Nintendo NX????

[Mars Adept]

what do you mean?
the wii u is a perfect console without any flaws

Remember, nothing is perfect. Anything and everything has it's flaws.

I feel like the Wii U didn't have a very good library of games. Nothing managed to entertain me more than one or two months. The only exception is Splatoon, and now that's pretty much ending.

I hope the NX fixes all of that. Hopefully it will have a nice selection of games to choose from.

 

[JCnator]

what do you mean?
the wii u is a perfect console without any flaws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
really looking forward to the nx tho tbh, and nintendo keeping a lot secret is killing me from the inside

As far as the average quality of games goes, it goes without saying that the library of first-party titles is no slouch in that department. One could argue that some of the most notable Wii U games are either similar to certain titles seen on both Wii and 3DS, or could be ported to the NX for its potentially larger audience. Therefore, the Nintendo games themselves aren't one of the many issues Wii U faced so far.

Most of the problems that plagued the latest home console stem from the direction the staff took with it, all while being unaware of the challenges of the ever-changing gaming market of 2012 and today. Nintendo mistakenly followed the same exact strategy they went with the best-seller Wii, believing it would sell around 100 millions units. This lead to unclear selling points, bad launch timing, paltry hardware specs in comparison to PS4 and Xbox One, developer-unfriendly development kit and limited online capabilities all harmed the platform in the long run.
As of March 2016, Wii U has sold over 12.80 millions units, which is the worst selling Nintendo home console in the history. And of course, there's about 192 Wii U retail games released so far, 50 of which are exclusives. Those numbers obviously are a wake-up call for Nintendo being so out of touch with the market.

That wake-up call was enough to motivate Nintendo to transition from traditional Japanese corporate structure to a western corporate model, so they could very easily adapt to the rapidly-changing gaming market. Therefore, the marketing strategy for NX won't be the same as what they did in the previous console predecessors. I'm interested seeing if the transition will pay off in the long run.

 

[Nena]

Im saving to get my wii u soon and yea I know im late but its cool

 

[Nicole.]

My expectations aren't too high, we know what Nintendo are like. I am interested to see what they have to bring to the table though!

 

[nintendofan85]

Depends. I'm going to get one myself hopefully by Christmas of next year (and I should, I mean, since I become an adult in February of 2018 and graduate from high school three months later, that will be my last Christmas with my parents), but it's hard to judge how successful it will be because Nintendo has had several consoles that have sold very well and at the same time it's had ones that were poor sellers.
What I mean by that is this-the Nintendo 64, during its years as Nintendo's main console from 1996 to 2001, sold pretty well. It didn't sell as well as the PlayStation but it still sold fairly well. The GameCube, however, was the lowest-selling home console of the sixth generation. The Wii managed to sell significantly better during its time as Nintendo's main console from 2006 to 2012, but the Wii U has sold worse all three I've already mentioned since it went on the market.
The handhelds have usually been Nintendo's better sellers. However, we're all well aware that the 3DS was suffering from low sales upon its launch in 2011.

 

[Hunter x Hunter]

As of March 2016, Wii U has sold over 12.80 millions units, which is the worst selling Nintendo home console in the history. And of course, there's about 192 Wii U retail games released so far, 50 of which are exclusives. Those numbers obviously are a wake-up call for Nintendo being so out of touch with the market.

I thought the Virtual Boy was- 770,000 units sold.

 

[JCnator]

I thought the Virtual Boy was- 770,000 units sold.

Virtual Boy isn't even a home console to me. It could be carried pretty much anywhere you go, albeit with more hassle than the original Game Boy.

This peculiar hardware had a very different scenario compared to the Wii U. The product was discontinued shortly after it entered into the market, mostly due of the many problematic console designs. The Wii U on the other hand, was sold for well over 3 years and has proven to be profitable, despite it being the least commercially-successful among all of the other Nintendo home consoles (including the GameCube).

 

[Hunter x Hunter]

Yeah. The virtual console was "portable" and tabletop. I wouldn't call it portable or a home console