| zippy said: No excuses from me, i never thought for one minute the Wii U would replicate Wii sales. But overall Wii U is a much better product than the Wii and more catered to gamers which suits me. This obviously comes at a price,meaning you lose some of the casual base.But sales will pick up when the big hitters arrive and i wont have a problem with Gamecube type sales as Nintendo will still be profitable, they proved during the Gamecube era that they can still turn a profit with a small install base. I am a realist so lower Wii U sales havent surprised me, and deep down i think a lot of Nintendo fans also knew it wouldnt do Wii numbers. We just want to enjoy our new console,be excited about new Ninty games in HD, and getting great content like Watch dogs which wasnt possible last gen. Instead we get doom threads and Wii U bashers infesting the Nintendo pages these days. |
If Wii U is a much better product than Wii, why the market has rejected it?
You won't have a problem with GameCube-esque sales, but Nintendo will. Bear in mind that Nintendo is already losing money with the current Wii U price, HD games are much more expensive to develope so they need to sell more units to become profitable. Then we have a portable console that is struggling hard outside Japan. 3DS profit margin is tiny, even less if they decide to cut its price when Pokémon X / Y is released.
Nintendo could afford to sell Gamecube for 199 dollars without losing money, or very little at the beginning. I can't even think about the money they will lose when they cut Wii U price. Knowing Iwata I'm already seeing a 100 dollar cut. Most of the benefits from that era were due to Game Boy Advance, 3DS (and Wii U software) won't be able to offset Wii U losses.
Until last fiscal year, Nintendo never lost money. This fiscal year ending 31 March 2013 they will lose money too. Having losses for a third year in a row (and that's likely with the current scenario) would be a complete tragedy for this company.
I apologize in advance for my bad english.
