Cornbread78
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A dismissive article about the real issues surrounding the WiiU's marketing from a site called NINTENDOLIFE!? Please tell me more.
LOL. It's an interesting topic to discuss, regardless if it comes from a homer site or not.
A dismissive article about the real issues surrounding the WiiU's marketing from a site called NINTENDOLIFE!? Please tell me more.
Indeed. Super Wii would've been the one. Or just a simple Wii 2. It's the same problem with the 3DS which they decided to make even worse with 2DS.agree, of all the mistakes Nintendo made I think the name was the worst
Same here, for me it looks the most appealing of the 3 consoles this Christmas. And I'm a primarily PS gamer.Nintendo's really dropped the ball on this console, but it's funny because now that Pikmin, Wonderful 101, and Wind Waker HD are out (with Mario World coming up) I'm just about at the point where I want to drop the cash for one :x
Seriously, I haven't seen one Wii U commercial since last November. Compare that with the "Wii would like to play" ads that were all over TV during the first few years the Wii was out... It's mind-boggling. I'm really enjoying my Wii U, but I just can't understand why Nintendo is doing nothing to sell it to the masses (and no, Nintendo Directs don't count).
A Target employee told me people actually returned Wii U's because they thought it was a new handheld and you could use the gamepad anywhere. I think the name and concept are completely lost on the general public.
Honestly up until a couple of months ago I thought it was a Wii peripheral.
Super NES and GBA are pretty straight forward. I was confused but the various game boys though.I don't recall the Super NES having this issue. If you're going to think about it, shouldn't adding a vague adjective like "Super" cause similar problems with the SNES? Same goes for the GBA.
Apparently Xbox One is having issues as well with people thinking it's a 360 with improved Kinect, blu-ray, and more features like NFL.
Put an iterative number after the system name or call it something completely different like GameCube. Stop with the fancy words placed after the same console name. It confuses buyers.
Sad but true, I'm pretty knowledgable on my Tech and games, but last year tried almost all the major stores. One particularly large tech retailer pretty much told me I could be joe stupid in terms of knowing my stuff, and they wouldn't give a shit, long as I could sell their insurance policies on people.
So the reason you get numbnuts working is because those places just don't give two hoots what you know, they just want you to sell, sell, sell.
Super NES and GBA are pretty straight forward. I was confused but the various game boys though.
This strikes me as another example of "blame everything but the product itself."
When you're heavily invested in a company or brand or product, your brain will aggressively fight the conclusion that this company/brand/product has made a huge mistake and that the product itself is not appealing to most people.
It's not the product, it's the messaging -- the advertising isn't right, the economy is in the tank, the product isn't positioned correctly, or in this case, the retailers don't know how to sell it properly. Any explanation other than "the Wii U just isn't a very compelling product to people."
That isn't to say that advertising doesn't matter at all (it does) or that no one can like the Wii U (they certainly can). But advertising alone almost certainly doesn't explain a disaster like the Wii U, and it's important we not try to lump all the blame there because it's an excuse specifically crafted to avoid self reflection. Lastly, this isn't a Nintendo-fan specific thing; last generation there were quite a few Sony fans who fell in to this same trap (And who are still falling in to it vis-à-vis the Vita), and fans of Google and Apple and many other brands with ardent fanbases have done the same when their chosen standard bearer slips up.
Well me neither but it wasn't him, it was his friends. Safe to say there are other people out there with similar misconceptions.I have literally never heard this outside of the guy who started the pro ps4 advertising thread
Super Wii would have been an awesome name.
When asked about the small size of WiiU space she said "its because its still new, once bigger games come out and space for previous gen is reduced it will have more presence, although as you can see from the front there is a lot of WiiU WWHD boxes and advertisement"
The 3ds hasn't really been "printing" money, at least not like the DS did.
Well me neither but it wasn't him, it was his friends. Safe to say there are other people out there with similar misconceptions.
Honestly up until a couple of months ago I thought it was a Wii peripheral.
And you blame the public and minimum wage sales clerks for not understanding the difference.
To be fair, it does say Wii U right on the front.It's extremely interesting to see how confusing this console is.
I had people over at my house playing Nintendoland for about 30 minutes before one of them asked me "dude how much does one of those cost?" and pointed to the controller. I said "you mean the controller?", he replied "yeah, I wanna get it for my Wii".
I lol'd and said "sorry dude, this controller is part of the new Nintendo console, Wii U, it's not just a controller upgrade, it's their entire new system."
"Oh" he said. I pointed at the black Wii U standing in front of him and he shouted "Oh! That's not your Wii, is it? It looks just like it!"
Rofl Nintendo. Just rofl.
Honestly up until a couple of months ago I thought it was a Wii peripheral.
This is that tablet controller for Wii right? What games use it?
To be fair, it does say Wii U right on the front.
And to think all this confusion could have been avoided by calling it Wii 2. Just change the fucking name already Nintendo.
To be fair, it does say Wii U right on the front.
Nintendo also is known to have multiple versions of the same hardware on the market at the same time too. To him it could have just been another version of the Wii like Wii mini or 2DS/3DS/3DS XL.
Your response had me rollin'But... you fucking post on GAF.
People want new feeling things. New experiences. Or they want something that is a jump ahead of what they currently have. Wii was successful for it. Wii U doesn't really fit those. It tries to be a new experience but isn't really. And it certainly isn't a big jump in any direction. There's just no appeal for it. It feels like it's being targeted towards a demographic that doesn't exist.
Why does everything have to be a new experience? If the games are great there should be no problem and slowly but surely they're getting there.People want new feeling things. New experiences. Or they want something that is a jump ahead of what they currently have. Wii was successful for it. Wii U doesn't really fit those. It tries to be a new experience but isn't really. And it certainly isn't a big jump in any direction. There's just no appeal for it. It feels like it's being targeted towards a demographic that doesn't exist.
Rob Ryan looks like someone ran over his dog...classic GIF. Especially since it was just over a football game.
Have you ever sat down and played Nintendoland with 4 people? That feeling is pretty new.
Staff at most stores are usually uninformed about most products.