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Mazty on 10 March 2013
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Kaizar said:
Mazty said:

Not from gamers, it's from the perspective of customers. Ferrari could claim te Enzo is for your everyday working man, but that would just show incredible stupidty on Ferrari's part. A company can claim something, but that doesn't mean they are correct. Just look at how the EA CEO states the Wii U is not next-gen. 

Where did I mention hardcore gamers? And yes I do understand what a "target audience is" whereas you are just using strawmen arguments. The target of the Wii U is "everyone"? That is the most absurd marketting speil I've heard in a long time:

http://www.wiisworld.com/wii-news/wii-u-core-audience.html
http://wiiugo.com/reggie-talks-wii-u-target-audience-wii-game-transfers/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/10/sony_wii_u_is_targeting_niche_early_adopter_market_this_holiday
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/wii-u-faces-narrow-window-of-opportunity-says-analyst-6393930
http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/crysis-producer-perplexed-by-wii-us-target-audience

If you really think the business meetings at Nintendo went along the lines of "who do we want?" "EVERYONE!" and that was that, you clearly don't understand business . 

I'm saying that the Wii U doesn't currently have a target audience, and therefore very few people will buy it. Oh my, look, the sales are showing this. Core gamers will stick with their existing console until a successor is released, and casual gamers don't care about upgrading, therefore the Wii U is left in limbo as it doesn't have a particular reason to exist. Want to play 7th gen games? Stick with the cheaper 360/PS3 which you probably already own. Want 8th gen games? Get the PS4/nextbox (awaiting specs). Why get the Wii U? For a handful of exclusives that seems to be getting thinner as time moves on?

The Wii is the best selling Home Console ever, the Wii U came in 2nd in this category for same amount of time.

Therefore the PS4 will be behind the PS3 sales and the 720 will be behind the 360 sales for the same amount of time LITERALLY.

 

That is how times are different.

That makes no sense whatsoever. The WIi is not the best selling home console ever and the Wii U isn't even close to being 2nd.