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[zorg1000]

KLXVER said:

zorg1000 said:

You seem to be mistaking correlation with causation, it’s like saying Sony should stick to even numbers because PS2/PS4 sold better than PS1/PS3 or that consoles that sell over 150 million will have successors that sell roughly half (PS2/DS to PS3/3DS). I’m sure we can find other silly examples of technically true statements that have no relevance.

No, Wii U does not represent the Nintendo core gamer. You cannot ignore Nintendo’s more successful device that made up ~85% of their hardware & ~80% of their software sales that generation. For many Nintendo fans there was no reason to purchase a $300 Wii U for games like NSMBU, 3D World, MK8, SSB4, WW/TP HD when you could get a 3DS for roughly half that with games like NSMB2, 3D Land, MK7, SSB4, OoT/MM 3D and a bunch of other big hits like Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem, Luigi’s Mansion, etc. It’s like saying Vita represents the core PlayStation gamer while ignoring PS4.

At the end of the day its just opinions. I cant prove what I say is true and you cant prove what you say is true. We can only believe what we think might be true.

Ill give you the WII U argument though. I admit that is a flawed argument from my part.

Sure it’s opinions but we have the power of hindsight where we can look back and analyze various things that happened during previous generations to create informed opinions. Taking a single trend and ignoring the other variables isn’t a good way to come to a conclusion.

For 3DS & Wii U, I agree that their names were a factor as they did not do enough to indicate that they were brand new consoles, the average person could easily mistake 3DS for a DS revision with a 3D screen or think Wii U was a tablet accessory for Wii but there were clearly other very large issues on top of that so they would have had large declines regardless of name.

As for Super Nintendo & Gameboy Advance, I would really like to hear how those were poor names that contributed to their declines from NES/GB or why GameCube did so poorly despite having a completely unique name from previous consoles.