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Forums - Nintendo - Will having Miiverse on 3DS help sell more Wii Us

yvanjean on 13 December 2013

Oh ya like Miiverse was ever a system sellers.....



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fatslob-:O on 13 December 2013

This idea is just as desparate as thinking that remote play will help sell the vita.



jonathanalis on 13 December 2013

what if someone thinks like that before miiverse on wii U:"wow, miiverse, awesome! i need a wii U to participate of this social network!"
and than:
"wow, miiverse is avaliable in my 3DS!, i dont need to buy a wii U!"



Mummelmann on 13 December 2013
fatslob-:O said:
This idea is just as desparate as thinking that remote play will help sell the vita.


I was thinking the exact same thing.



sc94597 on 13 December 2013
Einsam_Delphin said:
sc94597 said:
The existence of the 3DS itself benefits the Wii U. People who play Nintendo franchises on the 3DS will want to play them on the Wii U.


I feel it's the other way around actually. Why pay $300+ to play NSMB when you can pay sub $200.

That works for a series that transcends platforms, but a game like say, SSB, will play better on consoles and people who play it on the 3DS will want to play it on a console. 



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Lonely_Dolphin on 13 December 2013
sc94597 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
sc94597 said:
The existence of the 3DS itself benefits the Wii U. People who play Nintendo franchises on the 3DS will want to play them on the Wii U.


I feel it's the other way around actually. Why pay $300+ to play NSMB when you can pay sub $200.

That works for a series that transcends platforms, but a game like say, SSB, will play better on consoles and people who play it on the 3DS will want to play it on a console. 



You haven't played the game to know that and nothing we've seen so far shows this. That last part will not likely be the case for the majority, and regardless it works both ways.

sc94597 on 13 December 2013
Einsam_Delphin said:
sc94597 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
sc94597 said:
The existence of the 3DS itself benefits the Wii U. People who play Nintendo franchises on the 3DS will want to play them on the Wii U.


I feel it's the other way around actually. Why pay $300+ to play NSMB when you can pay sub $200.

That works for a series that transcends platforms, but a game like say, SSB, will play better on consoles and people who play it on the 3DS will want to play it on a console. 


You haven't played the game to know that and nothing we've seen so far shows this. That last part will not likely be the case for the majority, and regardless it works both ways.

SSB biggest appeal is its local multiplayer. Even if the 3DS version takes off and does well, there will still be things the Wii U version does better (local multiplayer - don't need multiple 3DS' to play, etc, etc.) Furthermore, I have a feeling that Nintendo will make them work in tandem. As for the last part, it is true of SSB's audience, but since when were we talking about majorities? We were always talking about marginal boosts or losts in sales induced by a different game.  



gergroy on 13 December 2013
zippy said:

So there are 40 million 3DS owners and 4.5 million Wii U owners. Do you think having Miiverse on 3DS could potentially bring Wii U and its games to the attention of some of the userbase. Many Nintendo fans have 3DS systems, but have yet to ( or are on the fence) delve into the latest Nintendo home console. A lot of gamers could see the good line up of exclusives or the full range of indie games that Wii U offers via Miiverse,and that may sway them to make a purchase. There is obviously a lot of good word of mouth regarding Wii U and its games on Miiverse,and if Nintendo are smart they could try and tap in to some of their handheld userbase.

Thoughts???


Does having access to vgchartz drive pc sales?



zippy on 13 December 2013
gergroy said:
zippy said:

So there are 40 million 3DS owners and 4.5 million Wii U owners. Do you think having Miiverse on 3DS could potentially bring Wii U and its games to the attention of some of the userbase. Many Nintendo fans have 3DS systems, but have yet to ( or are on the fence) delve into the latest Nintendo home console. A lot of gamers could see the good line up of exclusives or the full range of indie games that Wii U offers via Miiverse,and that may sway them to make a purchase. There is obviously a lot of good word of mouth regarding Wii U and its games on Miiverse,and if Nintendo are smart they could try and tap in to some of their handheld userbase.

Thoughts???


Does having access to vgchartz drive pc sales?

I couldnt possibly say, i access VGchartz with my Wii U gamepad



Lonely_Dolphin on 13 December 2013
sc94597 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
sc94597 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
sc94597 said:
The existence of the 3DS itself benefits the Wii U. People who play Nintendo franchises on the 3DS will want to play them on the Wii U.


I feel it's the other way around actually. Why pay $300+ to play NSMB when you can pay sub $200.

That works for a series that transcends platforms, but a game like say, SSB, will play better on consoles and people who play it on the 3DS will want to play it on a console. 


You haven't played the game to know that and nothing we've seen so far shows this. That last part will not likely be the case for the majority, and regardless it works both ways.

SSB biggest appeal is its local multiplayer. Even if the 3DS version takes off and does well, there will still be things the Wii U version does better (local multiplayer - don't need multiple 3DS' to play, etc, etc.) Furthermore, I have a feeling that Nintendo will make them work in tandem. As for the last part, it is true of SSB's audience, but since when were we talking about majorities? We were always talking about marginal boosts or losts in sales induced by a different game.  



I was always talking about the 3DS's existence hindering the Wii U's sales, and simply used NSMB as one example out of many. You then brought up SSB, which really has no weight here as we have no sales of a handheld version yet.