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Nem on 19 November 2015
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Persistantthug said:
Nem said:

There are few things as ridiculous as blaming customers for the fate of products. That is obviously impossible.

Just as easily you can blame all that didnt buy the product for its failure. Say the Dreamcast for example.

At the end of the day, only the manufacturers can directly influence the fate of their product on how they design, market, produce and communicate its value.

You, sorry to say, are only looking for a fight. Even on the points you raise, i doubt they would have made a difference just like they didnt for the Dreamcast.

I'd agree with you if it wasn't for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

 

Also,

Dreamcast was actually a good system.  It failed for a whole host of other reasons that the Wii U failed.  It also failed before Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.   Not an Apples to Apples, I'm afraid.


That makes no sense. That is exactly one of the things i said. On that video Sony communicates the value of their system in an efficient way.

And yes, exactly because the DC had all those awesome features the OP mentions and still bombed. Its not wether it has feature X or Y. Its about how much value consumers perceiva. Aka its wether people think its worth the asking price. Features can add to value but price is also a variable. Had the Wii U launched at 200€ maybe we would be singing a different tune.