Mnementh on 14 January 2017
| invetedlotus123 said: I thought it would be bad too, but once I saw the JoyCon functionalities, I just changed my bets. JoyCon is a true successor to the wii mote. And remember, what made Wii great was the Wii-Mote, now JoyCon is like a very, very, very improved version of WiiMote and much easier too use. JoyCon has built-in IR Cam, so they can work anywhere and don`t need the IR bar Wii needed in order to work. HD Rumble can also bring some very interesting gaming mechanics if well used, I`m sure Nintendo is going to use it well. What I think could harm sales initially is the price tag, but again, if public see value they are going to buy it, going for a very low price tag could hurt more than help. I don`t get why people get this idea that price matters so much, people do buy iPhone and other premium smartphones every year or two years, it won`t be a 299 USD price tag that are going to stop it. |
I agree Joycons could be very interesting. But! It needs the proper marketing to the right kind of customers. I don't see that so far. The Wiimote didn't sell to the classical gamer, so approaching the classical gamer doesn't cut it. Secondly it also needs the games. The Wiimote had Wii Sports and then fast more interesting games for it like Wii Play and stuff like that. So far I see 1-2-Switch (and I'm unsure yet how is the extend of that) and Arms that are targeted at the features of the Joycons. Let's see how that turns out.
Thinking about that - Nintendo should do a remake of Wii Sports Resort for the Joycons, maybe with some added sports and some more features targeted at the new rumble and so on. That would be a pretty good showcase.
