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JGarret on 05 January 2013
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noname2200 said:
JGarret said:

Exactly.

By the way, what the hell happened to their marketing?...compared to their efforts in promoting the Wii November/December 2006 and 2007, their marketing for the Wii U seems weak.

I mean, by default it´s already a product that´s harder to market than the Wii was, but still..

I've wondered that myself. Perhaps it was simply that the Wii essentially marketed itself, although that would be taking too much credit away from 2006 Nintendo, I think. I recall reading somewhere that they're deliberately doing less marketing for the Wii U than they did the Wii because they expect the system to sell itself for the first few months, and that their marketing energy was "wasted" on the early Wii because that system was unavailable for so long. But not only might I be making that up, it also sounds really, really stupid.

I also wonder if, by any chance, 2D Mario is starting to show signs of fatigue.Remember around 3 years ago, when NSMB Wii was released and the Wii moved astonishing 4 million units according to NPD?...of course, the Wii U is $50/$100 more expensive, but once it hits $250/$300 for the premium, I´ll be curious to see the 'power' of NSMBU.