Rumour: Iwata takes 50% Salary Cut due to 3DS

[Play4Fun]

RolStoppable said:

Play4Fun said:

And your problem is you think your opinion on what Nintendo should do is, without a doubt, right.

 I think Nintendo is taking the right direction with Wii U. Get third party games on their console along with their first party and appeal to all markets.

But then again, I think more like someone who likes to play games than someone who likes to look at sales, so I guess that's the difference between the two of us.

My opinion is backed up by historical evidence, that's the difference between us.

You think that the Gamecube is the right direction for Nintendo. You know, getting third party games on their console along with their first party. But yeah, the Wii U won't be a Gamecube, because it has the word "Wii" in its name which should trick people into buying one. This worked already wonders for the 3DS, didn't it?

So all you're saying is, ' This is what happened last time, so it stands to reason that this is what will happen this time too'.

The industry during GC's gen isn't the same as the industry today. Almost everything is multi-platform (even iphones get ports)and third party exclusives are few and far in between. All Nintendo has to do is make porting easy (unlike Wii) and have a  userbase for the games.

Wii-U is has already been said to be easy to port to and with the advantage of launching first, Nintendo can grab up a sizeable userbase before the others launch and continue to grow it after.

There's no reason third parties wouldn't put their games on it then unless you believe they hate money and Nintendo.

I don't believe trying to keep Wii going into next gen or just trying to repeat it with another console will make Nintendo successful.