They managed it with the Wii.
Yeah, again though that was different. Mostly everything about the Wii was absolutely easy to understand since it was different from the norm at the time and was simple and straightforward.
As a man who professes to have an interest in marketing, you surely know that feature sets/selling points are divided into primary and secondary/tertiary. Primary selling points are the ones that make people want to go out and buy something. Secondary selling points are the ones that people like having but that in no way detract from the primary and tertiary fulfilling needs of niche buyers. No matter how important they get, if they don't climb out of being a secondary selling point, the consumer will not put enough priority in them to have their real or perceived lack of presence detract from their desire to make a purchase.
True which is why I feel that certain things should move up in the same level of attention as the tablet.
You're suggesting that such features now hold equal sway to anything else Nintendo has presented about the Gamepad, which by right makes them a primary selling point to those consumers if they won't buy the product without their presence.
Not necessarily. Those features could make them sway into getting it even if they aren't that interested in the tablet.
E.G.: "Hey... I'm not interested in the tablet, but the wii U seems like it will be an improvement over my Wii... I may still get one."
Something like that could happen if Nintendo showed off the console and it's features/improvements as much as the tablet.
That's.... kind of what marketing is all about, dude.
Part of advertising is about putting people into groups however, it's still inaccurate to state how everyone of a certain group will view certain features.
But aside from that, 360 sales numbers in the US and PS3 sales numbers in Europe and especially Japan speak for themselves. A number of people moved on from the Wii already and bought something that fills these new needs for online and better graphics, which both of those systems tout at every opportunity. Those purchasers are lost to Nintendo for the launch window purchase of a WiiU and it's a fact that can't be denied.
No I wouldn't say that. If Nintendo showed off something that would make them interested, there's a possibility that some would still get a Wii U.
Maybe they'll get them later, but by then there will be NO chance that any confusion about the product will remain, making them irrelevant to the conversation entirely.
There still may be some confusion, however, I do agree that there more than likely won't be as much as during the first year or so.
There may be some people who have still been on the fence who are primarily concerned about online and graphics, but a hesitant shopper is also, more often than not, an INFORMED shopper and not prone to impulse purchases. As such, they've done their homework and any homework would kill any confusion about this product being just a tablet.
I wouldn't necessarily say that. Someone who cares about online features and the look of games may not be informed about how those qualities are with the Wii U. If Nintendo doesn't show them off, some may view the Wii U as not being impressive in those areas due to what's being the emphasized.
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I guess it will depend on how they market it, sort of like every other device. if people do believe it's a tablet device, ~$299 is more than reasonable considering ipad. We will just have to wait for the marketing campaign to kick off.
Depends on the person. Some may possibly see the Wii U tablet as a toy and think that the price is too much.
And again, how many people watch Jimmy Fallon? ~2m (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_Jimmy_Fallon#Ratings) how many watch the whole show? basically your problem exists to only the people who watched only the first half of the show and turned off their tv or changed the channel, I would venture to guess less than half of them do that,
so you are looking at less than 1million viewers, confused about a product they will get far more information about before it's release.
Heh, again, the point/problem I'm referring to was never about what Fallon doing on the show making other people get confused (even if it may have happen with a few people). It was about the way he described the wii u being similar to how others have described it.
I was just correcting you, since while he did call it a system, he stated it as being a system one can add-on to their wii and never said anything else about it until much later in the show. Basically I got the impression that you were saying that he called it a "system" and nothing more.
And this thread has 24 pages of discussion.
Yep. Again, it was never about Fallon causing confusion. It has been about the Wii U branding as well as the way Nintendo has been showing off the system/tablet thus far.
