| Soundwave said:
Even Apple can't "pull an Apple" so easily, lol, they are just iterating off of what Steve Jobs started there, they haven't been able to create a break out new product hit and Apple's appeal is way beyond anything Nintendo could ever function as. Apple is basically a luxury fashion brand, part electronics company but part Louis Vuitton/Chanel/Gucci, their appeal transcends "nerd electronics" and has for a long time. Nintendo is more associated with elementary age school children. Unless they stop making toys and video games with cartoon characters, that image of them is virtually impossible to change. Beyond that I don't think people actually want to do 5000 things on their home console. A phone that does 5000 things makes sense. A video game console doing the same is an idea that's been tried again and again without huge success. Even by Apple. Outside of playing video games, the only thing people want to from their couch while looking at a television is maybe watch a movie/TV program. Not listen to their music, not surf the internet, not check Facebook, not order pizza, not use as a TV remote even. Nintendo and MS both billed their current consoles as basically "smart consoles" that would redefine the living room experience, the very first Wii U trailer is of the dude playing Mario, then the friend switching to watch TV while he continues to play on the controller, watch Youtube videos, video chat, etc. Same with the "All in One XBox One" where they focused on being able to change TV channels with your voice, browse the internet, blah, blah, blah. The only company that steered clear of all that shit was Sony, and lo and behold the PS4 is outselling both of them combined. |
Pulling an apple is redefining The gaming platform the same way Apple redefined the mobile landscape by creating the first smart phone. Apple doesn't need to pull an Apple anymore. They can reiterate as much as they want. The nx will reiterate its original concept just as much.
Thats a pretty silly thing to say when Nintendo did just that with the Wii brand. That brand wasn't accociated with kids, and they didn't have to stop making toys or games with cartoon characters there. Changing Nintendo's image is as simple as making the assertive effort, like they did with the Wii. That was to attract a casual audience, while the NX will be made to attract a mainstream audience. It doesn't need to be a luxury fashion brand in image to achieve that. I think they will try to have an image that combines both Apple's modern side with Disney's classic side.
I never said the console would be marketed as a multimedia device. That's not what I mean by smart console, so anything pertaining to that is irrelevant to the points I've made.
Not Nintendo. The Wii U wasn't at all billed as a smart console. Neither was the XBO. One tried to change the living room experience, which is not what makes for a smart console, and one tried to be an all in one multimedia device, which was not only executed abysmally, and is also not what I mean when I say that the NX will be a smart console. Not a multimedia hub. NX won't be like either of these.
