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Xen on 29 July 2011
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Play4Fun said:
Xen said:
Conegamer said:
RolStoppable said:
Conegamer said:
That's nice. Stops them laying people off, I suppose...

...but is the 3DS really doing THAT bad? Or is this an over-reaction?

If anything, it is an underreaction.


Now come on Rol, it's the end of the generation. We all know Ninty is in trouble now, but in a few years time it won't be. The 3DS is great, just needs some games. And we know nothing really about the WiiU, so just wait and hope they'll do the right thing, OK?

Even if the 3DS explodes eventually, in the next few years they will release the Wii U, which will dig them in deep in the trenches. Real deep.

They are stemming far away from their DS/Wii successful and smart directions into an unknown that will prove them wrong. If third parties didn't support them at their absolute peak on the Wii, will they support the U with anything but PS360 ports and the very rare exclusive? Probably not. Power was not an issue, look at how the DS was supported... they, along with your teen/young adult "hardcore" gamers, don't want to see Nintendo home consoles, pure and simple.

Iwata & co. will run their good efforts into the ground, very soon.


Tell me when Nintendo said, ' Wii U is for the 'hardcore' gamer only. It is the only market we are going for.'

I specifically remember them saying at E3 that the console was to appeal to all demographics.

Just because Nintendo were successful with Wii, it means repeating it will guarantee them success? Nothing in the market has changed between then and now?

Most gamers don't identify themselves as 'hardcore' and just want a console that offers what they want, pure and simple. They will go to any new console that offers it at the most affordable price, which is why Sony lost so many customers to 360 with PS3. Most gamers aren't rabid fanboys who pledge their lives and wallets to one company.

Italics: They didn't, but that's how all their recent moves come off as. Release powerful console, get some PS360 multiplats, get third parties onboard and so on... not that there's anything wrong with any of these generally, but the companies should adapt to them and not vice versa. Finally, with that, they're shifting from innovative to... yes, the same as everyone else. The tablet is not enough to differentiate them from PS360. Any and every time they tried direct competition in the post SNES era, they got thrashed. (talking consoles)

Bold: As such, they will go for PS3 or 360. And for the best audio/visual perfomance, PC. And while many gamers that age don't identify themselves as hardcore, many do. Even more dislike Nintendo and see it as nothing but kiddy. PS360 will keep the WiiU down until the PS4 and Nextbox eclipse it.