The worst Nintendo is doomed article

[Mr Khan]

S____M____C____C said:

Mr Khan said:

 

What is a fanbase if not people who respond to the buzz around games. Can we filter out the people who flutter around the "buzz" of Xbox LIVE, or the buzz of Call of Duty?

buzz is itself a buzzword, and does little to formulate an actual argument.

I think his main point stands. 

You can't use NSMB Wii to show how much demand there is for typical Nintendo titles, regardless of the context.

The Wii was a mainstream hit (due to motion controls/price/uniqueness/little direct competition), and so i'd say a lot of NSMB Wii sales were simply from Wii owners who heard that this was the next big Wii game.

In other words, you probably aren't going to get the vast majority of these buyers flocking over to the WiiU just because it offers Nintendo games.

Much like what Rol said in the reply above mine, you've listed every single reason the Wii sold except for the main reason. Games games games games games. The only reason any feature on a console has value is due to the utility it provides for games, and even then, compelling games can emerge that make no use of that utility (NSMBWii being a critical example here). The only reason anyone gives a damn about Xbox LIVE is its use for games, and similarly the only reason anyone should give a damn about how strong x or y console is is because of games. Wii's low price was irrelevant, indeed even detrimental, since Nitnendo left money on the table that they could have taken easily