| Soundwave said: I would imagine it would be phased out over 18 months or so. "Wacky controller" comes with both console configs, pro variant would likely just also ship with a regular controller too. Wii was a "wacky controller for the family" though, lol. That's Nintendo's life and blood, they value the "family at play" concept, their entire business is based on something called the FAMICOM, heh. Not 10 years. I think we need to get out of this 1989 vein of thinking. The world has changed, consumers accept different form factors all the time, we're used to it today. It's not like the 80s where you bought one VCR and the damn thing better work for the next decade or else. That mentality is outdated. Today it's about choice. I want an iPhone 6 Plus, I like the bigger screen. My brother doesn't, he just wants the regular iPad. My friend has an Android phone, but Apple still gets his money because he has an iPad. His wife prefers the iPad mini. Consumers understand choice, it's not confusing to them. Also "different" at this stage may as well be good for Nintendo. The current setup for traditional hardware releases is not working for them at all, in fact it works against them. So change the rules. |
Wii was "wacky controller for everyone." IT wasn't just a family console. That doesn't mean that is was a good core console, but it definitely wasn't positioned in Nintendo's mind as solely a console for the family.
Yes 10 years. I wasn't even alive in 89. I'm in no danger of falling for that vain of thinking. The idevices were rolled out slowly over the last decade. It didn't just start out like this. Apple did follow a 10-year-plan, so that point is moot.
Consumers understand all of Apples options because they were introduced to them slowely, one by one. Apple didn't bust out the gate with the ipod, iphone, itouch, AppleTV, Apple Watch, ipad, etc within a few short years. All these devices took over a decade to all come out, each getting a year or so to soak up the limelight. If Apple threw them all out at once, it would have been a disaster, because consumers would have been confused and overwhelmed.
It's not working for them because they're doing it wrong, not because it can't work for them. It's not working against them; they're working against it. With the NX, they'll work with it.
