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HighlandRainbow on 30 January 2014
Pavolink said:
To do that they needed to release last holiday alongside 3D World. Too late, Nintendo, too late.


Right cos that makes proper business sense lol. Not



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flagstaad on 30 January 2014

Nintendo should cut support to the Mario Kart Wii servers, that will help. If you want to play Mario Kart online, you need a Wii U.



Pavolink on 30 January 2014
HighlandRainbow said:
Pavolink said:
To do that they needed to release last holiday alongside 3D World. Too late, Nintendo, too late.


Right cos that makes proper business sense lol. Not

It made bussiness sense for 3DS, and it's a proven strategy.



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Mythmaker1 on 30 January 2014
sundin13 said:
Nintendo also said that they would work to make sure that this isn't just a one/two week boost...which should imply release dates closer together for the second half of the year than what we have been seeing.

PS: there is no way of knowing how well Wii Fit U did unless Nintendo released numbers stating how many Fit meters they have sold. Judging sales strictly by using retail doesn't tell you very much...

While it's true that the circumstances surrounding Wii Fit U make accurate sales figures impossible, we can infer from hardware sales what effect it has had on the Wii U's momentum. Judging by its current sales numbers, it would not be too much.



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Raven on 30 January 2014

So they'll let the system lose all of its momentum, then work to built back up again. Smart move.

I personally don't care about the May release date because I don't have the time to play it, but there's nothing else significant coming to Wii U between Feb & May. Its just gonna be a painful drought once again.



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leedlelee on 30 January 2014
RavenXtra said:

So they'll let the system lose all of its momentum, then work to built back up again. Smart move.

I personally don't care about the May release date because I don't have the time to play it, but there's nothing else significant coming to Wii U between Feb & May. Its just gonna be a painful drought once again.

It's already lost all of its momentum...

Christmas ended, and so too did all efforts to advertise...



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sundin13 on 30 January 2014
Mythmaker1 said:
sundin13 said:
Nintendo also said that they would work to make sure that this isn't just a one/two week boost...which should imply release dates closer together for the second half of the year than what we have been seeing.

PS: there is no way of knowing how well Wii Fit U did unless Nintendo released numbers stating how many Fit meters they have sold. Judging sales strictly by using retail doesn't tell you very much...

While it's true that the circumstances surrounding Wii Fit U make accurate sales figures impossible, we can infer from hardware sales what effect it has had on the Wii U's momentum. Judging by its current sales numbers, it would not be too much.


While I don't disagree, I will say that judging by Nintendo's handling of the property, I believe they (correctly) read the market and assumed that it would not have a large impact and  and treated it as such as to not waste marketing money (which should have been spend elsewhere but never was >.>)



HighlandRainbow on 30 January 2014
Pavolink said:
HighlandRainbow said:
Pavolink said:
To do that they needed to release last holiday alongside 3D World. Too late, Nintendo, too late.


Right cos that makes proper business sense lol. Not

It made bussiness sense for 3DS, and it's a proven strategy.


Im not sure.. I wouldn't release two games like that at the same time, just me though but I was hoping mariokarts was released earlier than May but I am patient ( A rare breed patience these days lol )



Mythmaker1 on 30 January 2014
sundin13 said:
Mythmaker1 said:
sundin13 said:
Nintendo also said that they would work to make sure that this isn't just a one/two week boost...which should imply release dates closer together for the second half of the year than what we have been seeing.

PS: there is no way of knowing how well Wii Fit U did unless Nintendo released numbers stating how many Fit meters they have sold. Judging sales strictly by using retail doesn't tell you very much...

While it's true that the circumstances surrounding Wii Fit U make accurate sales figures impossible, we can infer from hardware sales what effect it has had on the Wii U's momentum. Judging by its current sales numbers, it would not be too much.


While I don't disagree, I will say that judging by Nintendo's handling of the property, I believe they (correctly) read the market and assumed that it would not have a large impact and  and treated it as such as to not waste marketing money (which should have been spend elsewhere but never was >.>)

That's a reasonable suggestion.

I will say, though, that the fact a success like Wii Fit U saw such a massive dip between generations leads me to question if other franchises that saw success last generation might see a similar trajectory.



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Trunkin on 30 January 2014

It'll probably give the Wii U a significant sales boost for a week or two, but if they can use it as a launching pad for a new marketing campaign and keep up the momentum with monthly quality game releases for the rest of the year, AND release a MK8 Deluxe Wii U Holiday bundle for $300, I could see the console maybe start to turn around at that point.