| TheLastStarFighter said: I personally don't see Iwata and Nintendo doing a lot wrong. The 3DS is defying so called experts by selling well despite smartphones and tablets. Wii U is a good product with good games coming. They have made a few key errors with Wii U, mostly the bundled software (should have been Sports Club, not Nintendoland - which was a waste of resources), launch titles (NSMBU should have been more unique, a core title should have been present...delaying and upgrading The Last Story would have been a great move) and marketing (let's be honest, it's terrible so far). But overall I like their product strategy and with a little success for Wii U they are in great position to make money. For all the criticisms, they still have nearly a 3rd of home consoles sold and about 85% of handhelds. And they make far more money than competitors because of the high profits on 1st party software and hardware that doesn't bleed money. |
Pretty sure most "so called experts" were expecting a contraction in the handheld market this generation, and the 3DS seems to be delivering that (and the Vita even more so). Software numbers are even worse compared to the DS which would suggest that even people buying the 3DS are spending a greater proportion of their time elsewhere than DS owners did. Smartphones are the likely culprit.
To have a third of home consoles this past quarter, the PS3 would need to have done negative 80k. If the PS3 (and PS2 if they are actually still shipping any) equal the 360, that would leave the Wii/WiiU with less than 19% of the home console market for the quarter. Considering the PS3 has been outselling the 360 by a decent margin, we are probably looking at closer to a 15% share in the home console market for Nintendo last quarter.
Also I'm not sure how relevant your last sentence is when software sales have been tepid and their business has been losing money over the last two and a half years primarily due to hardware bleeding money.
