Does it make sense to call the WiiU a failure at this point in time?

[Talal]

happydolphin said:

Talal said:

S.Peelman said:

You can only say that the first half year for the WiiU were a failure. It didn't meet expectations, so that fits the definition as you posted. It is however still impossible to know the WiiU will meet it's lifetime expectations. For now, it's failing, but you can't put the definition of failure on the WiiU yet.

I completely agree. It's waaaay too early to say that the Wii U will never be successful. I'm just saying that for now it is a failure. Calling it a failure doesn't mean that it'll always be a failure it just means that it currently is.

Again, the first 8 months are a failure, but to call the U a failure is simply moronic or at least sounds moronic, because the U has only been out for 8 months and none of its competitors have released yet, so to call it a failure is just entirely idiotic to say the least, because it connotes that it is an all-around failure.

As an example, the Jaguar is a failure, but the 3DS is not. The U is following a similar pattern to the 3DS, so it's likely not a failure, just rather struggling atm.

The choice of words to convey a meaning is VERY important on a forum, imho.

When an athlete that recently went pro performes badly he's referred to as a bad player. You don't say wait he's new lets judge him later. You say that he's bad. Again it doesn't mean that he'll never be good especially since he's still new and all.

 

Edit: This turned into an argument of what failure means. I think I agree with you, but I think that the use of the word failure in this instance is not wrong.