| Soleron said: I don't think it's all Miyamoto or Iwata's fault but this article is VERY HELPFUL in getting people to realise that Miyamoto isn't a god and has presided over a reduction in the selling power of Nintendo's games. |
Ditto. The problem with the Wii U thusfar hasn't been the games or even Nintendo's IP portfolio, but that Nintendo did a terrible job prioritizing them. Had the Wii U launched with Zelda U and X it would have a crushing lead.
Some of that's not Nintendo's fault, though. The new Zelda game has already had a huge development team working on it for years, and there's really very little Nintendo could have done to speed it up short of cut content. Cutting two years of content to make the launch would likely have ruined the game. The same is likely true with X. The console-selling titles just couldn't be made quickly.
Nintendo just got cornered this time. I still think they can manage second place in the generation overall if they stick to their guns, but their only way forward is certainly a tough one.
