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[syks-1]

How can nintendo be in trouble lol didnt the wii outsell the other consoles put together? i thought nintendo made alot of money on the wii? and the 3ds is doing better than the vita,i had a vita and traded it in after 3 weeks,still got my 3ds

I wouldnt worry too much,nintendo aint going anywhere

[3Dude]

Iwata just attributed meteoric sales of animal crossing new leaf and huge attach rate to 3ds hardware with 'casual females age 16-24' "without a doubt" to smart phone and tablet devices.

Reaffirms Nintendos strategy to use the massive install bases of smart devices to capture mindshare and drive sales. (ie miiverse going to smart phones)

http://www.nikkei.co...V00C13A1000000/

"At that point, the core members of the Animal Crossing team used this reflection as a spring board, saying 'Let's make the next game one that our customers can really enjoy'. I would go so far to say that I honestly felt a tenacity from the nuclear members of the development team. This time, there are many features inserted that make you say 'You can do this thing?' and 'It goes that far?'. In addition, to add an example, the ability we added to create furniture with interesting designs and share it through various means, coupled with our customers' creativity created an amplification of sorts. It was really interesting. What really helped to spread this around was social media, and smart phones. What really sold Animal Crossing to women this time was, without question, smart phones."

Because you can take screenshots anywhere during the game, people are uploading the shots to social media and say 'Hey, look what I did' and everyone gets excited. For example, there are plenty of people who have tried and enjoyed the game after seeing people they follow on Twitter talk about it fondly, then developing their own interest and trying it out for themselves."

"We deliver videos called Nintendo Directs to explain about our strengths via video sites, and the Introduction to Animal Crossing video has received 1.6 million hits on Youtube. What's more is that over half of those views have taken place from smart devices.
The game became a topic on social networks, then people would say 'Watch this and you'll understand' and people go 'Well, that's cool' and bought it."


In related news, idiot journalists and idiot mobile devs looking to push idiot propaganda continue to look like idiots.

Edited by 3Dude, 06 January 2013 - 08:42 AM.

[Alex Wolfers]

How can nintendo be in trouble lol didnt the wii outsell the other consoles put together? i thought nintendo made alot of money on the wii? and the 3ds is doing better than the vita,i had a vita and traded it in after 3 weeks,still got my 3ds

I wouldnt worry too much,nintendo aint going anywhere

Agree. If anyone ends up in hot water its going to be Sony.

[albatross]

If the Wii U was going to be a massive success then it would have sold better at Christmas, it is a new Nintendo console, had no direct competitors and as such should have had them queueing around the block - it didn't.

I think the mistake they have made is the Wii pad, it makes the machine two expensive and adds very little in terms of gameplay, in fact on most of the games I have seen it ruins the multplayer potential of the console - only one person can have the Wii pad and playing solo on the screen will mean the family is just not required leaving the player isolated.

Nintendo had to try something different and it looks as though they run out of ideas, the software feels rushed, especially the mess which is the OS - is there any reason for it to be so abysmally slow?

We enjoy the Wii U as a family but we are massive Nintendo fans so are easy meat marketing wise, the rest of the population will be a hard sell - when I mention to friends, colleagues and family that we have a Wii U most of them say - whats that then?

[syks-1]

when I mention to friends, colleagues and family that we have a Wii U most of them say - whats that then?

I do agree that MOST people(well defo here in the uk) dont even know what a wii u is lol ive heard people while ive been in game say"i want the new controller for the wii" people actually think its just a new pad for the wii or some sort of add on for the wii.

Nintendos advertising has been TERRIBLE and when they do show the odd advert they show mario which is 2d and looks the exact same as the wii but sharper..nintendo need to plug the wii u as a next gen console so people know what its all about.

[thunderspider]

Nintendo is being doomed since the NES era, i mean.. my impression it's that many people wants this

[Skywalkman-GB]

its just another mario and zelda console, dissapointed!

[thunderspider]

But Nintendo consoles are most about Nintendo franchises

[tboss]

nintendo has a wierd advertising program. i dont expect much until they have more to show off for E3, early impressions are they are holding back a bunch of 'holy carp' moments and games, shortly followed by 'thats the nintendo version?' and spread similar fasions, as opposed to direct advertising, which doesnt convince the core audiance they want. thats my guess but i can come up with logic like that for almost every decesion/action.

[TheUltimateWaddleDee]

I don't think Nintendo games will be as good if they were third party. Sure the hardware would be more capable, but Nintendo makes their hardware for themselves. That's why games like Skyward Sword, Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3 look juet as good as some 360 games.

[3Dude]

HA HA HA HA!!!!! HA HA!!!! HA HA HA!!!!!

Suck it not good mobile devs, suck it long, and suck it hard.

[BobbyRiddle]

I really have no idea why Sony seems to be immune to these doom and gloom articles. I don't think anyone has mentioned Sony's reliance on their entertainment division. This is the same entertainment division that covered up huge losses on the PS3 when it launched. Well that division is tanking right now, and the Vita is bleeding like a stuck pig. The other thing is that I don't get all these people that say that the PS4 will be some kind of power house. Sony simply cannot afford to give every console away at a loss for the first few years this time around.