| BeElite said:
Mario was a launch title and bundled as was Ninty land. If they wanted core they would have launched with a Metrois or zelda. There is no way they are winning with whatever strategy they are using now, no way. God forbid they made a legit console aimed at the core and put up the franchises needed to bring them in. Underpowered console with a gimmick controller and 1st party offering that is Mario reliant and platformer and old gen 3rd party ports is not core support. Zombie was the only legit core game for the u. |
Again: Nintendo made a play for the shooter audience by trying to make a machine that would appeal to third parties. Power to port games easy, support for modern enginges, and trying to establish relationships with third parties. The audience you are talking about would not have bought a Wii U for a Metroid or Zelda game. Those games were on the Wii and the core whined their asses off about both franchises and bought Madden and COD instead.
Making a console aimed at the core is exac tly what they did, and it has failed them spectaularily. They are just now returning to something approaching respectability once they brought out the kind of software that their customers want. I am sure they would love to have ports of all the thrid party games that is being released for other platforms, but I hope they have realized once and for all that they need to do what they are good at: building hardware that supports their own vision of gaming and putting relentless focus on quality and fun experiences. The core is a tiny, tiny fraction of the video gaming comuinty and to chase those customers is folly. They are married to other consoles and experiences, love to shit on Nintendo any chance they get, pretend to like Nintendo bould always have an excuse for why there's not excatly the game they wanted yet so they don't have to buy the console (see the "mature looking Zelda" nonsense for reference).
What Nintendo need to do, starting a year ago is to go hard after the 'Wii audience' and sell them on upgrading from the Wii. Don't give me the hivemind "moved on to mobile" BS, markets are constantly moving , there's no reason why the 'casuals' wouldn't move to the Wii U if the software and experiences are enticicing enough. Something like Amiibo is EXACTLY what they need to do, no matter what a handfull of entiled 'hardcore gamers' whine about on the internet.
