Since Wii U failed, what should Nintendo have done to follow up the Wii's success?

[dongo8]

oniyide said:

dongo8 said:

Soundwave said:

The 3DS was "turned around" within 5-6 months. 

No system gets turned around this late in the game. Even the PS3 was selling much better than the Wii U by this point in its lifecycle. 

Nintendo actually isn't that great at turning around consoles either, all of the N64, GCN, and even Wii lost momentum as they went along in their lifecycle, all three pretty much were wheezing like a fat kid trying to get up a set of stairs by the generation end. 

Fair enough, I still place much more faith in Nintendo than I do either of the other console manufacturers. Mostly because I look at the other two, and what original top-tier titles have they produced this gen? I don't see anything screaming have to have it, and I'm confused as to how all of this raw power and graphics, and bluray capability, and entertainment hub is driving sales when there are no dedicated games of note on the consoles. It's strange how Nintendo puts out great title after great title (maybe with a small lull in between titles now that they are rolling) and attracts the attention of the indie scene, yet they are the odd-man out. I guess we'll see how it turns out, I'm jsut holding out hope that people will start realizing just how great they are.

With all due respect, i think you are letting your love for Nintendo blind you. What has the other two done? THe PS brand at least is bigger than Ninty worldwide. ANd what original top tier titles have Ninty done this gen? they had a year headstart and all they've done is follow ups to series they have been making for years. Hell they havetn even put out an original IP yet. 

You are confused and you and a few other people still dont get it. Ninty is not the end all be all in gaming no matter how you think, sales prove it. Peopel want to play non Ninty games. And for the longest time Ninty hasnt had a home console that had what would be considered the most popular games at any given time. and when they did get it it was some bad version (looking at you COD wii).

People have realized that Ninty isnt that great, at least not on their own and not to sacrifice missing out on stuff like COD and GTA

My love for Nintendo has FAR from blinded me, I am just tired of the same recycled games over and over. CoD is a joke now, after playing every iteration up through Ghosts it is old and tired, yeah Advanced Warfare changed some things, but it's basically now Call of Titanfall. Let's take the example of GTA, what's even the POINT of that game? You steal shit, you get chased by cops, you shoot random bystanders, you get chased by cops, you blow up buildings, you get chased by cops, and then you blow up the cops. There is a story there as well, but seriously, the games that people find "fun" and "original" are far from it. Nintendo does release titles with the same characters over and over, but rarely the exact same GAME or game play. They switch up the story, they switch up the game play, they even switch up the worlds. CoD changes time periods, that's about it since CoD Modern Warfare, they slap some gadgets and perks in and call it good. GTA takes their gameplay and switches cities and adds more cars to steal, and lets you have sex with hookers, wow great "upgrade" there guys, awesome game!

I'm a fan of Destiny right now because of the community aspect of the game and the progression combined with leveling. I'm a huge fan of the Batman games, I love Forza, Battlefield, the Master Chief based Halo series...I'm not blinded by Nintendo, they just know what they are doing. Unfortunately, people like yourself are blinded by mega-hits rather than legitimately good games. Games are meant to be fun, and inviting, Nintendo games are just that, and it's a shame that people are starting to move away from having fun and moving purely to either shoot everything that moves, or reach the top of the Leaderboard.
I think Nintendo deserves A LOT more credit than the mainstream media as well as the mainstream gamers are giving them, they're definitely doing things the right way.