" workers.
Does this mean that the machine has a tough concept? Not necessarily. It could just as well mean that the execution of the concept is somewhat complex (not the same as complicated) and that it's worth the money to show these reps all the depth NX has to - or will - offer.

I really think this is really important for Nintendo and i hope they make this a standard.



DanneSandin on 13 October 2016
DélioPT said:
That is actually pretty big, if you ask me.

One of the things that helps a console succeed is people at retail, people that know your machine and will actively push it.
More than once i heard about people working at retail that didn't do their job right; other companies really pushing hard so that their products are pushed to people.
In the end, it was Nintendo who lost a voice in retail workers.

This shows that Nintendo is aware of this and will actively try to "educate" workers.
Does this mean that the machine has a tough concept? Not necessarily. It could just as well mean that the execution of the concept is somewhat complex (not the same as complicated) and that it's worth the money to show these reps all the depth NX has to - or will - offer.

I really think this is really important for Nintendo and i hope they make this a standard.

I think that if the the rumors are true of a hybrid device, whether or not it's a 2-in1 device (where you can carry the controller with you and use as a portable console) or if it's 2 devices working together (as in, one home console and one portable console working seperately but that can interact and play the same games), this all makes perfect sense; Nintendo would want to make it perfectly clear what kind of a device this is. They wouldn't want a repeat of the Wii U. It's not a complicated concept, but it is complex. Hence why educating retail staff as best as possible makes sense.



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bananaking21 on 13 October 2016

"This is not a rumor"


*provides no source*



FromDK on 13 October 2016

This sounds very believeble.. And fits the only info we still have of NX perfect..

- Brand-new concept

- A new experience

- Something unique and different

- New way of playing games

(If you cant wait.. I know what NX is.. or atleast.. I think I know what NX will do.. And pretty sure also how.. I will make a topic about it later)