Cloudman said:
Ninten hasn't gone with traditional since the gamecube, and while the Wii was a big success, the Wii U was a big failure, while Sony still remaining mostly the same has continued to do well, and with how the industry is currently going, perhaps going with the more powerful console is a safer bet. But I still do love Nintendo and the things they've done and continue to do. |
"It works for them, it will work for us!!!" is a horrible way of thinking.
Copying another companies successful strategy does not mean you will be successful, an example Wii Remote & Playstation Move. Wii Remote was a huge mass market success, PS Move was a moderate success at best. Other examples, Smash Bros vs PS All Stars or Mario Kart vs LBP Karting.
The point of a powerful console+traditional controller strategy is primarily get the big multiplatform 3rd party titles so the question is how many of the people who buy consoles for these games will choose Nintendo over PS/XB? Will current PS4/XBO owners jump ship to play these games on Nintendo? Not likely, they already have a console to play them. Will future buyers choose Nintendo over PS4/XBO? Perhaps some but most will choose the consoles with already large libraries and online communities that their friends are playing on.
The most likely result is that the majority of people who buy this Nintendo console will do so to play exclusives and multiplats will be an afterthought.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
