Xbox One, PS4 sales "disappointing" in China - Report

[Nuvendil]

bunchanumbers said:

Nuvendil said:

They've done that song and dance with the Chinese government before via their subsidiary iQue.  While the iQue systems were never going to and were never ment to sell gangbusters, they clearly weren't even remotely successful enough of an experiment.  

Did it actually sell Nintendo franchises though? I really thought that Wii U could have done something good in China.

Yes.  It launched in 2003 as a sort of cheap, ultra compact N64 with key highlights from the library (MK64, Smash, OoT, Wave Race, and Super Mario 64 to name a few) plus online functionality for buying games, cloud saving, etc.  It was an experiment to guard interest in affordable dedicated gaming hardware as well as the reasonability of the government.  I think their lack of interest in bringing the Wii, Wii U, or 3DS there speaks volumes to how that experiment went :P