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How Well Do You Think Nintendo's Wii Did Overall?

Wii clearly Dominated the 7th Gen 95 65.52%
 
Even though it may have w... 40 27.59%
 
Wii really shouldn't be ... 10 6.90%
 
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ugg1020 on 24 November 2013

The Wii stopped what had been 3 consecutive generations of decline in terms of home console sales for Nintendo. The fact that it had virtually no quality 3rd party support shows just how powerful an innovative concept and quality marketing can be. Some things could have been done better, especially towards the latter end of the system's life, but I think Nintendo played it as best as they could have for the most part. Time will tell what the lasting impact of the Wii will be but when you look at things that are now standard like Kinect, which was clearly a response to the motion control the Wii introduced, there's no doubt it left a clear mark on the industry. When you factor in the amount of money it made, I would definitely say it was a win for Nintendo.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 24 November 2013
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:
Wii was successful businesswise. The Wii made by far the most money of the 3 home gaming systems in the 7th generation, and even if the PS3 would go on to oustell the Wii in the long run (since Sony systems tend to have long legs), Wii would still be the most successful one out of the bunch, economically.


Sony and Microsoft might have made less overall, but they destroyed Nintendo in overall third party sales.

and? First party titles make the company more money.

Thats great. Nintendo expressed regret with not having the core titles and making profit off of them like their competitors. That was probably their only regret with the Wii.



Play4Fun on 24 November 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:
Wii was successful businesswise. The Wii made by far the most money of the 3 home gaming systems in the 7th generation, and even if the PS3 would go on to oustell the Wii in the long run (since Sony systems tend to have long legs), Wii would still be the most successful one out of the bunch, economically.


Sony and Microsoft might have made less overall, but they destroyed Nintendo in overall third party sales.

and? First party titles make the company more money.

Thats great. Nintendo expressed regret with not having the core titles and making profit off of them like their competitors. That was probably their only regret with the Wii.

had nintendo (unsuccessfully) tried to appease to 3rd parties with wii, it wouldn't have been the success it was.





S.T.A.G.E. on 24 November 2013
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:
Wii was successful businesswise. The Wii made by far the most money of the 3 home gaming systems in the 7th generation, and even if the PS3 would go on to oustell the Wii in the long run (since Sony systems tend to have long legs), Wii would still be the most successful one out of the bunch, economically.


Sony and Microsoft might have made less overall, but they destroyed Nintendo in overall third party sales.

and? First party titles make the company more money.

Thats great. Nintendo expressed regret with not having the core titles and making profit off of them like their competitors. That was probably their only regret with the Wii.

had nintendo (unsuccessfully) tried to appease to 3rd parties with wii, it wouldn't have been the success it was.


 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 



Play4Fun on 24 November 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:
Wii was successful businesswise. The Wii made by far the most money of the 3 home gaming systems in the 7th generation, and even if the PS3 would go on to oustell the Wii in the long run (since Sony systems tend to have long legs), Wii would still be the most successful one out of the bunch, economically.


Sony and Microsoft might have made less overall, but they destroyed Nintendo in overall third party sales.

and? First party titles make the company more money.

Thats great. Nintendo expressed regret with not having the core titles and making profit off of them like their competitors. That was probably their only regret with the Wii.
i

had nintendo (unsuccessfully) tried to appease to 3rd parties with wii, it wouldn't have been the success it was.


 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 

i

bias? what are you talking about?

 the wii simply  wouldn' have been what it was had the system been another GC. and like i told you before, nintendo games dominated nes and snes, just like all their other systems.





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S.T.A.G.E. on 24 November 2013
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:
Wii was successful businesswise. The Wii made by far the most money of the 3 home gaming systems in the 7th generation, and even if the PS3 would go on to oustell the Wii in the long run (since Sony systems tend to have long legs), Wii would still be the most successful one out of the bunch, economically.


Sony and Microsoft might have made less overall, but they destroyed Nintendo in overall third party sales.

and? First party titles make the company more money.

Thats great. Nintendo expressed regret with not having the core titles and making profit off of them like their competitors. That was probably their only regret with the Wii.
i

had nintendo (unsuccessfully) tried to appease to 3rd parties with wii, it wouldn't have been the success it was.


 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 

i

bias? what are you talking about?

 the wii simply  wouldn' have been what it was had the system been another GC. and like i told you before, nintendo games dominated nes and snes, just like all their other systems.


Nintendo lacked third party on the GC and everyone thought the system was just for children. Look up any review of what people thought about the Gamecube, it was killed by the perception around it rather than what it truly had. Nintendo dominated the gaming world when they had third parties strongly with them and weak competition. 



Seece on 24 November 2013

Very well, but with flaws.



 

Lonely_Dolphin on 24 November 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:

had nintendo (unsuccessfully) tried to appease to 3rd parties with wii, it wouldn't have been the success it was.


 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 



But that's the thing. Third partys are no longer on Nintendo's side and probably will never be on their side again no matter what Nintendo does, well unless of course Nintendo is the only console maker left, but that will never happen.

Play4Fun on 24 November 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
domflo said:
Wii was successful businesswise. The Wii made by far the most money of the 3 home gaming systems in the 7th generation, and even if the PS3 would go on to oustell the Wii in the long run (since Sony systems tend to have long legs), Wii would still be the most successful one out of the bunch, economically.


Sony and Microsoft might have made less overall, but they destroyed Nintendo in overall third party sales.

and? First party titles make the company more money.

Thats great. Nintendo expressed regret with not having the core titles and making profit off of them like their competitors. That was probably their only regret with the Wii.
i

had nintendo (unsuccessfully) tried to appease to 3rd parties with wii, it wouldn't have been the success it was.


 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 

i

bias? what are you talking about?

 the wii simply  wouldn' have been what it was had the system been another GC. and like i told you before, nintendo games dominated nes and snes, just like all their other systems.


Nintendo lacked third party on the GC and everyone thought the system was just for children. Look up any review of what people thought about the Gamecube, it was killed by the perception around it rather than what it truly had. Nintendo dominated the gaming world when they had third parties strongly with them and weak competition. 

GC had the power to support any and all3rd party games and they still got lackluster support.

gc fate with third parties was sealed before the whole kiddy thing set in.

 

you keep talking about the nes as if, like ms or sony consoles, 3rd party games are are the biggest reason it sold so well.

yet, like i keep pointing out, nintendo games are what dominate the sales chart. like the other nintendo consoles after it, nintendo games are the primary reasin nes sold like it did.





S.T.A.G.E. on 24 November 2013
Einsam_Delphin said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
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 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 


But that's the thing. Third partys are no longer on Nintendo's side and probably will never be on their side again no matter what Nintendo does, well unless of course Nintendo is the only console maker left, but that will never happen.


I don't know how you can honestly say by Nintendos actions that they've actually tried to win over third parties. Please show me three reasons.