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Many people I showed the pad to said, "so it's basically an iPad that only plays video games?"Did anyone think this?
Many people I showed the pad to said, "so it's basically an iPad that only plays video games?"Did anyone think this?
I cant get over the irony of releasing a poorly conceived tablet controller and not acknowledging the obvious connection to their rival competitors.
Anyone picking up a WiiU would immediately compare it to an Ipad.
What were they thinking
Many people I showed the pad to said, "so it's basically an iPad that only plays video games?"
Did anyone think this?
Many people I showed the pad to said, "so it's basically an iPad that only plays video games?"
when Wii U was announced, there was a constant "it's like they packed a shitty ipad with buttons" here.
Who compares the gamepad to an Ipad or any other tablet? They are entirely different things with entirely different functions. Is it just because they both have big touch screens? The Wii U having trouble selling is because of marketing and not much games outside of Nintendo first party, not because people want to compare it to a tablet.
I want to get a wii u but I'm not sure if I should wait until after all the e3 announcement stuff incase they add new stuff or give it another price drop.
Any suggestions?
Perhaps, one or two out of the 100M people who owned iPads by the time the Wii U launched thought it. But no more than three I imagine. Because it's not like it's an incredibly pervasive device produced by one of the world's most powerful brands. And it's not like there's anything about a touchscreen controller and a tablet that would draw comparison. Well, I guess they're both white, so maybe just that.Did anyone think this?
It's early to say that, it's way too vague to be certain what they're even talking about.QOL is an awful idea and yet another poor assessment of his potential competitors that already exist in this market
Nintendo isn't Doomed, there's just no obvious way to reverse the decline. The wiiu is in terrible shape, but their handheld sector long term is in worse shape.
The 3DS is not selling like the DS, and is operating in a market where there is no real competition from Sony. The vita may as well not exist at ALL in the west.
Smartphones are just killing that market, and the decline is clear and irreversible. Smartphones are viewed as a necessity and will only get cheaper and more powerful. There is no strategy or game Nintendo can make to reverse that. Dedicated handhelds are dead men walking, the only question is time.
I want to get a wii u but I'm not sure if I should wait until after all the e3 announcement stuff incase they add new stuff or give it another price drop.
Any suggestions?
I want to get a wii u but I'm not sure if I should wait until after all the e3 announcement stuff incase they add new stuff or give it another price drop.
Any suggestions?
Why do people find what mithos said so contraversal? Its not supposed to be offensive or anything.
Perhaps, one or two out of the 100M people who owned iPads by the time the Wii U launched thought it. But no more than three I imagine. Because it's not like it's an incredibly pervasive device produced by one of the world's most powerful brands. And it's not like there's anything about a touchscreen controller and a tablet that would draw comparison. I guess they're both white.
Updating some graphs I've maintained out of boredom.
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Forecasted 100B yen operating profit. Posted ~46B yen operating loss. So no.
Actually the CEO promised 100B yen to investors.
Wii U at 6.17m shipped, forecast of 3.6m for the coming year. Q4 shipment of 0.31m. 2013/14 shipment, 2.72m vs 2.8m forecast
Did anyone think this?
Wow, 2006 sucked.
Way too dramatic..I highly doubt its like that.It basically validates every critique about the stereotypical Nintendo fan ever levied, and it simultaneously comes off as smug and oozing with sour grapes. If most fans of Nintendo's games felt that way, they would have never had any problem moving Wii Us after the Wii and DS success.
Watching the last remnants of Nintendo's shamelessly sycophantic die hard base claim that "______ was a shit franchise anyway, good riddance" as each and every 3rd party abandons the hardware has been quite amusing. Hopefully when making hardware decisions in the future, Nintendo ignores the pleas of their most vocal fans who would rather see them die than adapt.
The lack of multi touch told consumers right away that it was worse than an ipad as an input device, sure.
I don't understand the argument here. Nintendo shouldn't be compared to other firms in the sector because they're not able to compete, and when someone isn't able to compete, we should stop considering them a competitor? Blackberry couldn't compete with the technological resources or know-how of Apple or Samsung, but they were still forced to, hence their current predicament.
I don't really think this is a very thoughtful reflection on the course of business. A company that does nothing but sell video games is a video game company, even if they tell themselves that they're an entertainment company. But companies can change; if in your alternate reality where electronics cease to exist, electronics manufacturers would use their accumulated capital to transition into markets* that still exist
* markets wouldn't exist without electronics
Sony being one of the largest actual entertainment companies in the world--being one of the largest TV, film, and music publishers in the world--would not be able to adapt to producing new forms of entertainment but Nintendo, a company that only makes video games, would transition smoothly to making other things?
Wow, 2006 fucking sucked.
It's not embarrassing at all, it's actually the cheapest current gen console and it is very simple.
It's the hardcore techies that see it as horrible because it is not state of the art stuff, but is more than capable of making great games and great looking games, as it has already shown.
If anything they underestimated how harmful their "weak" hardware was going to be for third parties and word of mouth.
I kinda disagree. The WiiU is an awful console with some really great games.
Edit: Since software is what "makes" a good hardware, most people get the wrong impression about the WiiU. It's dated, slow, not impressive at all. But again, at least 5 "must play" games.
It wasn't cheap at all when it launched. Oh sure, now it's cheaper after the industry came up with their new toys, but with the 360 at it's prime cheaper than the Wii U, that thing was never ever going to sell.It's not embarrassing at all, it's actually the cheapest current gen console and it is very simple.
Do you know that for sure?they aren't researching stuff like the cell processor
That makes sense, but the same would presumably apply to hardware R&D after the basic shape of the product takes form; so what would you expect accounts for a general trend over many years to expand their R&D budget? More experimental research that isn't making it into products? That seems somewhat unlikely.
Is it the 16-30 market which is declining or is it the 'casuals'?
I want to get a wii u but I'm not sure if I should wait until after all the e3 announcement stuff incase they add new stuff or give it another price drop.
Any suggestions?
Smartphone remains the smartest thing they could do. Not for adults but for the 5-12 demographic
It's like a preview of fiscal 2015
I only skimmed through the beginning of the thread but why are people acting like we should ignore the losses cause their due to R&D expenses. There still losing a ton of money and they aren't going to stop R&Ding.
Do you know that for sure?
Smartphone remains the smartest thing they could do. Not for adults but for the 5-12 demographic
Casuals are long gone. The 16-30 market is also shrinkingIs it the 16-30 market which is declining or is it the 'casuals'?
Smartphone remains the smartest thing they could do. Not for adults but for the 5-12 demographic
How can we say this?Casuals are long gone. The 16-30 market is also shrinking
I wish they would just try something like Pokemon red and blue on the App Store. Throw them up for 4.99 and watch them top the charts.
Funny anecdote. I work 1 on 1 with autistic kids. One wanted to earn Mario after our session. I naturally assumed he was talking about NSMB on the Wii U his parents just got him.
We finished our lesson and he asked for his iPad mini. Here, all the kids at his school figured out how to put that Gameboy Advance emulator on their iOS devices and he was on the last level of Mario 2.
actually,they lose this gen because they weren't gamer friendly enough
Smartphone remains the smartest thing they could do. Not for adults but for the 5-12 demographic
Casuals are long gone. The 16-30 market is also shrinking
They lost this generation because they don't have a this-generation system.They're losing this gen because they were too unfriendly to the markets that were receptive to them last-gen. They have never been friendly to PlayStation/Xbox gamers, so I don't see why not doing so now would hurt them any more than it ever has.