| Immortal said: Right now, it is definitely in competition with PS3 and 360. It's also competing with the Wii. And the 3DS. And smartphones. And movies. And books. And playing rock-paper-scissors. People really need to get the idea that an entertainment product never has no competition. The fact that PS4/720 aren't out yet doesn't mean anything for Wii U and isn't a good reason to cut it some slack. |
Yes, you are right, however, my point is that NEXT GEN CONSOLES target people who already were gamers on the last gen (they already have a car, now they want the jet). I have all consoles already, the WiiU is targeted to people like me I think, who want to go a step further now. And I did not bought one yet, because it failed to impress me as I expect to be impressed when another console generation starts.
You cannot really think that NINTENDO waited 7 years to launch a PS3 competitor, to me the WIIU was mean to be NINTENDO next gen machine, and I think the consumers are judging it like that, and that is why it is having a hard time on the market.
Nintendo fans get angry when people say "the wiiu is not next gen", I think the hard time the WiiU is facing comes from it BEING A NEXT GEN CONSOLE, day after day, at stores, gamers judge the WiiU has a next gen console, and them, it fail to impress them.
The gaming consumer base that played last gen consoles is close to 200 million people, these guys are hungry for the next wave of consoles, and they are the core consumer for next gen consoles. Nintendo is talking to these people everyday at stores. You guys tell me that PS3 and XBOX360 are a factor, not for these dudes, they have the HD twins at their homes, they have seem the HD twins at stores for 7 years. No one goes "What is it? A P-S-threee?"
What happens, and happened to me as well is: old time gamer (70%) of the market are gaming veterans like me, get in a store to see what the NEXT GEN CONSOLE from Nintendo is all about, see some demos, maybe he visitis some sites, youtube, read some reviewe, them he decide if it is time. We are talking about a potencial market of 70-80 million consumers, who played the HD twin for at least 3-5 years.
To these guys (next gen gamers in potencial), the options are: THE WIIU or NOTHING. And Nintendo has to hurry, because after october it will begin the real fight.
My grammar errors are justified by the fact that I am a brazilian living in Brazil. I am also very stupid.
