shinra-bansho
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Throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks doesn't really strike me as a sound strategy.It seemed to work for PC gaming. Its also only one part of a whole strategy that Nintendo's trying to do. They're literally casting the widest net of options to them to try and have something stick. It may or may not work out, but lets not blame them for trying something.
I'm not sure what you mean with regard to PC gaming, I don't think people are running out in droves to get PCs for indie games. But this narrative that people have constructed where consumers are going to go out and get their fancy new Wii U just to play a bunch of eShop indie games is just silly.
Nintendo's real strategy is relatively obvious at this stage. Release Mario Kart U, 3D Mario, Zelda and so on. Perhapse coupled with a price cut, although their wording has indicated against it. And hopefully that will either recapture the casual userbase or at least increase sales to the Nintendo faithful that haven't yet jumped onto the platform.
(I should note, I don't consider the unpredictable break-out hit to be something one should expect to occur. Could it happen? Sure. But I don't think one should count on it.)