Miyamotoo said:
potato_hamster said:
Holy crap! Could you be more condescending? Why do you think that someone disagrees with you they couldn't possibly understand or know the topic at hand as well as you? Do you think I'm completely unaware of why the Wii U sold? Do you think I've made numerous comments about the Nintendo Switch without taking 5 minutes to watch a trailer? Please try and be more respectful.
Moving on.
So you're main argument is that the Wii U was a great console that tens of millions of people actually wanted it, but didn't buy it realize how great it was because of poor marketing, poor naming, and high price - not because the concept was bad. I think that's ridiculous. There's plenty of electronics that have poor marketing and poor naming that sell incredibly well because it's a great product. The Wii U simply wasn't. The system was too underpowered. Third party games didn't look and play nearly as well, and after third party games sold terribly on the incredibly popular Wii, after initial third party games on the Wii U didn't sell well most gave up. Can you blame them. There was no reason to expect that time investment in the Wii U was worth the effort. The system also had features people didn't want. The second screen that wasn't in your line of vision was incredibly distracting for me, and the motion control of the control wasn't good enough to be used effectively. The system's "defining feature" made games worse for me. However, the biggest reason why the Wii U sold terribly is because the core design of the Wii U was incredibly expensive to make. There was no real way to take advantages of economies of scale and technological advancement to make the cost of making a Wii U much cheaper, and thus lower the retail price. The Wii U came out in Nov. 2012 for $299 to October 216 at $229. That's $80 in 4 years. That's completely unacceptable, especially considering most people buy their consoles when they are $200 or less.
So now let's look at why you think the Switch is going to do better. In order to do that, you need to explain why the same expected release price ($300) went from being a "high price" with the Wii U to an "okay price" with the Switch. The PS3 was $279 when the Wii U was released, and the PS4 will be $299 when the Switch is released. Does that $20 difference really make the Switch price that much more competiitve? Because I don't think it is. Why are third party games on the Switch going to play closer to the PS4/X1 counterparts than the Wii U did with PS3/X360 counterparts and why are going to sell better than they did on the Wii or Wii U? What makes it different this time based on what you have seen from Nintendo? Now as for the design. The Switch might be in the same boat as the Wii U. They might not be able to scale that price down as prices get cheaper considering the design is actually just a more complicated Wii U. It might actually be harder to price cut this than the Wii U was. That remains to be seen.
As for poor marketing, how does putting in a third party game in your trailer that the creators are unwilling to so much as announce after the trailer is released. There's a very real chance that Skyrim will never come to the Nintendo Switch, so how exactly is Nintendo doing a better job of not misleading prospective buyers this time around? Theres already rumblings this console has far less under the hood than implied. On top of that, rumors are swirling that the Switch only has a 3 hour battery life. It doesn't like that you'll be able to take this too far from home without tethering it to a wall outlet. Could that be why Nintendo is so insistent that this is a home console? I think so. This thing could be pretty useless out and about.
So you can bring the console with you on the road. So what? What makes you think that in 2016, tens of millions of people are willing to carry around a $300 7" tablet to play it at 15-20 minute intervals? This thing will not fit in your pocket. There is a 0% chance I'm bringing around a backpack or asking my wife to fire this in her purse just so I can play games while we're out - and I'm someone who still carries around his Vita with him. It easily fits in the front pocket of my coat. How many people do you see carrying iPads and other tablets around just to play games on while out and about. Not many in my experience. In order for this feature to be appealing, you have to think tens of millions of people are willing to do that. Otherwise it's just another home console, competing with PS4 and X1 for tv shelf space, and you can't believe this actually stands a better chance than the Wii U did going toe-to-toe with PS and Xbox consoles that were much more powerful.
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Ofcourse if there is bad marketing, high price, not appealing gimmick, not must have games, weak support...that average consumer will not want to buy it.
Actually PS3/Xbo360 were around $249 and people really didn't had any reason to buy Wii U instead of them because reasons I mention.
Like I wrote, message about Switch from trailer is very simple and clear, there is no any confusion out there, so totally different than Wii U. Ofcourse that Skyrim is coming to Switch, Bethesda confimred partnersihp and suport for Switch, and there is zero chanche that Nintendo would show 3rd party game runing on system if they are not 100% sure that game is coming on system. It's very obvious that Nintendo holding all amendments of games for later date. Why Switch will have better 3rd party than Wii U!? Because of better sales, main reason why 3rd party abandoned Wii U in 1st year is catastrophic sales of Wii U. Thats only one rumour about battery, other rumor saying mediocre batter while Nintendo said "that the whole thing was designed so that users could play as long as possible, “comfortably”, even in places where you don’t have access to a power outlet."
Actually tablet is around 6". Well tens of millions of people caring tablets and phablets. No, definatyl not aiming directly same consumers like PS4/XB1, like I wrote aiming NIntendo fans, mobile users, casuals, kids and families, secondary console for PS4/XB1 users.. Lol of course that will stand incompatible much better than Wii U, even now after just one trailer has much more positive reaction than Wii U, not to mention Wii U mistakes..
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