TheConduit said: As a long time Nintendo supported I enjoy all my Nintendo Consoles including my Wii. As such I am rather confused by Nintendo's marketing strategy for the Wii. For the Gamecube Nintendo showed alot of support over its short life despite the small size of the install base (22 million) with two star fox games, three Zelda games, a fire emblem games (designed for the console unlike the Wii Fire Emblem), Eternal Darkness, Two Pikmin Games, Two Metroid Games, FOUR mario Party Games and Kriby Air Ride. Now the Wii 54 million install base three years after Launch has One Zelda Game originally developed for the Gamecube A fire emblem game ported to the Wii with lackluster visuals No Eternal Darkness Two Pikmin Ports No Star Fox One Metroid designed foe the Wii and one collection One Mario Party Game designed for the Gamecube with gamecube visuals and poor motion controls No Kirby Games And a whole lot of games with Wii in the title. Now does anyone think Nintendo has put to much of its resources into the casual market and neglected the hardcore fans many of whom stayed with Nintendo even through the Gamecube era? |
Maybe there is a reason why the Gamecube only sold 22 million and the Wii is on its way to 100 million. You should be well aware the "hardcore" gaming croud is small, but extremly vocal, giving the illusion that they are more important then they really are.