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[Joelcool7]

superchunk said:

Joelcool7 said:

I dunno its interesting to here Wii won out over 360/PS3 but I am not convinced that this will translate into high sales of WiiU. DS was the most successful handheld of all time and 3DS failed at launch due to price and lack of software. Brand recognition alone cannot sell hardware. PlayStation learnt that the hard way with PS3.

I think Nintendo will need to work very hard to maintain this dominance next generation. They will need just as many amazing first party titles and even more third party higher quality titles. Fact is their are multiple factors which could lead to WiiU bombing regardless of brand recognition!

3DS hasn't really done much worse/better than the DS originally did... and we know how that turned out.

At launch 3DS was doing terrible as far as I know it was way under DS's levels it wasn't until the price cut was announced that things started to turn around. Which is why I specifically say "Failed at launch" this shows that the brand recognition was not enough to sell the hardware , Nintendo had to take a loss on every hardware unit to achieve the level of success DS had.

Then factor in the fact that software sales are dismal and that hardware can't be cut further if the system begins to struggle. Usually Nintendo can cut hardware every year or two but at 169.99$ Nintendo can't afford to cut the hardware in the foreseeable future.

In the end I was just pointing out that brand recognition while useful is not a determining factor in a consoles success. Wii proved that when it trounced PlayStation despite Nintendo's brand recognition having dropped drastically in popularity! In the end solid software, solid hardware, good marketing and reasonably priced hardware is far more important to a consoles success then brand recognition!