| SnowPrince said: I'll shed some tears if Iwata would be fired for this, things could've been worse, where did he possible go wrong ? |
Being way too lazy and conservative with the Wii brand and completely mismanging the DS to 3DS transition got Nintendo in a lot of trouble.
In general also, failing to expand Nintendo's development resources in a more timely fashion and securing more partnerships with Western studio development when they were sitting on mountains of money was a huge mistake.
Also relying on gimmicks to try and sell hardware continually rather than basic fundamentals (good hardware design, good marketing, good developer support, good 1st party games).
They should have released a Wii HD in mid-2010 (a refresh of the existing Wii really tailored to casual gamers) that could be sold for 3-4 more years at $99.99 with a refreshed eShop and tons of indie games and back catalog titles at discounted prices, and then a brand new console in fall 2011 along the lines of a New Nintendo Entertainment System aimed more at the core gamer, but not taking itself quite as seriously as the X1/PS4.
