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Soundwave on 07 May 2014
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JGarret said:
RolStoppable said:
BenVTrigger said:
Man 3.6 million projected for the next fiscal year for Wii U.

It's obvious the console is performing horribly but seeing Nintendo themselves admit this is a dead horse. Stunning. Honestly we haven't seen anything like this from one of the "big 3" in a long time.

One year is not a long time.


So, Rol, do you think Iwata & Co will seriously learn from this trainwreck and try to return to "the NES/Wii" way?

I was surprised that all it took was one very successful product for them to return to "their GC ways".


The GameCube had NSMB and Wii Fit and Wii Party and Just Dance and Wii Sports Club and Mario & Sonic Olympic Mini-Games?

Must've missed that. 

The Wii U even has a Wii Sports bundle in Japan with a Wiimote ... it has caused no bump in Wii U sales at all (in fact they continue to sink lower there). 

Cheap, arcadey games are not the solution, that market is being completely owned by the iOS/Android markets, Nintendo can't compete with them. The audience that is interested in that type of gaming and don't care for more complex games like a Zelda or Metroid or even 3D Mario are happy as pigs in dirt with their iPhones and free/99 cent games that keep them busy. Why pay $40-$60 for that type of experience when you can get a similar fix for 99 cents? 

It's cooler/hipper to brag about your Flappy Bird top score around the office than it is to talk about your NES Remix top scores. Bring up Wii Sports and you'll probably get laughed at (that's ancient). Nintendo can't win that horse race any more.