3DS is cannibalizing Wii U

[Soundwave]

curl-6 said:

Soundwave said:

Kinda revisionist history here. I was around for the GameCube era, I recall a lot of "you can't judge the GameCube yet! Mario and Zelda haven't even be released yet!" going on for the first year or so before that dream died. The "it doesn't have its killer app yet" excuse has been done to death, the Wii U has a better library than either the PS4 or X1 ... there's just no interest in this product. 

Nintendo just doesn't have it anymore in the console business anyway. Fundamentally I think it's almost like they are incapable of making a console without making 3-4 critical mistakes in its design every time. 

I was there too. GCN fucked up Mario and Zelda, that's why they didn't sell. Wii U may yet give gamers they Zelda they actually want.

If it was 1994, maybe ... unfortunately for Nintendo it's 2014. I really don't think that many people are waiting with baited breath to play the 10th Zelda game or whatever. 

It's just over for Nintendo in the console biz, they're just not adaptable enough in the business and have no idea what's going in the Western market. The answer simply can't be "well lets just release this 25 year old franchise again, maybe it'll work this time". 

People don't want a console for just 4-5 franchises, they want ALL the big games, all the third party games, there is no market for niche electronic formats. Consumers just don't have the patience for that anymore, in the 80s/90s electronic companies had a lot more sway in dictating to consumers how and what they could consume, but now I think we are in an age where you better give the consumer what they want or they don't have time for you, period.