Can anything 'save' the Wii U?

[super_etecoon]

Ka-pi96 said:

super_etecoon said:

Ka-pi96 said:

That would only put them on the path to obscurity. The sales of the Wii U prove that there aren't enough Nintendo fans to make a console sell well. They need to appeal to a wider market than just Nintendo fans.

I don't care about obscurity.  There's a business model present within the Nintendo fanbase.  It is very strong.  Nintendo doesn't need to sell 60 milion units to remain a viable producer of art and entertainment.  Nintendo has consistently been responding to the changing market by reducing the costs required to build consoles.  There have been significantly diminishing returns on graphics these last few generations and it's all about gameplay now.  Nintendo will  be just fine, despite you beat the funeral drum for them.

So you would be fine with them only selling at most 15-20 million consoles every gen with nobody but hardcore Nintendo fans buying them?

Absolutely.  I don't need you, your mother, or your brother to buy Nintendo consoles.  That just muddies the waters.  Nintendo fans enjoy a rare type of game and they always have.  I'd much prefer them doing what they do best rather than trying to capture other markets.  The WiiU in particular has been a shining example of this.  The first year of releases was obviously aimed at the casual audience from the Wii, but once Nintendo realized they had moved on, they did as well asand began focusing on games for the base once again.  These are good times, as you will see evidenced by many other fans in this thread.  The only people complaining about Nintendo's direction don't even reertainly we wish Nintendo could develop faster, but who doesn't wish their favorite artists would create masterpieces on a more regular basis.