I read the business press , and they say it's a disaster for Nintendo.
I predicted some years ago, that their direction would be good in the short term, but over the long term, they would lose the match face to sony or microsoft without a solid work over time. I was right
They ignored the biggest market that is the hardcoregamers, trying rather to seduce the young audience to the utmost, by expanding their market. Too confident in their first and incredible results.
They tried to sell the same recipes from the past with some new Gadget.
3 DS is the same as the DS, and the 3DS is not selling well because of that ( what's the point if I have already one, I don't care to be able to draw my face... ), and there were not enough games released in the same time when this console came out.
Also they lacked range of video games on Wii and especially high quality games or known and great , as they did not have the graphics horsepower that can accept them. The movements were also very difficult to match with a lot of games, and many creators like ubisoft abandoned their will to use the wii. Too complicate.
Too many time, some great games were released both on xbox360 and ps3 and NOT on the Wii, upsetting their consumers. A graphical power they deliberately ignored, denied, for the sake of not being in perpetual war with other platforms. A strategic mistake, they will try to reduce, with their new console. Finally they understood.
Today, many wii players are complaining because, this console sucks for them, not enough great games, often childish and attractive only for casual gamers like young adolescents, or families. The gamers are frustrated and for many their only hope are in the headlines as zelda.
Super Mario Galaxy was supposed to be one of the biggest success for Nintendo, but very disappointing for them. bad sales. They did not understand that yes Mario is popular,
but that providing the same recipe as in the past ( mario 64.... )etc , was an unnamed idiocy. That's not what want the players.
I hope for their next console, they will work hard to restore credibility in the eyes of a market increasingly suspicious and annoyed by the lack of a solid content, which allows it
to enjoy the platform over time . Because when you decide to buy a console,
it is a long-term investment. Someone who decides between Sony, Nintendo and microsift will arise the question of which platform would I most likely to have good games for several years?
And clearly, on this field, the Wii has greatly disappointed in Europe and the united states that are not markets to ignore, even if Japan remains the largest.
Modifié par Sylvianus, 27 octobre 2011 - 11:45 .
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