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sethnintendo on 21 December 2012
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dsgrue3 said:
sensebringer said:
dsgrue3 said:
Too many Wii U defenders. Console is dated. They fooled us with a gimmick once, but never again. Sales will reflect that.

Why is the 3DS outselling the Vita? Nintendo fooled the people once with the DS, Why are they fooling the people again?

My point was that Motion control (while revolutionary) was a gimmick. I can't speak on behalf of others, but after buying my Ps3 I never touched my Wii again. 

Now with Wii U, they have a 2nd screen gimmick. It's a cool concept and all, but a gimmick nonetheless. 

What gimmick are you suggesting the DS had? 

"In marketing language, a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries. However, the special feature is typically thought to be of little relevance or use.  Thus, a gimmick is a special feature for the sake of having a special feature."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick

Yep, motion control was a gimmick because it had little relevance/use.  Forget all the old people and non gamers that actually could play on a home video game console again without being ass raped by a shitload of buttons.  Wii U gamepad ability to play certain games, stream Netflix, etc on just the gamepad while others use the TV is a gimmick.  Who on earth would ever run into a situation in benefiting from that?  Keep using the word gimmick because you don't have a valid argument.