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No, they just overcharge you for old or gimmicky hardware instead. :p They aren't afraid to take chances but not all of their chances are so great. The Wii U w
by aaron-lebo 10y ago
No, they just overcharge you for old or gimmicky hardware instead. :p
They aren't afraid to take chances but not all of their chances are so great. The Wii U was a bit of a disaster.
- flgr 10y agoExactly this! If you think Apple and their profit margins there's a big parallel. And both Apple as well as Nintendo have gone for gimmicks that weren't obvious big hits (the Wii U, 3D touch). (On the subject of the Wii U, in a lot of ways it seems like the Switch might be the second iteration for being hip and also making a tablet, where the Wii U was the first one.) Not sure if it's still true that all other console makers are subsidizing theirs.
- hackuser 10y ago> They aren't afraid to take chances but not all of their chances are so great. Isn't that the nature of taking chances? If there weren't failures, it wouldn't be called 'taking risks'.
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoThe first Wii was pretty amazing IMHO. Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime have the best controls of any FPS I've ever played on console. It was just so natural, I could get head shots in RE4 by just pointing my arm at the TV and pulling the trigger. Then they released the Wii U ...
- mcphage 10y ago> The Wii U was a bit of a disaster. Its library was smaller than I would have liked, but it definitely had a number of really great games.