What does Nintendo need to do to win next gen?

[oniyide]

CDiablo said:

oniyide said:

CDiablo said:

They simply cant. Even if there was a theoritical situation where the U was 2x as powerful as PS4, things would be relatively the same. People would see it and say "I cant see the difference between the 1080p/60fps of the U and the (less framerate/resoultion) visuals on my X1/PS4." Then they would say its all about the games which I know Sony/MS will deliver. I dont want to play Mario for the x100000 time. I cant wait for Halo 5 and Uncharted 4 and God of War 4. I think the main gaming core is established in either the MS or Sony camp and Nintendo cannot do anything(including making games better than the Sony/MS regulars) to change that.

The only way they can win is find something that captures pop cultures eye, like the Wii did. Even a console in that situation would suffer the same fate as Wii and move consoles but not a ton of 3rd party software. Wii U is not doing poorly because of lack of 3rd party support, its because the core gaming group has a mostly unwavering loyalty to one brand or another that is not Nintendo.

and whose fault is that? and to be fair Ninty has their loyal fanbase it just might not be as big as the other two's

Nintendo, Sony and MS's fault of course. Sony had something special with PS1 and eventually lost a large amount of that fanbase to MS. At this point Nintendos only real chance to gain headway with that group would be to fold as a company, change its name and launch a new upstart console. They wont have to release games better than MS/Sony just similar. A good chunk of the core gamer doesnt want to associate with Nintendo cause it makes them look uncool. IMO the vast majority of Nintendo fanboys already bought a U while the majority of current PS4/X1 sales are by fanboys. PS4/X1 will continue to roll on selling greatly more than the U, the first year sales dont lie. I dont think power, price, or games(obviously you need games) make as much a difference in sales as do public perception.

OR maybe Sony just has a bigger prescence WORLDWIDE. moreso than Ninty and def MS. SOny sells in countries that Ninty doesnt I know in Europe Ninty was never big. Hell i just came from there and you would swear Nintendo and MS doesnt exist.

OR maybe the other two earned their loyalties by constantly having game releases on their systems. Sony supports their home consoles for years much longer than Ninty ever did and MS seems to be following suit. Fact its when you buy a Sony or MS system people know the games are coming. That hasnt been said about a Ninty home console since SNES. Even the Wii missed a LOT of stuff or got way worse versions. So IMHO they dont earn any pity because they chose not to take measures the other two did to gain bigger fanbases