Mr Khan said:
landguy1 said:
Mr Khan said:
landguy1 said:
WiiU isn't in trouble. It's DOA... If it was going to become a mainstream success, it would have done so before the PS4 and XB1 arrived. The price cut only helps to give consumers a good/better/best pricing option at $300/$400/$500. Unless the little kids that still have the Wii beg for the WiiU, there won't be a good reason. Little kids don't frequent gaming websites to get to understand what the WiiU has to offer. They watch TV. I have all 3 of the current gen systems and have 4 kids(3,7,9,15). NOT 1 of them has even asked me about or brought up the WiiU. They all play on the gaming systems that we have and watch enough TV. The WiiU is DOA.
I know that my my situation is only one example. But, as I am into gaming and gaming industry stuff, I ask around. My sisters 2 kids=NO, My 6-7 friends kids=NO. The only things brought up has been PS4 and XB1.
I think that people that are die hard Nintendo fans have to remember one thing. The Wii sold 100 Million units, but didn't impress 100 million people with it's long term value. 50-60 million of those people were casuals that played Wii sports/fitness and maybe a dance game on the Wii. They didn't find a lot of compelling software for them after that. So, the purchase was like many items that are bought during a fad, quickly set aside and forgotten. Are they looking for another item from a company that sold them something that didn't work out for them? Probably not, as the ipad/tablet/smartphone has done that for them. Don't get me wrong, the Wii had plenty of great 1st party games, but that isn't what people bought the system for. |
DoA is a bold assertion. I'd retract.
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Why retract?
1. The OP is WiiU related and so is my response.
2. I didn't make just the DOA comment and then atleast try to rationalize my opinion with some type of explanation.
3. I didn't make some type of negative comment about a person or company.
So, i don't think a retraction is something that should be required. If anything, i would have preferred that you countered my view with a group of facts or counterviews that had with a explained response.
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If you had merely excised that part, i would have no issue with the thread. "DoA" means "failure to launch," in my mind, which is categorically untrue for any major-manufacturer console, which i feel is over-the-top
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That's the benefit of opinions, we all have them. I don't share yours. We are here to discuss things about game ore whatever based on the thread.
I think the concept of the WiiU is DOA. They can't change their mind and drop parts of the console and keep selling them. So, I think that it failed in design and that's my viewpoint. I never said it won't sell 20+ million of them, but after the Wii, anything less than 50 Million is a complete failure in the consumers eyes. In 12 months or so, we will find out if the XB1 is DOA based on thier insistence to include the Kinect. The only difference for them is that they can change by dropping that requirement. I have yet to purchase a WiiU, but if my kids beome intrested at some point, I would consider it for them. I personally wouldn't play it much, but if I had one I could be convinced otherwise. I think that the average consumer probably won't purchase a WiiU based on the reason in my earlier post. As we all know, only time will tell.
