| S.T.A.G.E. said:
The Wii U is aiming for a median between the core and casual audience. This is a total 180 from what the Wii was which was casually dominated in content. Nintendo is making a statement with the deals they are putting forth for Zombie U and Bayonetta. They want that smaller but more stable market that they missed out on completely with the Wii. The Wii U will not standing in the way of the next Xbox or Playstation, it will make its bed next to them and truthfully may the best company win. Ever since Sony has joined the gaming industry Nintendo always marched to the beat of its own drummer, but now they are coming back to the party. Lets hope they balance the casual and the core without dropping the ball. I will be getting a Wii U (but later)as well so lets hope their specs come up to snuff against the next Playstation and 360 or else the core market they are trying to build doesnt leave them because they are behind in the multiplat race. It will be all about exclusives and social networkinng next gen. Nintendos job is to hold onto the market, the problem is they depended on the casuals to get them there and now we know who they are running to. Lets see if they can hold onto those casuals and expand. I doubt they will, because casuals are a fickle bunch who are off with the wind at the drop of a new novelty.
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A large portion of XBox 360 and PS3 owners this generation (possibly more than half) bought a Wii first. These gamers primarily bought their HD console because there weren't enough high quality games in certain genres to keep these gamers interested. By launching earlier, releasing a system which (may be) more powerful in relative terms, and making a more core-friendly but still accessable controller, Nintendo seems to be trying to prevent similar gamers from "jumping ship" mid generation with the Wii U ...
If Nintendo is successful with this strategy, and the next generation plays out roughly in a similar fashion as this generation, Sony and Microsoft could lose tens of millions of sales.
