Why WiiU is the only viable strategy for Nintendo

[HoloDust]

JWeinCom said:

HoloDust said:

redgreenblue said:
The 'Nintendo should make FPS' argument is incredibly flawed and short sighted. There is currently the best version of the most popular FPS (COD black ops whatever) on the Wii U and the sales are abysmal.

Yes they are abysmal - it competes with PS360 and their userbase, so no wonder. But looking at exclusive FPS games, Killzone 3 sold 1/4 of CoD: BLOPS2 on PS3 (less than 2.5mil), but that will not make Sony ditch it, on the contrary. Nintendo should definitelly make FPS, but one that does not compete with CoD, just like HALO does not actually compete directly with it. Let them be creative and make something different that will bring that audience to their system.

The problem with this idea is that Sony doesn't just have Killzone.  They have Resistance, they have Uncharted, they have Gears of War, they have better third party support, and they've catered to that particular audience to some extent since the PS1 days.  Sony has created a fanbase that would be receptive to games like Killzone.  Nintendo has not.  If Nintendo wanted such a fanbase one FPS wouldn't do it.  They'd have to create quite a few first party PS360 style games, and switch up their marketing. 

True, they would certainly need more than one new IP for that - maybe they need to start spending some of that cash they're sitting on and start buying studios that can make them games in genres that they need if they want to go for the same market as MSony. Then again, maybe they need to use that cash to start making more games (whether in existing or new franchises) that caters to audience they gained with Wii. One way or the other, I think it would be a good thing for them to make up their minds about what is the market they want to focus on most. As they say "If you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them"...