Soundwave on 13 February 2015
| atomicblue said: "Failed"? Depends on how you look at it. In terms of producing good games, I think it's already one of the best consoles I've owned and I've been gaming for nearly 25 years, so I definitely don't consider it a failure. Commercially, maybe. Although I wouldn't make that call until this generation is over. And even if it hasn't sold as many units as XO or PS4, the thing that matters most is revenue, not units sold. If Nintendo are making a profit, then it's not a failure. |
Nintendo is not in the hardware business to sell only 20-million-ish consoles. Iwata said that during the GameCube cycle. They were not happy with that, I think they are bitterly dissapointed with the Wii U.
The amount of time, effort, expense, manpower goes into pushing a console in the market is massive, just barely turning a profit after 5 years is not good enough. That's like spending two hours to squeeze a few drops of juice from an orange.
I'd say it's a pretty safe lock to be their worst selling home console too.
The GameCube has outsold the Wii U something like 24 out of 25 months that the two have been on the market (equivalent time frame) ... that's horrible.
