Soundwave said:
osed125 said:
Soundwave said:
KungKras said:
Soundwave said:
I think the analogy is quite apt. If these casuals have any loyalty, where are they now? *crickets*. They're not supporting Nintendo, they are bailing out and if what they want is cheap 99 cent games that are basically a distraction for them for 10-20 minutes a day at best .... let them have what they want.
Why expend so much energy on an audience that really doesn't give a sh*t about your type of product in the first place? They had their fun with Wii Sports, it was a fun fad for a couple of years, and most have moved on, with a chunk sticking around for Just Dance, which is probably on its own way out in a year or two as well.
Good for Apple and Google/Android, but honestly if after owning a Wii for 4-6 years, all you want is Angry Birds ... as far as I'm concerned, there's the door, don't let it hit your ass on the way out. I'm not shedding any tears over this "supposed" audience bailing out and going elsewhere.
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The Wii U is launching at an expensive price in an economic depression. The only game keeping it alive is a game appreciated by the mainstream (NSMBU).
Again, your analogy fails miserably.
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It's only $50 more than the Wii and consumer spending was up for holiday 2012, so I don't buy that excuse.
Folkes don't seem to have a problem dropping $400+ for iPads and iPhones and Samsung Galaxies.
Casuals don't want a Wii U. I have friends who are casual gamers who were absolutely nuts about the Wii in 2006. I had one friend that drove 3 hours to get one in the middle of a snow storm to get one, and this is a complete casual player. Wii U? I've barely heard a peep from any of my casual gaming friends about it at all and none of them are interested in buying one.
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First rule of gaming consoles: don't compare them to phones and tablets, it doesn't make sense.
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It doesn't matter, when those devices are the "must have items" it means the wallet is getting light and there isn't space left over for things that are deemed less important in the world of 2012 ... like a Wii U. Six years ago? The hot, must-have craze. Today? Old news. These people don't care about "product categories", they know what they want and what they want is an iPhone/iPad/Android device.
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1) Gaming consoles are not as important as phones for 95% of humans on earth.
2) Even if tablets have all this "useless" apps, they have way more things than a gaming console, you can read books, you can make calls (extremely important in case of an emergency), in case you work you have all your paperwork, check emails on the go, etc.
3) Even if the Wii had a massive appeal on 2006, I can warranty it was nowhere near as close as cellphones (even if tablets weren't as popular back then)
In today's world tablets and phones are a necessity (for the most part), gaming consoles are not.
