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superhippy420 on 15 December 2013
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fatslob-:O said:
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drake4 said:
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Hypocrite much ?! I couldn't care less about anyones opinion and I don't deem anyone's opinion to be worthless. What I do deem worthless is your flawed analysis so far. 

funny i feel the same about your analysis.

It sounds like you don't actually want nintendo to succeed. 

your analyisis is based off one console that broke all the rules for winning a console gen, it had last generation hardware, no online play and weak third party support, never in any generation has this happened before, you can't  seem to understand that the reason behind wii success was motion controls and wii sports, you also don't anybody trying to replicate it's success on nextgen consoles, not even nintendo, cause they know that market is finished on consoles.

Just because the WII is a phenomena among the gaming industry does not mean you can count it out success. BTW if you think the way for nintendo to prosper is through gamecube or n64 they had much better 3rd party support compared to the WII and much more modern hardware and guess what? They both failed miserably in getting a relevant marketshare so these clearly isn't the console path to go towards.

If you want to know the real reason as to why the wii sold alot then you have to believe the "software sells hardware" mantra otherwise you will fail to understand why every other console had succeeded before it. Why did the PS1 sell ? Why did the PS2 sell ? Why did the SNES sell ? They had one thing all in common and it's the games whether 1st or 3rd party. The WII U was able to dominate with 1st party games. 

Yes motion controls was one of the reason the WII succeeded but it was NOT motion controls ALONE that propelled the WII it is today. It is the ultra good software that moves hardware. 

No one is trying to replicate it's success in the console space because nintendo keeps going back to making dumb gamecube esque games that nobody wants. Microsoft sure as hell isn't trying because kinect WAS THE ACTUAL FAD. We now know that microsoft truly don't care about the WII audience otherwise it would have sold much better if they gave relevant software to it. 


Every console that has made the 100 million club has had its X-Factor

Gameboy - 1st portable and most revolutionary thing at the time

PS2 - DVD Player that could play games, that was cheaper than a DVD player

Wii - Motion Controls

PS1 - Lineup that actually outdid Nintendo's / much cheaper price for games and systems.

DS - 1st mainstream technology with a touch screen : paved the way for the smartphone/tablet era in technology.

 

That being said I don't think the PS4,Wii U, or Xbone will even get close to 100 million.  The most innovative one is the Wii U, its really just a home console that uses the DS's strengths.   Xbone and PS4 are just graphic upgrades with remodeled controllers (GBA,SNES,N64,GC,PS3,Saturn,Dreamcast) they end up selling less then their previous consoles.   All 3 launches were great but thats just each companies core fanbase, who would buy the console no matter what.