CGI-Quality said:
Dwindling fanbase? The Wii U may not be their brightest spot, but to say that means that you've already determined that the NX is a waste of time. Surely, you can't be serious? |
No, what I'm saying is that the constant fan service - making a device that Nintendo knows has very limited appeal outside of its existing die-hard fanbase is not a good way to attract new fans. It doesn't matter if Nintendo characters starts appearing in movies, tv shows, theme parks etc. - all of these things that I've heard from fans on this site that are supposedly great efforts by Nintendo to sell more consoles are absolutely worthless If the game console to play Nintendo games with those characters in them doesn't make sense to the prospective buyers.
Prime example - Mario was probably at or near his peak in terms of being a pop culture icon at around the release of the Virtual Boy in 1995, but that alone wasn't going to sell terrible hardware that appealed to pretty much nobody. Nintendo character's alone, no matter how popular they are, can't overcome unappealing hardware.
You have to make games people want to play on a console that people want to play those games on at a price that people are willing to pay. So far I do not think Nintendo has done that. Apparently that means I'm trolling though, so who knows.
