Originally posted by Bentley
I think the problem is that Nintendo failed to realize that they had already made a highly succesful family console that became a great hit with sales: the Game Boy.
I wouldn't necessarily call GB a family console, but it success is undeniable
Originally posted by Bentley
Mobile devices will without a doubt be the home of most casual gamers, but I have to disagree with the notion that the market the Wii created just disapeared. The real issue for Nintendo is that a console such as the Wii or the Game Boy -or mobile games for that matter-, lives and dies with it's third party support, which is Nintendo's Achilles heel right now.In any case, the Wii U isn't what it takes ot reclaim the market of the Wii, but that isn't going to stop Nintendo from wanting the lightning to stike three times. They want to make a console that doesn't compete directly with the PS4 and the Xbone, in the way the 3DS is succesful and doesn't compete with the mobile phones directly. It's a hard balance to achieve.
The market didn't disappeared. They got what they needed out of Nintendo: a Wii with Wii Sports. They since simply moved on
The thing is, Wii had little 3rd party support. What great 3rd party efforts there were yielded little reward to publishers. It became the dumping ground for Shovelware. Like I said, Wii was an anomaly. It thrived without proper 3rd party support. Just taking a look at their top 5 best selling games; they all were packed in either with a console or peripheral (only two of them were true AAA games, while the others were little more than tech demos)
Out of its top 25 best selling games, only two are 3rd Party: Just Dance and Just Dance 2.
It's hard to blame 3rd party developers when the numbers sing by themselves.
The so called "Hardcore" crowd started leaving Nintendo during the N64. I don't know if 3rd party support will help WiiU at this point. It's widely considered a toy for kids, and those who are interested in it are only waiting for Nintendo's guns.
And even when a superb Mario game is now out for it, it's hard to go with the investment when the proper next gen has just launched. There's nothing to play in it, but they're coming starting March, just about the same time Nintendo 1st party titles will be available.
I agree.
The people I knew who had a Wii and were not gamers bought it because they played it at somebodies house and enjoyed it.
Then realized after they bought it and played for about 6 months, it was just sitting there gathering dust for 3 years.
Heck, I know a few who don't even realize that the Wii U has been released!
I am experiencing a Nintendo renaissance. Stayed out of Nintendo affairs ever since the Gamecube let me down and the Wii came out. I remember being extremely disappointed with Nintendo's approach and just saying **** it. They always had to do things different, which isn't bad but its kind of annoying. So anyways started playing some Nintendo emulators and am currently kind of hungry for the Zeldas and Marios, but like SDJ I'm still just waiting.
Originally posted by S_D_J
I don't know if 3rd party support will help WiiU at this point. It's widely considered a toy for kids, and those who are interested in it are only waiting for Nintendo's guns.
At this point 3rd party support would come pretty handy, the real question is exactly how much support they need.
Originally posted by KazenjiI bought the Gamecube mostly because of the E3 tech demo of Link fighting Ganon. I was also looking forward to a great Mario game after the Mario 64 hype. Then Nintendo came up with Sunshine and it was average. The more "adult" Zelda game was replaced by Wind Waker and eventhough it was a great game and i consider it one of the funniest Zeldas, still kind of left a sour taste in my mouth. If it weren't for the REmake and Twin Snakes I would not have played much GC. It was literally collecting dust when compared to my PS2 and Xbox(mostly cause of Halo 2) Figures they announced Twilight Princess right after I sold my GC ~_~
What made the Gamecube disappointing for you?
Overall the console wasn't that bad, but it disappointed me a lot and then Nintendo's plans for the Wii made things worse for me.