Mr Khan said:
Arius Dion said:
IsawYoshi said:
Arius Dion said:
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IsawYoshi said:
Embarrassing nontheless. The reason the nubers are this low is the wii u sales, and they are embarrassing too. Why wouldn't the loss be?
I'm expecting Iwata to be leaving his throne within 2015 if they don't sharpen up in a good maner. I kinda doubt they will though.
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I'm doubtful any one will be reprimanded, demoted, punished or outright fired. When's the last time any one at Nintendo was let go for flops and bad business decisions? To go from making hands over fist money with the Wii, breaking records and the like, to now losing money and having a stinker on their hands with the Wii U, someone should be looking at a shake up within the company.
The investor Q&A should be very interesting.
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Then again, how many times have there been any bad business decisions within Nintendo? Virtual boy, sure, but there are so many reasons for the VB's failure, and one of them is that Nintendo wanted it to be out of the way before the N64 launched.
Some might claim that when Nintendo "created" the Playstation by leaving Sony at the altar was a gigantic mistake, but there was a reason that made Nintendo do that.
Just because you did thing well before doesn't give you a free pass now. As you guys have mentioned though, the board is pretty similar to Iwata, and Iwata might even be the best one for Nintendo, but the investors are probably getting tired of Iwata. I suppose Vinni knows more than me about that though.
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The VB is the most glaring, obviously. But the N64 flopped everywhere but the US and the Gamecube was also a collosal failure WW. GC's failure birthed the Wii. Actually, Nintendo dumping Sony was a wise move. Sony didn't want to partner with Nintendo, they basically wanted to own Nintendo.
All I'm saying is, this party time attitude inside Nintendo with execs and devs dressing like cats, remaking past failed games and devs having free reign to explore their inner picaso is over. Their financials since Wii U released have been in the toilet, changes are needed.
And going further, if they think a 3D Mario, an upressed Wii Sports and another Wii Fit are going to change their fortunes, they will be mistaken.
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Don't underestimate 3D World. 3D Land did a lot of the heavy lifting for 3DS holiday 2011 (moreso than Mario Kart and about equal to Tri G in Japan)
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A lot of people having 3D Land may hurt 3D World, because I think if you already have a 3D Mario for the 3DS, maybe the feeling is "do I really need to pay another $300 + $60 for this?".
Probably won't hurt as much as NSMB2/NSMBU, but I think there will be an impact. Nintendo's milked Mario too much lately, they are going to hit a point of diminishing returns. That said 3D World looks great and is my personal most wanted game of the year, but from a sales POV I see a lot of holes in this arguement.
The other problem is there's no "other big title". The 3DS got a $80 price reduction to much more "impulse buy" price of $170 and had Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter Tri G for Japan. Mario 3D World has ... Wii Fit U as it's sidekick title ... not looking good IMO.
