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Anfebious on 11 April 2014
vivster said:
Because even Nintendo thinks they don't belong into a gen. They do their own stuff, making games just for their system and their fans. If Nintendo doesn't care to appeal to everyone why should everyone care about them. They are their own gen now.


And here we have the post of the thread. I agree, the idea is for Nintendo to please the consumer. Not just the fans but the average joe too. As long as Nintendo doesn't embrace industry standards they will get shunned. Things like microtransactions and a paid online are the first steps into public awareness.



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the2real4mafol on 11 April 2014

Honestly don't know but I consider it with PS4 and X1 because it's 8th generation system



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the2real4mafol on 11 April 2014
Anfebious said:
vivster said:
Because even Nintendo thinks they don't belong into a gen. They do their own stuff, making games just for their system and their fans. If Nintendo doesn't care to appeal to everyone why should everyone care about them. They are their own gen now.


And here we have the post of the thread. I agree, the idea is for Nintendo to please the consumer. Not just the fans but the average joe too. As long as Nintendo doesn't embrace industry standards they will get shunned. Things like microtransactions and a paid online are the first steps into public awareness.

It's very sad to say this but I think you're right. All I know is wouldn't of bothered with Wii U at all if it had microtransactions or paid online. Both of these surely would limit sales further. 

I say Nintendo do their own thing rather than fall to that crap



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Dunban67 on 11 April 2014

Iwata flat out said: we are not able to compete and/or are not in competition w MSFT and Sony

IMO this is reason 1A and 1AA

I disagree w Iwata because weather he wants to or not Nintendo/the Wii U is in competion w Sony, MSFT, Apple, Android, PC among others



vivster on 11 April 2014
Anfebious said:
vivster said:
Because even Nintendo thinks they don't belong into a gen. They do their own stuff, making games just for their system and their fans. If Nintendo doesn't care to appeal to everyone why should everyone care about them. They are their own gen now.


And here we have the post of the thread. I agree, the idea is for Nintendo to please the consumer. Not just the fans but the average joe too. As long as Nintendo doesn't embrace industry standards they will get shunned. Things like microtransactions and a paid online are the first steps into public awareness.

Obviously neither Nintendo nor its fans want it to belong to the mainstream, so why do we even have this discussion?



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the_dengle on 11 April 2014

The root of the console war in South Park at least is "On which console will we play multiplayer games online together?" The Wii U is dismissed from this battle because it doesn't have many of the popular multiplayer games targeted at the South Park demographic. That audience wouldn't consider buying a Wii U specifically for Battlefield 4 and Destiny when those games aren't on the system.

I didn't look into the BBT episode but I assume it's a similar situation.



Anfebious on 11 April 2014
vivster said:
Anfebious said:
vivster said:
Because even Nintendo thinks they don't belong into a gen. They do their own stuff, making games just for their system and their fans. If Nintendo doesn't care to appeal to everyone why should everyone care about them. They are their own gen now.


And here we have the post of the thread. I agree, the idea is for Nintendo to please the consumer. Not just the fans but the average joe too. As long as Nintendo doesn't embrace industry standards they will get shunned. Things like microtransactions and a paid online are the first steps into public awareness.

Obviously neither Nintendo nor its fans want it to belong to the mainstream, so why do we even have this discussion?

It's not a discussion, I just agreed with your comment and proposed a good way for Nintendo to raise it's public awareness. Feel free to ignore my comment.



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soulfly666 on 11 April 2014

Direct answer. I don't think Nintendo cares about this.



vivster on 11 April 2014
the2real4mafol said:
Anfebious said:
vivster said:
Because even Nintendo thinks they don't belong into a gen. They do their own stuff, making games just for their system and their fans. If Nintendo doesn't care to appeal to everyone why should everyone care about them. They are their own gen now.


And here we have the post of the thread. I agree, the idea is for Nintendo to please the consumer. Not just the fans but the average joe too. As long as Nintendo doesn't embrace industry standards they will get shunned. Things like microtransactions and a paid online are the first steps into public awareness.

It's very sad to say this but I think you're right. All I know is wouldn't of bothered with Wii U at all if it had microtransactions or paid online. Both of these surely would limit sales further.

I say Nintendo do their own thing rather than fall to that crap

It doesn't seem to limit the sales of the other 2 consoles.

It's quite interesting to criticize the business practices of the successful products from the standpoint of the losing product.

If Nintendo would introduce a System like PS+ where I could get new games every month for almost free it would get me to buy the WiiU even faster. But Nintendo is just too cool for mainstream.



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Busted on 11 April 2014
spurgeonryan said:
Busted said:
Why would a Wii controller have anthing to do with the Xbox One and PS4?


Where have you been? How do you knot now that the Wii U is not a Wii Controller. It is an entirely different system! Nearly as powerful as the X1. Nearly. Go take a look at the system at your local Best Buy man

What? so it is not a Wii controller? are you sure we're talking about the same thing? the weird ipad with buttons?