Pachter: Nintendo “just doesn’t get it” with the Wii U

[Gamerace]

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Gamerace said:

Yeah, Pachter didn't get the Wii either - until it's sales kept mounting, year over year until it was undeniably the generation's winner.  And it's a stretch that he 'got' it even then.  He just admitted he was wrong.

However, while I got the Wii and predicted it's 20m sales in 2007, I don't get WiiU either.

What's not to get? It's the Wii-philosophy expanded with an asymmetrical component and new online inferface.

It's not.  It's the antithesis of the Wii.  Wii was about expanding to a new audience.  About simplicity.  About revolutionary new controls.

WiiU is a return to complicated control schemes (dual analog), catering to hard fought for, shrinking, core market, about emulating what others are already doing (Apple)  - poorly.