| fatslob-:O said:
LOL the DS and WII were totally different from their predecessors. They were successful and the gamecube and wii u were not. |
The DS struggled to take off for its first year worldwide and was facing serious competition from the PSP. It's only once NSMB and the DS Lite came out that it exploded into sales success.
The Wii was initially considered doomed to fail because it didn't have the traditional controller, it had no 3rd party support and was the successor to the rejected gamecube. Let me assure you that both the Wii and DS had their share of doubters, just as the 3DS and now the WiiU do.
Ultimately, people want a console for their families, and they choose Nintendo. Since the Wii and DS, that has become a certainty, due to the work Nintendo did to revamp their image in the eyes of the masses. That work hasn't faded yet.
