Wow, my Wii collects dust, therefore Nintendo are failing, they might as well make apps.
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Gamers, I mean gamers like you, me, people who probably have a reasonable PC and at least 1 console - well we are not Nintendo's target audience. It doesn't matter if our Wii collects dust, because Nintendo aren't selling games to us, they are selling games to non-gamers. See that's the brilliance in their marketting - they can sell a videogame, to someone who might not even know what a videogame is... and they've done that remarkably well, and will continue to do that remarkably well.
The bottom line is that the WiiU is what non-gamers want from a gaming machine - they want to sit on the couch and relax, or get up and do their excercises - and the Wii is far better for excercise games than Kinect, and anything the PS3 has to offer. Kinect especially, it just does not work - not outside of America at least. Most houses just don't have the space to use Kinect properly, and Nintendo's target non-gamer audience certainly don't have big living rooms nor the desire to house a 360 and all its guff.
The WiiU will get a good grasp on the console market, because people aren't really aware of what Microsoft or Sony have planned, they know that the WiiU will have a tablet style controller, like an iPad but with controls (like casual gamers have wanted since iPad1), and new, novel ways of playing games. And Miyamoto will kick serious ass with Mario Galaxy etc, and especially Pikmin3. These games appeal to people, not just gamers, and those people outnumber gamers by a huge amount. If you need to sell something, sell it to people who will be impressed, not the typical Sony or M$ fanboy who will just hate on anything that isn't their console manufacturer. Really, it grates on my nerves a bit when people hate on Nintendo - I mean, are Sony or M$ better?, someone please explain what is wrong with consistantly providing the best gameplay experiences for the last 3 decades!
M$ and Sony get by on their 2 or 3 amazing game franchises, Nintendo have a whole library of awesome to fall back on, and it's awesome games that sell consoles.
Case in point, the PS Vita - how well is that doing?, how many games does it have?, when will there be a decent FPS for it?
Answer to the last question there is NEVER. The controls just aren't good enough for a proper FPS game, but the WiiU on the other hand, and the controller for that matter, well they look to me like console FPS heaven - hell, my thumbs might even regain some of their natural shape.
Do we really need more Halo, or more Killzone, or more Gears... Because those are not the games I'm hungry for - give me Pikmin3, or a HD Harvest Moon, or how about just a game with some real depth to it. I play all sorts of games, I'm looking forward to Borderlands2 for example, but I'll but that on the 360 probably - For Pikmin3 I will be buying a WiiU. Now I'm not exactly a huge fan of any particular manufacturer, I concentrate on games that appeal to me, no matter what platform. Doing that is easy, just buy all the platforms, then you never miss out. I've been waiting for about 10 years for a new Pikmin game. In contrast, I waited a few years for a new Battlefield game on 360, and woohoo it's awesome... and BF4 will be out next year, so all the patience I spent waiting on it is kinda redundant now, it makes no difference - there's no point in looking forward to AAA titles these days - just wait another year and save your money. Save your money for the games you waited a decade for!, don't waste money on games that only last a few months before you're expected to pay more for them.
Really, why are people even interested in the new Xbox, or new Playstation - wouldn't we get a better deal by buying a WiiU and a decent spec PC! - IMO there aren't any 360 or PS3 exclusives that are worthwhile these days. On the whole, Nintendo has the best exclusives, and a great market position to capitalize on them - what Zynga has is money made from regurgitating old ideas into shallow, social network games that annoy everyone.