They've already announced updates so I doubt they want to do anything else with the OS until then.
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Media Create Sales: Week 8, 2013 (Feb 18 - Feb 24)
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They've already announced updates so I doubt they want to do anything else with the OS until then.
The only reason there's a third one is because Dr. Kawashima asked Nintendo to create some software for the Japanese 2010 Winter Olympics team. It seems to be like Mother games and Itoi. Itoi decides there's another Mother game and not Nintendo. Nintendo likewise doesn't just push out a new Brain Age without Dr. Kawashima initiating it.
That said, the third Brain Age is really great, even if the sales don't/won't reflect my own personal opinion on it. Really, really worth it, for me.
Exterminieren
Banned
It becomes more apparent by the day.
Either Nintendo stages an unprecedented comeback this holiday worldwide, or he's gone, along with any future home console plans from Nintendo.
Kamiya is such a jackass, but a lovable jackass
Well, here is what I said back on January 30th:
It's February 27th, and we still have nothing.
About how long do Japanese games get announced in advance? There's not really time left for anything to be announced for April, is there?
Even if the Wii U ends up losing them money Nintendo would still make another console.
gamergirly
Member
If you take the current market situation, price, and lack of current game lineup into perspective
Of course most of our responses is just beating a new horse. Wii U won't pick up significantly until the games hit. It will be the same situation next week......
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
This is false.
As Pachter said, they can afford to bleed money like this for decades before changes like that need to be made.
MikeE21286
Member
you think they'd go handheld only?
I've only rarely heard that mentioned before....
they'll do that- the suffocation thing.
it's going to be fascinating to watch, because nintendo really has nothing to dramatically turn the system around, and third parties in america, europe, and japan have no interest in putting anything out on it. at least tecmo-koei puts out a port of atelier whatever for the vita.
Two of those three were wholly under Nintendo's control. They really fucked up.
To be fair to them though, the Wii was a freak occurrence.
Father_Brain
Banned
Doesn't mean literally halfway. After all, there are still two months to go before the year-end results briefing in late April.
While I don't think they will do it, I do feel it would be interesting to see how far they could push a handheld system if they put the entirety of their resources into supporting it.
2 months is usually the minimum. It's technically possible we could see an announcement this week, but far more likely any new announcements are for May and onward.
The really perplexing thing to me is Nintendo not releasing anything in April, which looks likelier by the day. It's illogical.
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Wow, really good for Platinum. Never would've imagined MGR would have done so well.
Nintendo deserves the shit sales for Wii U. What a bunch of arrogance (or ignorance) on expecting the launch line-up to carry you for three months into the new year with practically no new software releases.
Nintendo deserves the shit sales for Wii U. What a bunch of arrogance (or ignorance) on expecting the launch line-up to carry you for three months into the new year with practically no new software releases.
If Nintendo could get just at least one exclusive(or big name game) out a month after this drought ends I would be content.
They didn't plan the drought lol
They didn't plan the drought lol
of course it's not for pure fun.
But having fun & doing business is the way I like it, at least for me.
Like trying to find the middle spot to satisfy both sides.
Baconsammy
Banned
Right, they can afford to run their business this stupidly for decades. Doesn't mean the shareholders will allow it.
Devilgunman
Member
If Sony spreads out Vita games nicely I think the Vita can maintain +10K sales throughout the year. The heavy hitters are gonna be PSO2, God Eater 2, and FFX. And yes, I don't think Soul Sacrifice will help Vita that much.
Exterminieren
Banned
Just because they can, doesn't mean they will.
I reckon if the Wii U fails to pick up we'll see the convergence strategy come to fruition in a few years.
FreedomFighter
Member
Not even. Show the next 3D Mario in HD and the press/net/GAF will be sufficiently moist.
It's best not to project.
dragonflys545
Member
Feels like they didn't plan the launch of Wii U either. Wii U is a mess, a terrible terrible mess. I still only have one game on the system lol.
Which potential titles were we expecting might be able to make April again?
I'm not trying to make a roundabout point with this question, but I've honestly just forgotten which ones we've discussed in the past.
Wii U Fit was one of them I think?
frankie_baby
Member
there really is little chance of this much fabled 'convergence' strategy anytime this decade
Isn't that exactly what you're doing? I wouldn't get moist for a 3D Mario.
Don't 3D Mario games traditionally get outsold by 2D Mario games?
A lot of that is from delays that are ultimately their fault but they obviously had plans that were ruined.
He's talking mainly about GAF and the gaming media and 3D Mario seems to be more popular with core gamers or at least that's the impression some people are giving off.
MDSLKTR
Member
That's not that how a business is run but sure everything will be alright as long as they have all dat pokemon money!
Baconsammy
Banned
That's not their fault. That's your fault for having good taste.
Wii Fit U or Pikmin were the ones I thought had a shot at a late April release in time for Golden Week. I still gotta think one of them will come, since it makes little sense from my perspective to waste Game & Wario a month earlier if you have nothing planned for Golden Week sales.
Psychotext
Member
In two of the charts the colours of the lines are different (per system) compared to the other three charts.
If there ever was a time for them to loosen that grip on their wallet, it would be now
famfrit
Member
same here. Emergency forces Nintendo to make good SW.
Nintendomination make a new Fire Emblem for WIIU or give us the next Xenogame.
you'll get a price drop, rushed games, and a console that's abandoned by 2016.
InsaneZero
Member
No, emergency forces Nintendo to rush releases. We even have a recent example in Mario Kart 7.
Creating games under pressure is never a good thing. If Nintendo are doing well it will give its studios a bit more leeway for creativity.
Baconsammy
Banned
If it constantly requires an emergency to get you to run your business properly, you need new people running your business. And as others pointed out, all it does it force Nintendo to rush out games like Mario Kart 7 that feel unfinished or under-featured.
test_account
XP-39C²
The discussion would be just as relevant even if Soul Sacrifice sells 1 copy or 1 million copies though.
It's kind of hard to explain why, but Pikmin feels like a June or later title to me given how quiet they've been lately relative to like Luigi's Mansion where I feel I've been getting buried in marketing material for a notable amount of time.
Wii Fit U though definitely struck me as something that wouldn't really need anything resembling a core oriented marketing schedule, so their silence there only struck me as moderately suspicious.
Does Nintendo have any 3DS games releasing around (or at least hinted to be releasing around) Golden Week?
I wonder, would it really make much sense to release anything right now? Even if Nintendo released Pikmin 3 or Wonderful 101 next week, sales would just rise for a week before going back to the current level. Wouldn't these games just be wasted that way? Wouldn't it make more sense to let the Wii U rot for the upcoming months, until Nintendo has a solid line-up ready? Let's say starting this Summer Nintendo releases Pikmin 3, Wii Fit U, Wonderful 101, Wii U Party, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Universe and Wind Waker HD -- that would give them two solid releases a month. Wouldn't that help Wii U's mindshare a lot more?
Of course, they could release a game every two months instead, but in the meantime people are likely to forget about the console again, so... what would be the point of it? Q1 and Q2 would look disastrous financially, but there's a good chance that this is going to happen either way.
They also could to retail the favor to cut the Basic model completely and replace it with the Premium bundle for the same price (and bundle Nintendoland with it in Japan too). Yeah, Nintendo's making a loss with each sold Wii U, I know. But I don't see why they wouldn't be able to sell the Premium back for the same price. The additional storage and all of the included plastic crap are literally worth a dollar or two in production, while including a pre-installed copy of Nintendoland costs them nothing at all (sure, they would like to sell it, but they just have to face the reality that people aren't interested).
Of course, they could release a game every two months instead, but in the meantime people are likely to forget about the console again, so... what would be the point of it? Q1 and Q2 would look disastrous financially, but there's a good chance that this is going to happen either way.
They also could to retail the favor to cut the Basic model completely and replace it with the Premium bundle for the same price (and bundle Nintendoland with it in Japan too). Yeah, Nintendo's making a loss with each sold Wii U, I know. But I don't see why they wouldn't be able to sell the Premium back for the same price. The additional storage and all of the included plastic crap are literally worth a dollar or two in production, while including a pre-installed copy of Nintendoland costs them nothing at all (sure, they would like to sell it, but they just have to face the reality that people aren't interested).
"Never" is a blanket statement which I highly disagree with. Majora's mask was "rushed" and as a result of it turned out to be my favourite game ever made. Limitations can breed creativity.
Wii U supports patching, though, and it is kind of an emergency.
So the Wii U managed to drop below the Vita. Though if this is all what the Vita can manage with the price drop then it clearly is over for the Vita (unless genpop thinks that the price drop is not yet active, since officially it only comes this week).
And Sony should drop the price for the PS3, it needs an adrenaline shot too.
And Sony should drop the price for the PS3, it needs an adrenaline shot too.
I feel "Panic Nintendo" usually results in a mix of re-evaluated business practices and the quick, sometimes rushed feeling release of new titles in their biggest major franchises.
Like NSMB2 strikes me as a game that was made on a much, much shorter schedule than 3D Land or NSMB U, and not in a good way.
Trying to push the 3DS more toward digital however also feels like a reaction to the 3DS's sales, and that's not a negative.
Baconsammy
Banned
Yeah, what was the difference after a price drop? 3-4k? That doesn't sound good.
Tomodachi Collection April 18, dated a week ago.
March is the jumping off point. I know it release schedules for Japan are a bit different, but they need to start building momentum. If you wait until the Fall to start, you've wasted an entire year. They need to start building momentum worldwide starting in March with the new games. Expecting things to go at maximum warp with the flick of a switch is not realistic. I'm not saying they should release games early... They are sitting on a lot of cash and they should spend it wisely during rainy days. They need to invest heavily in the platform before consumers do, and everyone is doing the "wait and see" for games and Wii U in general.. Marketing comes after games. They don't need a price cut yet.
Penny pinching is the extra opposite of what should be in their plans for the next 12-24 months.
pokemon similarly feels like 'oh shit, we should have done something like this from the start' given how they're not going to allow the 6 months it usually takes for localization.
they really should expand treehouse, or get in good with smaller publishers and have games localized worldwide more often. there's really no reason why xenoblade 2 shouldn't come out next year in america if it comes out in japan at the same time.
problem with nintendo is that they're so conservative, that even though they go lax on some of their policies, they have a huge host of problems still there. the company needs a big shakeup if they ever hope to get any meaningful support.