They've left the Wii U to die.

[IkePoR]

Locknuts said:

I think it's time to face it guys: Nintendo has left their main console to die.

Even with the billions they made from the Wii/DS era, and after they saw that they couldn't develop HD games fast enough, they didn't do what was necessary to ensure that the Wii U had a steady flow of content. They should have done as Sony did with the PS3 and paid out the ass to save their reputation as a hardware manufacturer.

They should have paid for content. Plain and simple. GTA, Far Cry, Bioshock, all those big western games. But Iwata seems to be too much of a tightass to spend money on anything that Nintendo doesn't at least partially own. Does that make good business sense? Well Iwata is the businessman and I guess he thinks so, but as a customer I'm not confident enough in their next system to buy it. Sadly after the atrocious Wii and the abandonment of the potentially wonderful Wii U, I don't ever see myself buying another piece of Nintendo hardware.

The Zelda delay is the writing on the wall people. The Wii U is now officially doomed. I hope like hell that XCX and Splatoon are all they're cracked up to be, because they're the last major games we're going to see until the next system comes out.

I rag on Sony a lot, but what they did with the PS3 was glorious and I respect them for that, I wish Iwata had the cojones to do the same.

Peace

/rant

Roundtable.  Roundtable, roundtable, roundtable.  Iwata is in no different position than another president, Obama: when it comes to making big decisions, he cannot make them alone.  This can be a good and bad thing but in Nintendo's case it's almost always a bad thing when, let's say Iwata's western advisors tell him to do exactly what you say.  He presents it to a roundtable of 60+ year old millionare suits who know as much about video games as a rhinoceros' ass and gets shot down by every single one, every single time.

It's not always about Iwata being a dumbass.  I'm sure the dude understands video games he made a multitude of them and knows what would make Nintendo money.  But when you have a blockade of "no men", you can't always do what's best for the company.