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hinch on 01 April 2013
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pokoko said:

There is nothing said in the video that I can disagree with. Also, anyone judging the video based on who posted it has that right, but flaming without even watching is just a way of embarrassing yourself. It's obvious the person responsible for the video itself is a big Nintendo fan, and he even says that he thinks the Wii U will eventually sell very well.

In my opinion, most of his criticisms are spot-on. Nintendo truly has wasted their one year head-start. When the PS4 and 720 launch, the Wii U's installed base likely won't have enough power behind it to influence third parties to consider the Wii U as the lowest common denominator. Rather than build that installed base early, and thus entice third party publishers, Nintendo has decided to throw out its big titles in a head-to-head match-up with the system launches from Sony and Microsoft. I cannot, for the life of me, see the logic in that. Why make it a competition when you could have released those games during a period when they had ZERO next gen opposition? They could have blown away the PS3 and 360 (probably) but they instead wish to face the PS4 and 720 mano-a-mano? No.

 Nintendo, like Sony, has suffered in previous generations as a result of its own arrogance. Just like Sony after the PS2, there was a time when Nintendo thought they could dictate terms to both consumers and publishers. Quite honestly, you would expect both companies to have learned from that, but a part of me feels that Nintendo had absolute faith in the Wii U's controller as a huge draw even WITHOUT a selection of top level games. I think they rolled the dice with that in mind and didn't get the result they wanted. It's my belief that they fully expected the Wii U to be in a position of power with their big software titles yet to release. Rather than play it safe, they wanted to go for the kill, and I think that confidence and/or arrogance is going to hurt them.

Pretty much.

It boggles the mind why Nintendo didn't try and push out a big title like a new Zelda/3D Mario for launch (or at least near launch). It would have sold millions from the get-go and gain a substantial lead on both Sony and MS. Looking back at last years E3, I remember when all the Nintendo fans were excited for the Wii U JUST by watching that short Zelda tech demo. "Nintendo games.. in HD!" People said, while foaming at the mouth at the thought of it. But now.. a few months after its initial launch, the hype has pretty much gone and wained since the games they promised are simply not there. Super Mario Bros U whilst a good game didn't set the world alight. And it doesn't help that we've already had so many 2D Mario games from the Wii and 3DS in such a short period of time. Putting hope in party games like Nintendoland does nothing in the eyes of Wii consumers since they already have a crap tonne of games like that available to buy on their system. No comment on the hardware, it's Nintendo being Nintendo with Iwata at the helm.

They should have went big from the start but instead, they played it too safe and now will have to suffer for it until they can come up with a good strategy to sell the thing.