Mr Khan said:
NeoRatt said:
Nintendo cannot save the Wii U no matter what they do. It's fate; along with all the games for it was sealed well before its release... Nintendo has screwed up in the following ways:
1) Wii was marketed to casual gamers, so when Wii U was released core gamers seen it as the same thing
2) The Wii U touch screen is not being seen as a compelling reason to buy the console
3) The Wii U is only moderately more powerful than the X360 and PS3
4) Wii U does not playback Blu-ray movies
5) Nintendo marketing has disappeared of the planet. Not attending E3 and other major events.
6) Nintendo has not embraced online gaming like MS and Sony. Their service offering is inferior
Then, after release they have the following issues:
1) They re-released a bunch of X360 and PS3 games as new titles on Wii U which made gamers wonder why they needed that console
2) They continue to be absent in meaningful marketing to the core gamer
3) Nintendo leadership refuses to admit they are going in the wrong direction
To me, there are one of two announcements that Nintendo will make at VGX. Either they announce they are going multi-platform and making accessories to simulate the Wii U on X1 and PS4 (In this case they will re-release all Wii U exclusives on X1/PS4). Or they announce that they are merging with MS or Sony (Most likely MS since Nintendo hates Sony).
|
I will certainly consult you with the results of Nintendo at VGX
|
Yeah, I know it sounds wild-ass stupid, and it probably is, but in the end, whenever Nintendo gets to where it is going I think they will have those two options. The longer they wait, the more their stock drops and they actually become a buy-out target rather than a merger partner.
Think about it... MS struggles in Japan, by merging with Nintendo they get credibility there... MS is seen as weaker on exclusives... What better exclusives to get than Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pikimin, Pokemon, etc... MS has been trying to convince shareholders of a "one MS view"... With a Nintendo merger they can be two companies in one... Nintendo Xbox and Microsoft the enterprise giant... Transfer all the MS game studios to Nintendo and retain game console OS in MS... This would be a highly complementary merger...
