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[chertipros]

The Wii U might not be selling great now, and it might not be able to sell that great in the future, but when their "gaming graveyard" is comprised of consoles like the Bandai Pippin. Coleco Telestar, Atari Jaguar, and Neo Geo CD, I can't take the site seriously when they add the Wii U to that list as well. The Wii U will probsbly surpass all those consoles' LTD in a few months ffs

 

[Apdiddy]

What is Fast Company?

It's trying to be an entrepreneurial magazine for the internet age -- has articles like "where to find funding for your start up" and shows you niche businesses on the West Coast mainly. I used to read them until I realized that I didn't need it.

 

[G-Unit]

dooooooooom... dooooooooom everywhere

 

[AOC83]

It may have been out-maneuvered at the high-end of gaming by much more powerful machines like Sony's PS3.

Hahahaha. This article is gold.
Should be a sticky.

 

[Broken Hope]

What the fuck did that great Nintendo Direct do to people?

That Nintendo Direct was Nintendo panicking and just blowing it's load entirely, I'm actually wondering what new games they are going to show at E3 this year.

 

[Resilient]

I know it's typically a joke but there is literally a "Nintendo is Doomed" thread every day now.

I think there have been three today

 

[Allforce]

There are some amazing examples of failed consoles in there, such huge failures that I've never even HEARD of some of them.

Like what in the blue hell is this thing?!

Apple Pippen?!

 

[Schnozberry]

How about before we say it's doomed to fail and be like the 360 in Japan, let's wait a year after Sony and Microsoft make their own console along with the wave of multiplatform games.

Don't be ridiculous.

 

[Risette]

Yes. Two and a half months after release, is entirely the right time for such a sensible and considered headline. Well done guys.

Isn't this the same line people use(d) for the Vita, increasing month after month despite showing no signs of it being anything other than a disaster? It's only been six months! Eight! You can't judge it yet!

This entire generation is going to be a graveyard -- three bumbling dinosaur companies that are hilariously out of touch with the current landscape of the consumer electronics market.

 

[Gahiggidy]

I know people who still ask me if this is just a new controller for the Wii.

You should video tape it next time it happens. We will compile a compilation video and send it to Nintendo's new ad agency.

 

[blu]

this isn't how voodoo works

icecold

 

[MEATfast]

Articles and analysts keep putting out shit like this because they get paid doing it. They'll all be out of a job as long as we ignore it. It's fine to criticize something but not without any real rational thought behind it.

Just ignore it people...or don't. I like the gifs.

 

[PRjumpman124]

I'm sure Wind Waker HD won't help sell the system at all.

Spoiler

lol

 

[guek]

This entire generation is going to be a graveyard -- three bumbling dinosaur companies that are hilariously out of touch with the current landscape of the consumer electronics market.

*sigh* I'm starting to hope so, man.

 

[MisterHero]

That Nintendo Direct was Nintendo panicking and just blowing it's load entirely, I'm actually wondering what new games they are going to show at E3 this year.

They used the Direct to announce that they're announcing games at E3. SMH

 

[Coffee Dog]

oh jesus, it's starting up again. Let's not draw doom scenarios unless the thing is in vita mode a year from now.

And so the dreadful months of dumb doom articles begin until Zelda/Mario bring them back on track. Again.

And I'm fucking dying at this gif.

 

[Mpl90]

Articles and analysts keep putting out shit like this because they get paid doing it. They'll all be out of a job as long as we ignore it. It's fine to criticize something but not without any real rational thought behind it.

Just ignore it people...or don't. I like the gifs.

Well, yes. We should start to give no attention at all to people like this. No threads, no discussion, etc.etc. I know it seems drastic, but the less attention this people get, the better.

 

[Pachterballs]

They have 653k followers on twitter and I'm surprised some of you don't know what fastcompany is. Its a great business/tech culture mag. so this write up has a bit of reach.

I did lol when they wrote this "by much more powerful machines like Sony's PS3". Can you imagine what happens when D+O hits?

 

[Shadow Hog]

The Wii U might not be selling great now, and it might not be able to sell that great in the future, but when their "gaming graveyard" is comprised of consoles like the Bandai Pippin. Coleco Telestar, Atari Jaguar, and Neo Geo CD, I can't take the site seriously when they add the Wii U to that list as well. The Wii U will probsbly surpass all those consoles' LTD in a few months ffs

Their "graveyard" also includes the Sega Saturn and Nintendo Gamecube, which weren't the best-sellers of their respective generations by any stretch of the imagination, but aren't usually what I think of when I think of "utter failure". Saturn's closer than Gamecube, but still managed to survive for a good four years in the West, and thrived in Japan...

 

[Portugeezer]

Oh snap.

 

[Schnozberry]

Isn't this the same line people use(d) for the Vita, increasing month after month despite showing no signs of it being anything other than a disaster? It's only been six months! Eight! You can't judge it yet!

This entire generation is going to be a graveyard -- three bumbling dinosaur companies that are hilariously out of touch with the current landscape of the consumer electronics market.

If they can keep game budgets under control, I think they can sustain a market. If things continue on the trajectory of what was established under the last generation, I'm afraid you might be right.

 

[AOC83]

This entire generation is going to be a graveyard -- three bumbling dinosaur companies that are hilariously out of touch with the current landscape of the consumer electronics market.

Yeah those 150 million + costumers that bought a PS3/360 just disappeared over night and were replaced by smartphone/tablet/F2P zombies.
Everybody should stop making consoles and games.

 

[Oersted]

We are giving every Nintendo doomed article some recognition now, aren´t we?

 

[alr1ght]

 

[Aquamarine]

The Dreamcast was one of my all-time favorite consoles. If the Wii U even attempted to rival the Dreamcast in terms of game output, I'd be happy.

 

[rockx4]

I don't think many people remember hardware sales pre-Wii. Everyone should just be ready for Sony and MS doomed threads and articles when they fail to achieve huge numbers.

 

[alr1ght]

The Dreamcast was one of my all-time favorite consoles. If the Wii U even attempted to rival the Dreamcast in terms of game output, I'd be happy.

even if Nintendo went the way of Sega?

 

[Henke]

Even if Wii U only hits Gamecube numbers worldwide it'll shift a hell of a lot more software. New Super Mario Bros, Wii Fit, Nintendo Land, Mario Kart will all do millions more than their equivalent (if there was one) on Gamecube.

 

[Derrick01]

That's harsh man. At least give the Wii U a chance to put some quality games out before it hits dreamcast status.

 

[AniHawk]

man i wish the wii u was the dreamcast. that would have meant us waiting for a year to get 2nd-gen games while japan had to sort through the post-launch woes though. but all those 2nd-gen games were great. 2000 was a really weird year.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

We are giving every Nintendo doomed article some recognition now, aren´t we?

Isn't it a Wii U doomed article?

Given its mediocre to horrific sales, the article is hardly off beam.

 

[popeutlal]

Well it has no 3rd party support, Nintendo doesn't seem to be in a hurry to release games for it and more powerful consoles are coming this year.

As of right now it looks doomed than not doomed.

 

[NinjaTehFish]

 

[Newton Crosby]

even if Nintendo went the way of Sega?

There are people who would be very happy if that happened.
And even happier if they went the way of THQ.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

There are some amazing examples of failed consoles in there, such huge failures that I've never even HEARD of some of them.

Like what in the blue hell is this thing?!

That thing was featured on the Angry Video Game Nerd.

 

[Linkhero1]

We'll continue seeing these types of articles up until the next console is announced. At that point the negative focus will be on that console.

 

[guek]

We are giving every Nintendo doomed article some recognition now, aren´t we?

neogaf.gif?

 

[Aquamarine]

Well it has no 3rd party support, Nintendo doesn't seem to be in a hurry to release games for it and more powerful consoles are coming this year.

As of right now it looks doomed than not doomed.

Exactly where on the Doom'O'Meter would you put it?

 

[Resilient]

Wow, I double posted 40 posts later...

So I'm just gonna say, lol at the Dreamxast pic
Hopefully we end up with a library just as awesome

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Nope.

It's doing better than the GC afaik, and that little thing didn't put Nintendo to death.

 

[EBCubs03]

This doesn't need to be posted

please stop giving these joke websites attention

 

[Delio]

There are people who would be very happy if that happened.
And even happier if they went the way of THQ.

Man the console market would shrink so low without Nintendo having that kid base.

 

[MisterHero]

man i wish the wii u was the dreamcast. that would have meant us waiting for a year to get 2nd-gen games while japan had to sort through the post-launch woes though. but all those 2nd-gen games were great. 2000 was a really weird year.

Dreamcast had a bunch of awesome arcade games. VC Arcade can only dream of such glory.

 

[Oersted]

Isn't this the same line people use(d) for the Vita, increasing month after month despite showing no signs of it being anything other than a disaster? It's only been six months! Eight! You can't judge it yet!

This entire generation is going to be a graveyard -- three bumbling dinosaur companies that are hilariously out of touch with the current landscape of the consumer electronics market.

Differences:

Nintendos upcoming support of the WiiU: X, Mario, Mario Kart U, Wii Sports U, Wii Fit U, Wonderful 101 etc.

Sonys upcoming support of the Vita: Jak

 

[Meelow]

I don't understand why people want Nintendo, Sony, and/or Microsoft.

It's like when system doesn't do amazingly well it's doomed forever.

 

[popeutlal]

Exactly where on the Doom'O'Meter would you put it?

Somewhere between doomed and super doomed.

 

[herod]

A revised estimate due to the second wave of software being delayed is entirely unsurprising.

 

[Herb Alpert]

perhaps this fast Company is just trapped by its legacy, whatever it might be..

 

[KageMaru]

Way too early to be making these types of articles. Even if the Wii-U sells half as many units as the Wii, it could still be considered a success for Nintendo.

 

[plagiarize]

If it does I'm going to have to figure out how the hell I'm going to get an Nvidia shield and a PC with the appropriate graphics card. I love the system and what it can do. It's too soon to say it's doomed, for sure, but that doesn't mean that it isn't.