New Nintendo Platform Will Release in 2015/16

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xaszatm said:
I'm sorry, but this article is misleading. This will be an additional piece of hardware focused on people into health. What it isn't, is a new hardware gaming platform. The Wii U will continue to exist and articles like this just bring out the incorrect idea. Seriously, why don't we use the Nintendo article itself? It is a better source.
yep, the title made me jup out of my skin, as i've only owned a WiiU for a month now.

not bad news if it keeps the Wii U alive, i'm not discusted by the thought of "filthy casuals" using the smae machines as me
 

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Just support the Wii U and release some games for the thing. If they drop support only 2 years after I bought the thing I'm never buying a Nintendo product again. My non Escapist friends have echoed a similar sentiment.
 

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If you replace all the blurbs in the diagram with the word "Bullshit", you pretty much get the same value. It's amazing, give it a shot!
 

Xman490

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First Thought: OH DEAR GOD WHAT THE F....
Second Thought: This is legit? *goes to Iwata's report*
Third Though: Oh, thank goodness. The "Fit" thing will be separate from Wii U and might draw away Nintendo's habit of throwing in unusual and/or unergonomic gimmicks.
Fourth Thought: But they still think the Gamepad is a great innovation. It's not so great that many games have to be centered around it.
Fifth Thought: The "quick start" sounds good, and the NFC implementation sounds so irrelevant I won't give it its own thought.
Sixth Thought: OH DEAR GOD YES! DS games on Wii U Virtual Console!
Seventh Thought: Mario Kart 8 in May? Sounds like a launch-period buy for me!
Eighth Thought: 3DS? I don't care.
Ninth Thought: Nintendo Network ID expansion? I don't really care.
 

Tropical

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They risk pulling a "Dreamcast" by releasing first and this early compared to the competition.
 

VG_Addict

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I love how anything Nintendo related brings out all the armchair business analysts. (Not talking about this thread specifically).

"Nintendo should go third party!"

"Nintendo should merge their home consoles/handhelds!"

"Nintendo should kill the Wii U and release a new console!". (Because that worked SO well for Sega when they killed the Saturn).
 

Roxas1359

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VG_Addict said:
"Nintendo should kill the Wii U and release a new console!". (Because that worked SO well for Sega when they killed the Saturn).
It actually did work for them in a way. The total lifetime sales of the SEGA Saturn were only 9.5 million units, while the Dreamcast sold a total of 10.6 million. What killed Sega was how they launched the Saturn, that's what truly killed them in the end, that and the 32X and Sega CD. The Dreamcast was doing wonderful, but the problem was that Sony announced the PS2 and people waited for that. They then lost the Japanese market because the PS2 in Japan was a cheap and affordable DVD player, which the Dreamcast was not.

What I'm saying is that Dreamcast isn't what killed Sega, it was the Saturn that did.
 

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Neronium said:
VG_Addict said:
"Nintendo should kill the Wii U and release a new console!". (Because that worked SO well for Sega when they killed the Saturn).
It actually did work for them in a way. The total lifetime sales of the SEGA Saturn were only 9.5 million units, while the Dreamcast sold a total of 10.6 million. What killed Sega was how they launched the Saturn, that's what truly killed them in the end, that and the 32X and Sega CD. The Dreamcast was doing wonderful, but the problem was that Sony announced the PS2 and people waited for that. They then lost the Japanese market because the PS2 in Japan was a cheap and affordable DVD player, which the Dreamcast was not.

What I'm saying is that Dreamcast isn't what killed Sega, it was the Saturn that did.
Except Sega pissed off a lot of consumers by prematurely killing a console. The same would happen to Nintendo if they killed off the Wii U.
 

Roxas1359

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Except Sega pissed off a lot of consumers by prematurely killing a console. The same would happen to Nintendo if they killed off the Wii U.
While yes they did that, the fact that the Dreamcast still sold more than the Sega Saturn shows how easily people seem to forget. Hell, look at the Xbox One, with everything Microsoft has done up to the launch the Xbox One still has sold 3.9 million when only out for 2 months...>.>
 

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Except Sega pissed off a lot of consumers by prematurely killing a console. The same would happen to Nintendo if they killed off the Wii U.
And that wasn't the first time Sega did that. The Sega CD and 32x were killed off pretty quick too which led to a LOT of issues. Basically a company is stuck with hardware no matter what once it's released and killing it off doesn't really do any good for anyone involved. It's about time people get over the Wii U. It's here and it's going to STAY here.
 

Roxas1359

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Aiddon said:
And that wasn't the first time Sega did that. The Sega CD and 32x were killed off pretty quick too which led to a LOT of issues. Basically a company is stuck with hardware no matter what once it's released and killing it off doesn't really do any good for anyone involved. It's about time people get over the Wii U. It's here and it's going to STAY here.
I'm not saying the Wii U has to go. I'm just saying that what really killed SEGA were the Saturn, 32X and Sega CD. The Dreamcast didn't kill Sega, in fact if they had made some better decisions it could have gone a bit longer perhaps.
 

tehweave

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So... It isn't a WiiU successor, and has an emphasis on fitness and well-being?

So it's a successor to the Wii Fit?
 

Strazdas

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Full Metal Bolshevik said:
Wii Sports didn't came bundled in Japan and still sold almost 4 million. Wii Sports resort did have a wii bundle alternative, but their 30+ million is still nothing to ignore.
im not saying that being bundled outright means its a useless game, however when talking about "best selling game" i usually ignore bundled games because sometimes they have high numbers solelty on bundles and another game that people bought that wasnt bundled (and yet still sold spectacular) may have actually been the true "best seller" out there. For example Super Mario Bros is best selling mario game mostly due to fact that every console came with one.

Capcha: capcha in the eye

I think its truly reached self consciousness now.