McDonaldsGuy said:
1. Mario Kart is doing OK but can only sustain it for so long. Mario Kart isn't lighting the world on fire too. It needs more than Mario Kart to do so. Smash BRos. is being released on 3DS and I think it can kinda do what Mario Kart is doing but it's not enough. The Wii U is still selling poorly. 2. No, PS2 hype killed the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast had a super strong start, but by the mid-2000s it wasn't selling. You are right, the Dreamcast was discontinued because Sega had no money but it still doesn't change the fact that the benchmark for failed consoles (Dreamcast) creams the Wii U in sales. 3. Um did you not see the videos? Those are almost all 3DS. The 3DS is hugely popular with girls which is why I said the Wii U should mimic it. Read my OP again. 4. Yes, Nintendo needs FPS. Because that's what truly sells consoles these days. And no, Splatoon doesn't appeal to them all that much. And Nintendo and FPS isn't exactly an oxymoron. Remember, the N64 had Goldeneye, Turok, Perfect Dark, Quake 64, Doom 64, Duke Nukem 64, etc. etc. |
1) Mario Kart 8 has been in the Top 10 worldwide for 2 months now. That's _worldwide_ mind you - meaning MK8 has been in the top 10 in every region for 2 months. No one is saying Mario Kart 8 is all Nintendo needs from here on out. However, to pretend Mario Kart 8 isn't doing anything for the Wii U, let alone Nintendo themselves, is very short sighted. You also claim the Wii U is selling poorly. I'd say, in this present time, the Wii U is finally selling at acceptable numbers. So, it's no longer selling poorly. It's selling better than the Xbone.
2) You're very confused. The PS2 hype didn't kill the Dreamcast at all. The Dreamcast was still a commercial success. Sega simply went out of business. The Jaguar is a failed console. The Virtual Boy is a failed console. The 3D0 is a failed console. The Dreamcast is NOT a failed console.
3) The point of the link was to show you that Nintendo's female-centric strategy is already active. Will Animal Crossing come to the Wii U? Of course it will. Will other female-centric games from Nintendo hit the Wii U? Eventually. To assume Nintendo isn't going target the female market is just silly - especially after Nintendo has already shown their plans to do so.
4) The only FPS I've seen that pushed consoles was Halo. A large library of FPS could potentionally push consoles, but outside of Halo, this is certainly not the case.
5) Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were the only FPS from Nintendo. Turok was from Acclaim and the rest are old PC ports. The Xbox and the X360 had way more FPS than what the N64 had.
A lot of what you're saying is based on wild assumptions and misinformed opinions. You should honestly research some of the stuff you're saying so you can get an idea of whats really going on.