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IGN: The Difficulty Discussing Wii U

IGN - Reggie describes the learning process in unveiling a new console.

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Pillsbury14996d ago

Nintendo is gonna have a hard time marketing the wii u what with stiff competion from tablets like the kindle fire HD and possibly the iPad mini. They are going to need a solid marketing strategy to clearly convey to all the families why they need this. I am very excited for this system in the short term and what the long term has to offer.

AO1JMM4996d ago

You lost me @ "kindle fire HD and possibly the iPad mini"

Pillsbury14996d ago (Edited 4996d ago )

Listen you and I as gamers understand that a tablet would NEVER replace consoles I'm referring to the general public the ones that see shiny new apple products and lower cost tablets to put under Jimmy's Xmas tree. It's gonna be a challenge to properly market to them, I do beleive the wii u will sell extremely well and I'm confident nintendo will pull it off.

ABizzel14996d ago

Xbox 360+ with a tablet controller that streams game data to it.

There saved everyone time

TongkatAli4996d ago

Nintendo is going to have a killer commercial and everything will fall into place, all you need is one good commercial.

ddurand14996d ago

the public is going to see a wii that has a tablet with buttons.

most likely they already own a wii, most likely they already own a tablet.

I dont see them being interested.

StrawHatPatriot4996d ago

For me, the problem is that based on Nintendo is marketing the Wii U, they're making as if it's a PS3/360 with iPad controller, that doesn't have nearly as much ads. They're marketing it like a cool device rather than a console.

I'm not saying the console is bad or isn't gonna do anything.

ThanatosDMC4996d ago

Yup, especially if it's just going to have multiplat titles without an exclusive hardcore game that identifies itself. 360 has Halo and Gears and the PS3 has Uncharted and it's many exclusive games but so far the only thing interesting hardcore game they have is Zombie U.

StrawHatPatriot4996d ago

Sorry I meant apps, not ads

PopRocks3594996d ago

@ThanatosDMC

What are you talking about? A new Mario or Zelda is inevitable.

ThanatosDMC4992d ago

@poprocks359

That's why i said "hardcore". I love Mario like the next guy but i dont plan on spending hours upon hours on it. Zelda would be great but do you think Nintendo will pony up the $$$ to make something like a Zelda Skyrim?

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live2play4996d ago (Edited 4996d ago )

haha kindle fire
ipad mini xD

the name nintendo
the man mario

grew at a GARGANTUAN rate this generation with the DS, the Wii, and now the 3DS

you seem to underestimate the power of those 2 combined

yea people will want an ipad ($500+.... $200+ more expensive than wiiu) or whatever

but they dont have mario, they dont have nintendoland
they dont have the name nintendo
the name that "as seen on tv" or any ads
BRINGS THE FAMILY TOGETHER

people go DK bananas for that family gathering ploy

ESPECIALLY during the holidays

"oh well in this economy in the US people will only choose to have 1"
yadda yadda
this is america, the place where people spend money on things they dont need, just because its on tv

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ddurand14996d ago

I dont see the general populace flocking to this like they did with the Wii.

live2play4996d ago

well silly thats because your eyes are closed
teehee ^_^

chasegarcia4996d ago

Nintendo manage to obtain that Apple magic. Small upgrades with huge sales.

WiiUalpha4996d ago

I fail to see how goin g from 800MHz single core 50mb of RAM to a multi core with 2gigs RAM is a small upgrade. At least have a clear grasp of the topic before commenting.

PopRocks3594996d ago

@DivineAssault

"Arent u the angry lil fanboy? Look here jr, i know all i need to know & i know it exceeds your comprehension so ill explain it in simple form for u.. "

Considering his comprehension of the specs and your snide attitude, I feel like the part of your comment that I quoted should be directed toward you.

chasegarcia4996d ago (Edited 4996d ago )

You are comparing a Wii to WiiU. This makes the WiiU specs look god like. The Wii was not even an upgrade really. It could barely do voice overs in games or HD graphics. Anyway I guess I just have higher standards coming from a gaming pc.

I am also an Engineer. So my comprehension of the specs are pretty good. I know what the specs can do. I even made a video. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

A lot of the money for higher specs went into the controller. So we will see if it was worth the investment.

WiiUalpha4996d ago

Well if you understand the tech then you know your original comment was completely wrong. It is a much more powerful upgrade than what Apple does to every year.

IWentBrokeForGaming4996d ago

I just know the casuals are going to see the tablet controller as something that it really isnt... I can see some unhappy buyers... not many, but they will exist!

Pillsbury14996d ago

Lol @ drive that movie sucked so bad.

IWentBrokeForGaming4996d ago

Freshest movie of the entire year... I feel bad that it flew over your head! you truely didn't see the cinematic art that was unfolding before your eyes...

oh well Cult Classic regardless!

cleft54996d ago

People keep talking about how the casuals are going to see the controller for WiiU and not know what the WiiU really is all about. The truth is that it doesn't matter if they understand the product. All Nintendo needs to do is get people into the stores with the intent of buying a WiiU. If people go in thinking they are buying a tablet for the Wii it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter because they are probably thinking that it will cost them around a $100 like that exercise pad did. So they are already ready to spend at least a $100 and they want the product. Finding out that it's a new console that cost $299 will make them rethink the move. But as they are trying to talk themselves out of it, the fact that the WiiU is the new big thing and in their mind it's only $200 more will convince a lot of people to just impulse buy and take that leap.

The ones that don't will keep the WiiU in mind and do a bit of research. The sites they look at, and obviously it won't be n4g, will hype the WiiU as the next big thing. That hype along with their intent to buy will be more than enough to make them go back and buy a WiiU.

Companies tend to release major products around November/December because they want to take advantage of this sort of a logic. If a product has enough hype than this logic continues to apply after the holiday season is over.

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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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Relientk7759d ago (Edited 59d ago )

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

PRIMORDUS58d ago (Edited 58d 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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Deathdeliverer84d ago

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

0hMyGandhi83d 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.

AuraAbjure83d ago (Edited 83d ago )

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

EveryPlatformGamer84d 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.

-Foxtrot84d 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_Box83d ago (Edited 83d 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

Inverno84d ago

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

Eonjay84d 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.

Inverno82d 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.

Killer2020UK83d 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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