Nintendo Cuts Wii U Sales Forecast From 9 Million to 2.8 Million

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=NTDOF&ql=1


They definitely over-estimated it.

A bigger fuckup than my local weatherman.

Going the way of Sega I see.....

Hopefully when they get their main 1st party titles they will rack in the sales. They especially need to make the New Super Smash bros very appealing.

Teckno wrote:

Going the way of Sega I see.....

Hopefully when they get their main 1st party titles they will rack in the sales. They especially need to make the New Super Smash bros very appealing.

I think it's more of a console problem. The Wii was more of a "dime-a-dozen" novelty, with a handful of decent and good games. The kinda thing anyone can justify owning, even if they primarily play on another platform, or just don't play games very often. I like to call it the hamster of the 7th Gen.

The Wii U looks more like a slightly better 7th gen console, that simply does not compare to PS4, One, or even an above-average PC. While I'm still interested in owning one and some of the games, I can see why it would have limited appeal. The name also kinda sucks, makes it seem like a deluxe version of the normal Wii, imo.

It's pretty clear that somebody or some people in Nintendo's upper management need to be fired.

GameCube 2.0 if its lucky.


At least they still have the handheld market.

Still waiting for an apology from all of you for calling me an idiot on this matter.....

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/01/18/nintendo-misread-market-considering-new-business-structure/

Quote :

Iwata added that sales were better in Japan, but that Nintendo needs to do a better job of keeping track of trends in the west. “In Japan, I can be my own antenna, but abroad, that doesn’t work,” he said.

Sounds like they just didn't do enough research into Western cultures and trends.

Nintendo needs to develop an awesome 3rd or 1st person shooter and maybe then they can catch the Western market.

Teckno wrote:

Nintendo needs to develop an awesome 3rd or 1st person shooter and maybe then they can catch the Western market.

Wrong. They need to sit tight and wait for SSB/Zelda/Metroid/etc. to be released.

Based Sonji wrote:

Teckno wrote:

Nintendo needs to develop an awesome 3rd or 1st person shooter and maybe then they can catch the Western market.

Wrong. They need to sit tight and wait for SSB/Zelda/Metroid/etc. to be released.

That's not going to cut it the same way it didn't cut it for the Gamecube.

God damn that is terrible. Nintendo could be going the way of SEGA in the future, if they don't fix their problems soon. I mean, they will still be around even if Wii U flops miserably. They have plenty of funds to buy and pay their way out of things. But still, this is disappointing to see.

Also, FIRE IWATA!

http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/29/nintendo-iwata-will-take-50-pay-cut-following-financial-report/

Mecha wrote:

http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/29/nintendo-iwata-will-take-50-pay-cut-following-financial-report/

This is good. Too many companies lay off the little guys over executive mistakes or poor predictions.