3DS prints money and so will Wii U this holiday...

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Lucas-Rio said:

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binary solo said:
Indeed the attache rate for SSBU is going to be the envy of pretty much every publisher. Esp every publisher who puts games out on Wii U. There are few exclusives on other consoles that will rival the SSBU attach rate. Perhaps only Halo 5 will come close.

Companies don't give a sh*t about attach rate if they're not selling a lot of hardware to begin with. 

That's Nintendo's main issue now is that their handheld shipments are faltering every fiscal year to new lows not seen since the 1990s; last year was their lowest handheld shipment since 1997 (before Pokemon + Game Boy Color), this year will be even lower. 

Wii U is just a lost cause in a lot of ways so no use in really over analyzing that. 

Apple really f**ked Nintendo with the casual audience, but they're doing a number on Nintendo with kids too, I think that is frustrating Nintendo, because Sony/MS always was sort of hands off in those areas. In the battle for hearts and minds as it regards casuals and kids, Nintendo is simply losing the battle to smart devices. 

The goal of a company is to make money. And in this regard, Nintendo is still much moroe healthy as a company than Sony.

Nintendo's hardware business took a big hit from the previous generation, but overall at the end of this generation, they will still likely go out with a profit and walk into the next generation with a chance to rebound.

People easily forgot that the Wii was such a stunning success that it sold 2 times their previous best home console.

Nintendo biggest mistake with the Wii U was the gamepad. It's cool, but sells nothing and is very expensive. A 200$ Wii U would have made so much more sales.

It's hard to make money if you have a continually shrinking userbase. Yes you can milk your core audience, but after a while there's only so many $300 consoles + $200 handhelds + $40-$60 games + $14 amiibos you can keep selling to the same eroding fanbase. 

It's the problem Blackberry has too (though Nintendo is not at such an advanced state) ... they have cash in the bank, but no one is buying their phones, so they face an ever shrinking marketshare. 

Nintendo really hasn't come up with an answer to how they plan to deal with smartphones IMO. Every day kids get hooked on those devices and are playing those before they even bother with a Nintendo handheld these days ... basically they have a front that is under assault and right now they're not putting up much of a fight. 

Nintendo fans need to understand the simple 2D dynamic of Sony Vs. Nintendo Vs. Microsoft is not all the industry is anymore.