Seven early takeaways from the eighth generation

[Turkish]

superchunk said:

Turkish said:
The Wii was dangerous for Nintendo, it allowed them to create the disaster that is the Wii U. Iwata thought they could create another Wii, the audience moved on to mobiles. He lacked the foresight to see the bubble was about to burst.
3rd party problem was never addressed, the Wii was successfull and their own sw sold great, so no need for that.
Nintendo's western branches lost autonomy, Mario was selling and the success of Wii only proved further that things didn't need to change.
He didnt care about online while Sony and MS built their infrastructure since 2005/2006. Nintndo is an entire gen late in the game.
All the problems that could've been addressed a gen earlier, are addressed now, because the Wii made them ignore those small problems.

You missed his point. Wii U is a drastic change from Wii. While you seem to be arguing its the same. Rol is arguing that Nintendo should have continued with Wii's platform and that would have brought success.

Well, Nintendo was obviously looking for another Wii like success, but they couldnt come up with a better idea than a 2nd screen... this time for a homeconsole. Its not like Nintendo did not want another success, no one is arguing that. What other options did they have that wouldnt have cost them too much, they probably looked at a dozen ways to implement a new gimmick and decided the gamepad was the most cost effective(and they still lost money per unit).

Its a shame really, Wii was a brilliant idea that no one thought of previously, true to the vision of Yamauchi's "we dont do what other people do", yet Wii U is a product that looks like it was conceived because of the iPad and tablet revolution. A "me too" product, to get the casuals back that had moved on.