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Wighead on 04 June 2014
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padib said:
Soundwave said:
If there ever is another traditional Nintendo console (which I'm starting to doubt, they probably go the hybrid route) ... it's time for Nintendo to ditch the idea of making consoles designed for Japanese tastes first and foremost.

They have to make a console for the Western audience 1st and foremost from here on out, like Sony did with the PS4, if they want to even compete any more.

I'm not sure what about the U was intentded for a Japanese audience first and foremost. Is it the Nintendo games?


These have historically sold well globally since Nintendo made games.

They didn't say that the WiiU was made for Japan, but they did make choices that were important for Japanese consumers but not for NA consumers. For example, they chose small size, low energy consumption and noise reduction as important factors to take into consideration in the console design. None of those factors are important in NA. Here (in NA) we have space, low energy cost and we don't care about the noise or the size of our non-mobile electronic devices. Oh and I forgot, we do buy a lot more big screen tv making 1080p more necessary for gaming or at least the difference between 720p and 1080p is more visible even for the untrained eyes on really big screens.