| guiduc said: Is it REALLY all about technical issues? I might say it's about poor marketing, price point and the vulgar Gamepad no one uses or understands the purpose. Because Nintendo got right some of the market's expectations: Miiverse is quite a good first attempt to boast a social Facebook-like network so gamers can interact together and share their experiences. And it is quite active I might say. Plus, they understood the value of having Amazon Video, Hulu Plus and Netflix as pay-to-suscribe streaming services, which are the way of the future. Wii U is far from being a bad console. What it lacks is groundbreaking games like Galaxy, Wii Sports were. And don't tell me it was about motion controls: Galaxy would have been very fine without them. Most of the games would have been fine without them (look at DKCTF versus Returns). It is about a lot of factors, but high-end specs seem to me like the least of them. |
Technical issues is one, because content and image stem from it. Nothing about Wii U is cutting edge or exciting to the public. I have one, it's fun, but no one regards it as high-tech or exciting. It also lacks virtually all AAA third party content.
Motion controls did their job by making Wii fresh and exciting to the masses. It's not about marketing, it's about image. Wii didn't need a single add for people to be excited about it, because controling things with motion was really cool and never seen before.
For Nintendo to be relevant in the gaming idustry, they need a system that is exciting and content to play on it. Decent tech specs are a part of that for both image and 3rd party support. There are other factors as well, but that's a big one. Sure, if Nintendo can come up with a way to make NX seem fancy without a decent processor great. And if they can fill it with exciting games without the rest of the software industry, awesome. But barring some great innovations and a dramatic increase in software output and diversity, Nintendo should throw a few more flops and gigs in their next system.
