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The success and failure of Nintendo was always based on trying things that the market didn't believe in. Sometimes they succeed (Wii) sometimes they flop (Wii

• Someone1234 12y ago
  Wii U was definitely an initial failure but they've been clawing it back in the last few months. Since the release of Mario Kart 8 and the free game thing, Wii Us have quite literally been out of stock at quite a few places (since the demand spike was quite unexpected from the retailers). It remains to be seen if the Wii U will be a long term success or failure, but we might yet see it do well. The Wii didn't really hit the big time until its price came down and it had software like Wii Fit. Maybe the Wii U will have a Wii Fit equivalent and will hit the right price point?
  • deciplex 12y ago
    I still maintain that they'd see at +20% sales if they had named it almost literally anything else. Wii U is such a stupid name that it really makes me question wtf is going with the management there. Even with the Wii, that console succeeded in spite of the terrible branding, not because of it.
• autokad 12y ago
  i dont know, i think their success has been solidly in portable (DS/gameboy) and when they had a monopoly on the top game producers NES, SNES. However, I admittedly don't follow new games. The people at best buy looked at me like i had 4 eyes when I asked where their ATARI's were at. I meant those ones with the controllers and pre-installed games, but still