Did you expect the Wii U to flop?

[Arius Dion]

oniyide said:

Arius Dion said:

I did. After E3 2011 I felt a feeling of 'what the fuck?' I felt like Nintendo was going backwards from the Wii. And so, the market performance has also gone backwards from the Wii.

After the putrid performance of the GCN, Iwata, Miyamoto, all agreed that controllers had become to cumbersome and complex and were alienating every one besides dedicated gamers. The Wii was the response. So after the thing breaks records, they decide to make a console with a controller more complex than GCN? That makes sense? They even decided to create sequels and remakes of Gamecube games! Why would any one be surprised at Wii U's abysmal performance?

I just hope Nintendo learns the lessons it needs to in order to create a successful home console next gen. Because this gen is a wrap for them.

what was th alternative though? just make a more powerful Wii? Sure that would have done better, but not by much. IMHO the people who ran to get Wii didnt really care about HW power in the first place.

It's never been about hardware power. Its about software power, Nintendo left the Wii high and dry and software is the engine the propels any system forward. 

But as far as what they could have done, they could have just improved upon the foundation Wii built. After the NES Nintendo didn't go backwards in terms of the controller, they improved it. The Wii worked, and yet they abandoned it and thus the fanbase they built left as well as they were no longer catered to. Wii U felt completely rushed, there's still a trickle of VC games, some (most first party) Nintendo games have no online multiplayer which is a joke. The Gamepad is a complete waste and is so anti Wii I can't believe they even branded it with the same name. 

The Wii U is just a mess. Looking at things with out fanboy shades on, most people should have been able to see the writing on the wall.