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foxtail on 28 February 2013

I think the original Wii is one of Nintendo's best designed consoles.

                

The clean lines, vertical stand and blue light made for a charming look.



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DélioPT on 28 February 2013

I think i prefer the N64 design. Even today it looks really good.



walsufnir on 28 February 2013
MoleMolinski said:
To put this "brilliant" marketing strategy into words.

"We're going to re-release our last generation console, during the first 3 months of our next-generation console launch window, in an attempt to increase sales of our last generation console and offset the losses we're taking with our next-generation console."

This decision is going to become like the worst meme in internet gaming history.... "We messed up so bad with wiiu, that we're going back to wii!"

So Wii winning next-gen already confirmed? :)



Heavenly_King on 28 February 2013

the wiiu sales will be decreased due to the confusion with all those "wiis" LMAO! XD



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ryuzaki57 on 28 February 2013
sethnintendo said:
ryuzaki57 said:
sethnintendo said:

WindyCityHeat said:

It amazes me that Nintendo sold 100million wii's, yet lost this generation so badly. That has to be a first for the industry.

Lost perhaps in your eyes but I didn't see them losing anything besides 3rd party companies.

...and millions of gamers!

I fail to see your point considering they went from ~22m GCN to ~100m Wii.

I meant they lost the gamers the same way they lost the 3rd parties, that is to say in the second half of the gen (at first they had the 3rd parties on board). But true, it's only gonna be apparent in the next-gen.



 

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MoleMolinski on 28 February 2013
walsufnir said:
MoleMolinski said:
To put this "brilliant" marketing strategy into words.

"We're going to re-release our last generation console, during the first 3 months of our next-generation console launch window, in an attempt to increase sales of our last generation console and offset the losses we're taking with our next-generation console."

This decision is going to become like the worst meme in internet gaming history.... "We messed up so bad with wiiu, that we're going back to wii!"

So Wii winning next-gen already confirmed? :)

Why would it do that? Lol. That is to say....How? Lol.

Btw, Jimmy Fallon did promote it as an "addon" I believe. So this is some consumer confusion overall.



Mummelmann on 01 March 2013
scottie said:
Carl2291 said:
scottie said:
I love how people think that the existence of a Wii, Wii Mini and a WiiU will confuse people.

iphone original/3g/3gs/4/4s/5
ipod touch/mini/classic/shuffle

APPLE IS DOOOOMED!

Well people were confused over DS - 3DS transition. Nintendo knew this, thats why we got the "This isnt DS, this is 3DS" adverts.

Very possible that it could happen again.

Ok, I have no polite response to that. If you wish to believe people are that dumb, go right ahead.

Can't really compare iPhone or iPad or iPod with Wii and Wii U. Apple products take on a life of their own and ride a global wave of constant hype and the mainstream press write about them every single day and they're covered from all angles, as well tech press, the sales and commotion around it is a phenomenon unlike anything else in consumer electronics. The mobile market, and by extension the tablet market, is a whole lot bigger than the console market.

Meanwhile, as far as hype, mainstream press coverage and actual advertising and promotion goes, the Wii U is a fart in the wind compared to smartphones and tablets.

You really can't see that this is a poor comparison?



Soundwave on 01 March 2013

I hate to say because I like the concept of the Wii mini -- but it's a piece of crap.

The regular Wii is far more sleek looking, has WiFi/online, can be stood up vertically, and isn't even that much bigger.



curl-6 on 01 March 2013
Soundwave said:

The regular Wii is far more sleek looking, has WiFi/online, can be stood up vertically, and isn't even that much bigger.


Yeah, the size difference really isn't dramatic, unless it's shorter in dimensions otehr tha depth. For the amount they've taken out, I thought it would be smaller.



Psyberius on 01 March 2013

OK so we're all in agreement that this is a pure attempt at snatching quick cash from people that don't know better and that it has very few reasons for anyone on this site (who should know better) to own one?