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[Julio93]

There's been a lot of bad Wii U news especially this week, PS4 and Xbox One are catching up to the Wii U's head start, but then I started to notice the problem here. The Wii sold more than the Wii U this year. Since the release of the console, I remember last year on IGN's Daily Fix  when the Wii U was about to release and Naomi saying "Wii U's are sold out but Nintendo says the Wii is still available this holiday season." Now this year with the Wii mini and people picking it up at Best Buy, I saw the problem.

Here's why, first, why sell the Wii if Nintendo or any other company is done with the system and no more games are coming out besides heavily gimped games. Second, why sell the Wii if the Wii U literally has everything on the Wii inside the Wii U, that is scamming a lot of people who bought a Wii this year and Ive seen it slowly growing. I go to this site called VGChartz and it keeps track of games and system sales, I can't remember the accurate number but in January of this year the Wii sold 96 Million Globally when the Wii U was sold out, till this day it sold 100.6 million units. That's 4.5 Million Wii owners that should have had a Wii U instead. I don't know if I'm accurate but those sales numbers should have been for Wii U. Month after month I hear that the 3DS and the Wii are making profit, THE WII IS MAKING PROFIT? This is why I keep saying that the Wii U commercials suck because they never mention that the Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii games. Who at Nintendo never once thought of mentioning backwards compatibility to the casuals watching TV? Till this day working at Gamestop people ask me if the PS4 is backwards compatible with Ps3 and they get boned.

Nintendo really screwed up the Wii U, and I don't think they will redeem themselves. They really need to discontinue the Wii and leave it to Amazon.com where casuals won't be fooled by finding a "new" and incredibly cheap console for their children in their local stores, yes there are casual gamers who get into videogames every month but the Wii mini is selling in my area and its not collectors buying it. I feel sorry for the daughter who is going to get a gimped Wii instead of a Wii U this Christmas. They imminently discontinued the DS when the 3DS came out and it can play DS games, they should have done the same with the Wii. The Wii U is a great console, it shouldn't be out shined by the Wii that has no more planned games.

[Nollog]

ikr, I don't get why Nintendo are still pushing the Wii U so much. Maybe their strategy will reveal itself in 3 years, or maybe they're just a not good mess of idiots.

[magiciandude]

It's as if the heads at Nintendo left their brains at the 3DS manufacturer or something, because they're not giving the Wii U the same treatment as the 3DS.

[xile6]

Yea Nintendo sucks at ads and selling stuff.

 

If I was in charge I would stress that this is a all new system with better grapichs, better games. That it's not just a $300 wii controller.

 

Then after all that stressing of that. Point out that it does play wii game. Then I'd stop making the Nintendo wii.

 

 

And finally. I'd push that this is a real system and not just a family system. I hate all the ads for maro and family games.

How come I never saw a wii u cod ads?it could show off the gamepad of tv play abd better controls. Never sawca zombiu ad in the USA.

And this is what Nintendo needs. It needs the older gamers that buy the games. Not the little kids that only buy the Nintendo games there mom and dad buys for them.

 

But it's nintendos own fault they need to ad better.

The system is good and it has good games.

Yea Nintendo sucks at ads and selling stuff.

 

If I was in charge I would stress that this is a all new system with better grapichs, better games. That it's not just a $300 wii controller.

 

Then after all that stressing of that. Point out that it does play wii game. Then I'd stop making the Nintendo wii.

 

 

And finally. I'd push that this is a real system and not just a family system. I hate all the ads for maro and family games.

How come I never saw a wii u cod ads?it could show off the gamepad of tv play abd better controls. Never sawca zombiu ad in the USA.

And this is what Nintendo needs. It needs the older gamers that buy the games. Not the little kids that only buy the Nintendo games there mom and dad buys for them.

 

But it's nintendos own fault they need to ad better.

The system is good and it has good games.

[myusernameismyusername]

Having the Wii Mini out only adds to the confusion between the two consoles that there already is. In my eyes, the Wii Mini has no reason to exist when used Wiis are selling for less than a new wii mini.

[NintendoReport]

The Wii Mini only exists because there is a market for it and it's profitable. It was released in Canada i believe first, now in America (perhaps worldwide), it must of sold well for it's test market, that is why it's available in more places.

[myusernameismyusername]

While I can't blame Nintendo for wanting to get to the market, I feel that it is a market that shouldn't exist in the first place.

[Foot]

I seriously think Nintendo should fire their entire marketing team and replace them, I also think things need to change with the higher up (hint hint: Iwata) because they keep screwing up and are completely clueless to what the problem is, it's them!

[MatrixChicken]

I agree that the Wii and Wii Mini still being out is a problem for the Wii U's sales... But it isn't hurting Nintendo, at least in the here and now. The Wii and Wii Mini are still getting them a profit, but it is true that, in the long run, it will decrease Wii U sales. So it probably would be a better idea to discontinue the Wii now in the long run, but, I'm not sure.

[KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums]

I seriously think Nintendo should fire their entire marketing team and replace them, I also think things need to change with the higher up (hint hint: Iwata) because they keep screwing up and are completely clueless to what the problem is, it's them!

Firing Iwata would be really stupid.

First f all, the Wii U still has a long while to go before it's a lost cause. Second, the 3DS proves that they can still maek huge hits with him leading the company. third, There is way more to leading a company than just advertising. WAAAAAAYYY more. And he seems to be doing a pretty good job in pretty much every other thing that he's supposed to be doing.

[Foot]

Firing Iwata would be really stupid.
First f all, the Wii U still has a long while to go before it's a lost cause. Second, the 3DS proves that they can still maek huge hits with him leading the company. third, There is way more to leading a company than just advertising. WAAAAAAYYY more. And he seems to be doing a pretty good job in pretty much every other thing that he's supposed to be doing.

Advertising if how you make your products known, it's how you convince the consumer to drive to the store and buy your game, and if your doing it poorly, well, that's why nintendo hasn't been doing that good