I agree- that was sloppy writing by the Forbes blogger
If journalist start using leaks as verified sources we will never be able to believe even the most basic news reported
based on what? why do you say that
I imagine an experienced guy like Adelman would not be working w them if they were incompetent
Nintendo employees don t actually make the amiibo s- once they are ready for manufacture, it comes down to how many Nintendo order, how much capacity the manufacturer(s) have etc.
if you don t think the shortage is intentional then you must think Nintendo Mngmt is extremely incompetent
Amiibo are not selling due to gameplay because there is not much there- but they are selling to collectors who are afraid they won t get them all if they don t buy now and scalpers taking advantage of the situation
they gave up early- they have had huge software droughts since launch- they gave little effort to advertise the console and most of its games- they did little to fill in the software gaps - they have been investing less $ s since launch not more- Although they have some good games the library lacks depth and diversity across all genre s except platformers, they did not follow through on some of the most exiting potential for the wii u like asymetrc gameplay- sales prove there efforts- f...
Nintendo gave up on the Wi U early and is already focsed on the next generation so it would not help them or anyone else if they win this year-
Sony is way out in front and seems to be more complacent than Microsoft over the last year+ because the could be
Microsoft seems to have been giving the most effort to overcome the disastrous Xbox 1 launch and has seen some results for their efforts but everyone would win IMO if MSFT is the "blow away" winne...
they should call it the "Nintendo a few cities in the US Championships"
[['the 3Ds will do about 40% the sales of its predecessor, the Wii U might do 15-20% of its predecessor, this year was Nintendo s 1st operating profit in 4 years (it was a small profit too) and both their revenue and market share are a shadow of what they have been since they emerged as a video game power
So they are not doing too well and their has been no indication from anyone at Nintenod that the Wii U is at a profit= the last person (Iwata ) to address that said the...
if they are not going to do it right, they just should not do it- Nintendo takes its fans/customers for granted way too much
I feel for the people who really wanted to participate and thought it would be similar to the old tourney or even bigger-
Why are there so many geldings in gamer "journalism"?
They just eked out their 1st annual profit in 4 years- and there is no guarantee they will make another next year-
their market share is less than 1/3 of what it was just a few years ago and revenues have fallen tremendously over the last 10-15+ years
sell "worse"
you are def correct- the wii u has some good games but it is very limited
I wish I had the opportunity to buy this AC game- (im a Wii U owner) as Victorian London should be a fantastic setting
Nintendo needs to branch out to stay viable and relevant yet doing so does potentially degrade their dedicated home and handheld consoles via diverted resources and focus to mobile
They have not really committed to anything different than before.
We know they will make more amiibo....ok what else
They really did not tell us anything
Lets see what the fine print says 1st-
Mobile WILL effect the dedicated consoles going forward - How it will effect them is yet to be seen- If Nintendo does what you say by making the same game for handheld, mobile and tablet etc. I don t think that will make console owners happy. It also does not sound like something Nintenod would do as a matter of course (maybe on occasion) - They have said as much as well.
The bar IS lower for mobile but the fact Iwata says they are carefully making 5 games over the ne...
An open question to Nintendo console owners/fans:
Do you wish Nintendo is VERY successful in their mobile effort, hope they are moderately successful in their mobile effort or hope they get discouraged with mobile and leave?
Getting into the mobile market is a double edged sword IMO- if they are successful then there will be a ton of pressure on Iwata/Nintendo to put more and more resources toward mobile and less and less toward dedicated gaming devices (un...
FYI I accidently downvoted this article and tried to undo it but I had no luck so I upvoted the website
SO if my errant vote can be fixed please do so