OFFICIAL NintenDOOMination THREAD - Keep All Nintendo Doom News Here! Nintendo Cut's Forecasts By 70%/Iwata Talks of Wii U Successor

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Anfebious on 18 January 2014

So much for Nintendo not being important right? We now have two threads for Nintendo! Nintendomination and Nintendoomed!

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GamechaserBE on 18 January 2014

That is already a lot of threads...

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toastboy44562 on 18 January 2014

http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/17/5319016/nintendo-wii-u-symptom-of-a-larger-disease-needs-to-adapt
The most important thing that the company needs to realize is that it needs to do something. The strategy thus far has been to continue a bland marketing campaign, rely on the standard Nintendo franchises to drive player interest, and just kind of hope that things pick up.

It's not working.

Nintendo didn't release December sales numbers for the Wii U, but the company is expected to post its third annual loss, due to a number of factors including a price drop on the Wii U and soft hardware sales across the board.

The company is struggling to reach players in the U.S. for well-documented reasons. The Wii U name itself is confusing to players who already own, or owned, a Wii. The console is significantly underpowered compared to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, both of which are selling in large numbers.

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