| RolStoppable said:
Financial forecasts include sales projections as well as projections for revenue and profits/losses. The 3DS meeting its sales targets doesn't mean much if the forecasts for profits aren't met. But... despite Nintendo incurring losses, the 3DS failed to meet its sales target. Worse, it failed to meet its revised target too. |
There are things that Nintendo could control, some that they could not control. They sought to offer their audience a new experience and gain and edge in the industry with stereoscopic 3D capabilities, in so doing, they lost due to business failure of the idea. It really isn't all that complicated. It's above and beyond their control, but in your eyes, using 20/20 hindsight as always, you judge them for their business acumen and risk-taking... That is what I consider intellectually dishonest personally.
In business, you take risks. This was by no means a fool's risk, it had a purpose. It failed, shit happens. Water under the bridge.
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I find it intellectually dishonest from you to say that Nintendo is faithful to 2D Mario this year after you bashed NSMB2 to no end just a week ago. Somehow now it's good enough to justify your trust in Nintendo and the Wii U? And somehow you also find NSMB Mii good enough now? |
I find it intellectually dishonest of you to use MY tastes in games to judge the sales power of a software title. If find that very hypocritical of you personally, and this is very sincere.
The sales power of NSMB as a brand, as a flavor, has nothing to do with my perception of the game as a gamer. The fact that you can't make that dychotomy makes me think you're either dishonest, or just don't care enough to think that far...
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At E3 2010 Nintendo presented a long list of third party developers and their franchises. A lot of them didn't release on the 3DS until quite some time had passed, some others have yet to be released and others were cancelled altogether. The 3DS launched without the eShop. Mario Kart 7 was rushed to launch, because Nintendo's strategy was heavily flawed. |
Another failed business risk. They tried it, it failed. Lesson learnt, shit happens, water under the bridge. Despite the failure of the idea, they were true to their plan and stuck to it. They mitigated it once it proved its failure. This has yet to contradict my faith in their OP strategy.
| You know, this is the same situation like in your NSMB2 thread when I brought up Super Mario Galaxy 2. You want to believe in the Wii U, so you look past all flaws and cling to every possible positive thing to convince yourself that it absolutely is the right way to go. So much that you now use 2D Mario, something you heavily criticized before, as a means to support your side of the argument. |
So I've already broken this argument. Goes to show really how much you know about me.
