Nintendo Did Not Learn Anything from the Wii U's Failure.

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xxbrothawizxx63 said:

Miyamotoo said:

One thing!?

-Wii U had terrible marketing and branding, people massively thought that Wii U is some kind addon for Wii. Switch has great marketing and branding.

-Wii U didnt had appealing concept and actually made a lot of confusion. Switch has great concept that aims home console and handheld fans in same time.

-Wii U didnt had not single one big system seller game in its hole 1st year. Switch had 4 of them (Zelda BotW, MK8D, Splatoon2 and Mario Odyssey).

-Wii U had huge software droughts, we have literally months without one single release. Switch didnt had any software drought.

-Nintendo with Wii U done terrible job when we talking about support, communication, informations, engine support, tools, APIs...regardless development. With Switch Nintendo made platforms thats very easy to work with, has great tools, engine support, APIs and has much better communication with 3rd parties.

-Wii u left out almost hole 3rd party support in its 1st year, Switch is getting increased 3rd party support how time passing.

 

Wii U being worst selling Nintendo consoles is not by accident, people just don't realise how much huge mistakes Nintendo made with Wii U. But Switch is totally opposite of Wii U, they done rigth all things that were bad on Wii U, Switch is very similar to Wii when you look at big picture.

Ofcourse, Switch is not perfect, and Nintendo is still doing some not good decisions, like that voice chat, online, still no VC games...but fact is that those are important things that effects popularity, sales and success of Switch, sales proves that, there is reason why Switch sold out Wii U LT numbers in less than one year and why will be pass 30m already in less than 2 years on market.

Switch is benefiting from being the single platform they have to focus on. Honestly, the numbers don't seem all that impressive to me when you consider that in prior gens they've had two successful platform they were supporting. 

If Wii U had a 3rd party hole in its 1st year, Switch has a damn chasm imo. Oh, but indies. The scene is bigger and Switch is benefiting from initiatives and attitudes started during the Wii U era. 

The Switch has a more appealing concept, but the Wii U's gimmick wasn't anywhere near useless. Nintendo poorly communicated the benefits, but I did agree that the marketing has improved dramatically.

They also learned that people don't like a slow, bloated, OS. What an amazing revelation...and they cut a ton of features to do it. I don't know how you're getting the idea that the Switch is a continuation of the Wii. The Wii U was literally the Wii's successor and named so despite being based on a completely different concept because they were carrying over may of those philosophies. And honestly they are completely different. The Switch is not trying to revolutionize game input in any way. That was the point of the Wii and Wii U. 

It's also true that they've progressed in the online space even if they're taking many steps backward. At least some of their games have voice chat and your account actually means something this time around. 

I'll concede on this one though. I'm just annoyed they're still getting so much wrong.

"The Switch is not trying to revolutionize game input like Wii U". Thank god it didn't, that is why it is so popular while Wii U flop hard.