Pachter: Wii U won’t be “as popular as probably Nintendo thinks”

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

Mr Khan said:

kitler53 said:
1. nintendo isn't a media darling anymore. they have a bit of an uphill battle because they've lost all that free advertising the news used to do for them (and currently does for apple).

2. IF it really does come in (techincally) as just a bit above and xbox then i agree. i'm still waiting to see the real stats on this though. it's got to be able to do more than just get the third-party games already on ps360 or it is waaaaay too late to the party.

Mainstream media darling i wouldn't suppose, but the mainstream media is fickle, and Nintendo can easily at least make a fight of it with the right kind of software. You do have to emphasize mainstream there, however. Nintendo hasn't been gaming media darling since 1991, and has not had fair coverage at all since like 2003.

i guess i didnt think it needed to be stated explicitly but yeah, that is what i meant.  true nintendo could regain it but the 3DS launch had not mainstream fanfare around it.  not like nintendo used to have.  not like apple has with every stupidedly minor detail of anything they do.  but you're absolutely right, the main stream is fickel. 

that's exactly why i could see the wiiU being a collasal failure.  when you target the mainstream exclusively and ignore the base as nintendo did this last gen, then you have a huge risk/reward factor about whether or not you actually hit with the mainstream.  I'm really curious to see which side of the coin nintendo lands on with this. 

It'll be easy to tell what side they will land on based on what games they reveal this E3. Not too much divination that will need to be used there.