Nintendo CEO Seen Missing Profit Target as Wii U Founders

[DaRev]

curl-6 said:

DaRev said:
People seem to forget that Nintendo is the hardest working console, handheld and software developer in the whole video game industry. It takes time to be successful, and some years while you're making hardware and software you will see some losses. What does these dumb ass analist expect, a profit every single year?

I can accept taking a hit in 2011 and 2012 when the Wii U was in production, but they had those two years to make sure software was ready for it, and their failure to do so is the reason for the Wii U's current state.

Well, so far as 3rd parties are concerned, you can't place all the blame at Nintendo's feet. For example, Sega made a mess of Aliens CM and Ubisoft made a hard business decisions with regards Rayman, which I think were two games Nintendo was expecting to hold the fort till MH3U and Lego City came on board. But these 3rd parties have been messing Nintendo around, and Nintendo simply has no control over such things, so you can't really place all the blame on Nintendo for a gap in software releases. And don't me started on these other 3rd parties like 2K Games (Bioshock) that refuse to bring their games to WiiU. I sometimes wish they all go broke like THQ for talking shit about Nintendo.

Anyways, I believe Nintendo is working extremely hard to get the games out, but it takes time to make good games, and even more time when you don't have 3rd party help. It's also clear that Nintendo is listening to its fans and acting accordingly and is making the effort. What they are not doing is kissing anyone's ass in the process.

In the interim, today I plan to enjoy my WiiU VC and I will be a happy man.