Iwata (not laughing): ' We failed with the Wii'

[trestres]

theprof00 said:
It was apparent when the highlights of the year would be wii music and animal crossing. I forget what the other game was, eithe MKwii or SSBB, that also released that year, but by e3 it was almost definite, but there was a strong possibilty even before that when the only big franchise game of the year was SSBB or MKWii, whichever one it was.

Apparently it wasn't that obvious too many, since anyone who dared to say that back then was instantly labeled as a troll and a Nintendo hater. I knew it was bound too happen, I even called 2009 to have less games than 2008 had back then in 2008 and was also called out for that. It ended up being true and that's the biggest problem Nintendo had. They focused too much on the DS and ignored the Wii by supplying mostly ports and sequels.

I already think it's too late to revert the situation. They won't ever go back to the level of sales they enjoyed in 2008, since the Wii image has been damaged among the people who buy the most games, the core gamers. Probably by next gen success won't be so high up in their heads that it would blind them like it did this time. They thought that with a couple of "big" (yet unproven) games they would have another whole year of record breaking sales in their pockets. Guess that releasing only 4 new games this year wasn't the smartest move to make, even less when 3rd party support was and will continue to be second rate.

I think they have already given up on the Wii this gen in terms of giving it stellar support. The next wave of games might as well be the last one before they move on to their next cnsole, by around late 2011. DSi is already not getting any future support save for Golden Sun 3, so the DS's successor might arrive by the end of next year.