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Analysis: Does Nintendo still have the power?

Wii proved that graphical excellence is not essential. Randy Lamberson wonders whether Nintendo can pull off the trick again with the Wii U.

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Rainstorm815043d ago (Edited 5043d ago )

"Now your playing with Power"

They should bring the slogan back

wiiulee5044d ago

first of all this guy is a clown..the wiiu is a very powerful system and the next generation of console powers will not be too much different so the wiiu is in the lead to stay and with third parties on board and innovation on hand....there is a possibility that the wiiu will be nintendo's most successful system ever...time will tell..but haters will hate along the way

LOL_WUT5044d ago

Im starting to think that the Wii U might be Nintendo's last console and i'm ok with that, if they do end up going the software route only. I just don't think it's going to do anywhere as good as the Wii.

Instigator5044d ago (Edited 5044d ago )

I don't get why people keep saying this. No, the Wii U will most likely not be as huge as the Wii, but neither is PS3 or the 360 and no one is calling them failures. Nintendo have had one annual loss ever and suddenly they should quit making consoles, but Sony and MS who sees red numbers almost every year are better off than ever before. It's a crazy world we live in.

If Nintendo survived the Nintendo 64 and the Gamecube they are not going anywhere the next generation or the one after that.

Hisiru5043d ago (Edited 5043d ago )

@LOL_WUT
Unfortunately for you, Nintendo can lose money for years and years, and stay in the console market:
http://www.nintendolife.com...

I was going to say more about it but Instigator already said everything.

Iwata also said that the day Nintendo stop making hardware will be the day they stop making software.

It's also sad to see people saying it's ok if Nintendo stops making hardware because you have triggers, d-pad, rumble, analog, motion controls and now the WiiU's Gamepad thanks to Nintendo. Even the x360/PS3 controller has a lot of features that Nintendo brought to this industry, so they are always giving something new to the industry, maybe it's not what you want (high end graphics) but at least they are trying to bring something unique.

philpee25041d ago

MS never saw "red numbers almost every year." They're only non-profitable quarter was last quarter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/b...

Instigator5041d ago (Edited 5041d ago )

@philpee2
I'm talking about their gaming divisions, not the company as a whole. While MS is better off than Sony it doesn't change the fact that their gaming division isn't doing nearly as hot as the rest of the company.

Nintendo is gaming only so for them it's do or die, which up until last fiscal year was pretty much stuck on 'do'. SCE and Microsoft Studios are small parts of the entire company, and if their mother company decides that it's bad for business to keep these divisions running the chances of them dissolving those divisions are much bigger than Nintendo doing that to themselves.

With that said I can't imagine any of the big three dropping out anytime soon. My only point was that ever since Nintendo reported their first loss earlier this year people have gone on about how it's time to stop doing consoles and go multiplat. Despite Sony and MS taking much heavier losses you never hear that being said about them. My only guess for why that's the case is that people want to play Nintendo titles on their PS3 and Xbox because they refuse to buy a Nintendo console.

linkratos5043d ago

Really? Because it won't do as 'good' as the Wii, Nintendo will be done with consoles?

Why are Sony and MS even bothering with next gen consoles then? They didn't sell nearly as well as the Wii this gen either.

ChickeyCantor5043d ago (Edited 5043d ago )

Considering the fact Sony and MS made major losses. The fact they are still standing regardless of that fact. And YET people think Nintendo will fall if it sells a few million Wii-Us less than its predecessor wii.

People like LOL_WUT don't like Nintendo and for some strange reason really want them gone. Hence the "I'm ok with that". Which to me makes no sense. The people who do like Nintendo don't want them gone. So why the arrogance?

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mamotte5043d ago

OK, let's take out the "I dont like the wii because is a gimmick and I'm a moustache macho and bla bla bla" from the equation. Even if the self-called "gaming journalism professionals" dont like the Wii, or Nintendo products, the truth is that Nintendo is a company, and a company is made to get money, not to make professionals happy. Same as Sony and Ms. even if you cant believe it. So, as a company, the "hated" wii sold, and still sells like hotcakes, same as the "doomed gimic" 3DS (and the XL version had a strong start), and the "hated" franchises from Nintendo still have high scores everytime they launch a new game. Wich is great for the Nintendo company.

So, maybe Nintendo did lost the touch. With you. But, luckily for Nintendo, you're not the only customer they have. Accept it.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7753d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer77d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi76d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer77d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot77d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box77d ago (Edited 77d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno77d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay77d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno76d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK76d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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