How Nintendo should launch the NX (if its a home console).

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

Ur just making up ur own definitions now, casual does not mean a new crazy "hook" every few years, if that were the case than people would have moved on from iPhone by now. That next sentence is exactly what I'm saying, for casuals u can't just release new hardware that costs $100 more with a couple games that appear to be HD/3D remasters and expect sales to skyrocket, they want affordable hardware, simple controls and new experiences in the software.

Like I said, I don't believe Wii/DS level sales were ever going to happen again but there is a huge middle ground between Wii/DS & Wii U/3DS, if Nintendo played their cards right than they could have been much better off this generation.

Apple doesn't have the issues that Nintendo does because they have so much content on their devices. They also successfully understood how to make an electronics brand a fashion statement, something no other company really has been able to contend with, and Nintendo would be so far out of their marketing element even trying to match that level of brand swag. 

Nintendo needs to resort more to singular "home run" type phenonemons otherwise they run out of gas. That's just how it goes for Nintendo. And the Wii was very definitely running out of gas after 2009, the signs were fairly evident long before the ill-fated Wii U, so blaming everything on the Wii U is a bit disingenious. 

Casuals don't need a game console period. If I'm a casual what do I need a $300 game playing device for? Wii Sports/Fit was a fun little fad, but don't confuse two things ... just because a girl wants to dance with you for five minutes doesn't mean she wants to marry you. 

iPhone/Android fans satisfy all the needs of casual gamers in ways Nintendo really couldn't ever compete with. To be honest, there's nothing Nintendo really could've done. The iPhone was just an impending tsunami coming at them that was going to hit them no matter what, and unless they made the iPhone before Apple made it, nothing was really changing that. 

In hindsight there's nothing they could've done. I've had casual friends over to play the Wii U, the ones that basically can't play anything but Wii Sports ... and they had a *great* time with Nintendo Land. The laughter in my house was so loud actually I thought I might get a complaint from my neighbors. But none of them bought the system. Being a quality product just wasn't enough, gaming isn't a "need" for them, sure they like Nintendo Land or Mario, but they like Angry Birds too, but Angry Birds is always with them and is free ... Wii U and Nintendo Land is $350. Not surprising which way casuals went. 

I didn't blame it all on Wii U, I also said the final years of Wii played a big part in it as well which from 2011-2013 Wii basically became nothing more than a Just Dance/Skylanders box.

I think it's pretty ignorant/naive to believe there was absolutely nothing that could have been done to keep some of that audience, it's easy to look back and say Wii was simply a fad that could only sell well for 4 years but u keep ignoring that Nintendo basically abandoned the thing after 4 years, of course people are going to move onto other devices.