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Gamerace on 07 February 2013
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Soundwave said:
ps3-sales! said:
Nintendo just came off one of the most successful video game generations of all time with the DS and Wii and you think they need a shake up? If you're a Nintendo fan, you must not be very loyal.

Nintendo will rebound in the next year to 2 years. They will be back on top of the console market as they already dominate the handheld market. Such little patience these days....


Ken Kutaragi was the father of the two most successful game consoles of all time.

Today he wouldn't be able to get a job as Sony's janitor.

This is a performance based business, it's not about being nice.

Also the sooner Nintendo gets out of patting themselves on the back for the Wii, the better. Yes, job well done, but WAKE UP it's not 2006 anymore. Times have changed even from then. One botched 3DS launch and the first loss in 100+ years as a company should've been enough of a wake up call, now a bad Wii U launch after having two years to prepare ... unacceptable.

Y'know I have to agree with this.

I love Iwata for Wii, the whole blue ocean strategy, Xenoblade, etc.  But this isn't a fanclub it's a business.  The 3DS launch was flubbed and an embarrassment that caused him and others to cut their salaries in half.   Now the WiiU is an even bigger launch failure.

Both caused a lot of needless market confusion.   People thought 3DS was just a regular DS now with 3D (similar to DSi upgrade).  People think WiiU is a Wii add-on.   Ridiculous, needless and immensely hurtful.   Marketing is in shambles.  Games are no where to be found - again.   WiiU should have been out 2010, or 2011 at the latest.  2012 was far too late and it's costing them big time.    Far too many management mistakes going on.

NoA needlessly starved NA of good Wii games (thank goodness for XSeed).     They need more development studios.  A lot more.  Especially now that they are doing HD.

And WTF was with the 'oh, we're just getting used to HD graphics' s--t at the investors meeting?  They had had SEVEN YEARS to prepare for HD gaming.  SEVEN.  It's no surprise.  They should have been preparing for it for many years, hire outside staff who've worked in HD, buy some (of the many going bankrupt) HD gaming studios.    Something.  Don't tell me you got caught with your pants down - again.     

Unacceptable.