IamAwsome on 07 March 2012
The reaction to the Wii U at GDC is "mixed" and Nintnendo is "screwed"
- Wii U chatter was mixed on day 2. A financial analyst told me Nintendo is screwed. Not enough time to be out on their own. A developer told me their fortunes are mixed. Good ambition on Nintendo's part, but, well... it's Nintendo, everyone says it's on Nintendo for the thing to succeed. Same as it ever was. It's almost all on them.
As for that analyst, is sounds like something Pachter would say, although we can’t be sure it’s him, so do hold back with the fire and pitch-forks. But this does feel very same-y. No matter what Nintendo does, it’s the end for them, apparently. They can’t make any move that isn’t “wrong”, despite making a lot of smart decisions.
That’s not to say the Wii U is a guaranteed success. There will be challenges, but we did just come off eight months of 3DS-bashing because it had apparently failed, and as soon as it started selling well, it’s not like the critics stated as such. They just jumped onto their next target.
