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Four analysts provided their points on Nintendo, two were pro Nintendo and two were not good. David Cole, DFC Intelligence and Jesse Divnich, EEDAR have both shown their support for Nintendo and their opportunities with the wii u. Unfortunately for us Pachter gets all the attention for being the biggest hater in the world. So here he is...
Pachter says that firstly Nintendo need to “simply stop living in the past in 2012″ and secondly they need to get third-party software developers on-board with Wii U, something Pachter doesn’t think they are currently achieving. Here’s Pachters full rant for your reading pleasure:
Nintendo has to simply stop living in the past in 2012. They had a great deal of success since 1985 by making proprietary hardware and supporting it with proprietary software. They attracted third party support based upon the large installed base they generated for their hardware. They appear to me to be confident that “if they build it, third parties will support it”, but I don’t think that is the case for Wii U. By trying to be “different” with the tablet controller, they have complicated game design for developers, who can’t figure out if the Wii U will ultimately support only one or multiple controllers. Nintendo made the device sufficiently different that they are all but assured of limited third party launch support, which ultimately will lead to modest hardware sales.
They should stop relying upon the strategy that got them here, as it appears to no longer be working. I think their resolution should be to look outside of Nintendo for leadership in the areas of digital downloads, a user-friendly online interface and multiplayer gaming.
Edited by Link707, 08 January 2012 - 08:38 AM.