Skeeuk said:
ninjablade said:
Train wreck said:
The Wii U is not a desirable machine, sorry Nintendo fans, its just that plain and simple. No amount of Nintendo directs is going to change that since its audience is too narrow.
Nintendo, like many of the fans it has, became way too arrogant (and somewhat greedy). I believe Nintendo tried to leverage their popular Wii brand while at the same time try to exploit Sony's weakness in NA and Japan by releasing a console first with the capabilities to run the third party games sony needs on it system to stay relevant and its currently falling on its face.
In that short span of time the Wii went from being affordable, accessible and inclusive to the Wii U being expensive, restrictive and exclusive. No wii game cost more that 49.99 (outside special editions and games with included controllers), people got value when they bought a game like wii play (in the form of another controller to have more people join in). I cant image soccer moms and grandma sitting down with the gamepad on their lap gearing up to play the new X, it just isn't happening.
Iwata seems hell bent on continuing the gamecubeification of the Wii brand, which in itself is odd. I can easily see a massive incoming loss from the Wii U once the price cut kicks in.
wii would have sold mazing even at 299$, peope wanted the motion tech, nintendo knows they need something fresh to get the casual crowd, they chose teh tablet, the casual crowd is tough to crack, i mean look at sony they tried with move which is a better then the wii mote but nobody cared, even kinect nobody cares about that anymore even though it was a short success.
Wii WOULD NOT HAVE SOLD aswell had it been set at a high price point, it was a cheap and cheerful console that parents flocked to shops to buy as a family console especially with the new controls
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it would have not sold as well but it would have sold amazing still, dropping the price 49$ would give you a small boost thats about it, nintendo could drop it 249$, i bet you anything it wont really help sales more then the first month by 150k ww, then it will go back to doing the same numbers.
