TheJimbo1234 said:
Wow, strawman much.
The Wii was lucky in that it hit an unknown - the casual housewife/family market. The DS was the only cheap handheld at the time and came with very popular games. That isn't luck, nor did I say that - you just made it up *rollseyes*. The 3DS is in sitcky mud. Its slow launch was obvious, but the price drop and games helped. Will it hold up or has the market changed due to smartphones? Who knows. The WiiU however, is different. It has started off incredibly slowly and target market is confused. I will never be saying they got lucky and in my opinion, I don't think it will even reach 20 million, and yes, I'll be quoting this to you. |
Nintendo were not lucky with the Wii, and it was not an unknown market.
Ok, lets say we have two people in a forest trying to find some moss. They are looking North, and thus can only see the south side of the trees. They cannot find any moss.
One person says to the other, there clearly isn't any moss in this forest.
The other man thinks about moss, knowing that it requires damp conditions, and that the sun will dry up water. Only the north side of the trees is likely to have moss. He suggests that they turn around and look at the north side of the trees.
The first man says "You are so lucky, you managed to fluke your way into an unknown market of moss."
You can clearly see that this is ridiculous. The casual market was known about by anyone with the brains to see, hell, it's how the PS2 did so well. Nintendo were the first to recognise and capitalise on a new market, that is a textbook example of having good business sense.
As for the 3DS doing well because of lots of games coming out, I suppose it's good that it has a whole lot more good games coming out this year then.
So you now know that the Wii succeeded because of Nintendo's brilliant business strategy.
You already acknowledged that the DS succeeded because of Nintendo's ability to produce popular hardware at a mass market price, and because of their ability to develop great games.
You already have, or soon will acknowledge that the 3DS will succeed due to Nintendo's ability to produce popular hardware at a mass market price, and because of their ability to develop great games.
We can come back to the topic of the WiiU at Christmas, I can understand how it's a little unclear at the moment.
So Nintendo's track record in recent times is, as you now see, either 3/3, 3/4 or 4/4.
