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Shigeru Miyamoto Is Not Worried About The Wii U Just Yet

Postby Chet Starr » Mar 13th, '13, 23:04

Even though the sales for the Wii U have been less then stellar—with Nintendo actually expecting to lose money—Shigeru Miyamoto believes there is no cause for concern yet.

In an interview with the New York Times, when asked about the Wii U's performance, Miyamoto seemed optimistic. "I think that the Wii U still has a long future," he said. "We really view it as being the ideal device that families are going to want to have connected to that screen in the living room that everyone is going to gather around and watch."

Miyamoto also said that while the Wii U's sales are indeed lacking, he certainly doesn't think the console's doomed to fail. "Certainly in the short term I would want to see it performing with probably a little more momentum. I think in the long term I'm not at a point where I'm concerned yet."

Sales are slow, no doubt, and that's worrying. But, the system does have several heavy-hitting titles on the way, including Rayman Legends, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and the Wind Waker remake. The Wii U's future might not be so bleak after all—we'll just have to wait and see.

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Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Is Not Worried About The Wii U Just Yet

Postby tadpole25 » Mar 14th, '13, 01:01

Miyamoto does have a point. Xbox 360 (in 2005) didn't have any strong titles on it yet.

Nintendo right now alienated hardcore gamers, and casual fad gamers left Wii a long time ago, so they need to redefine themselves.

In the end though, the PS4 just looks like a weaker version of a PC that I can build. At least Wii U is trying to innovate a little bit.
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Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Is Not Worried About The Wii U Just Yet

Postby 12characters » Mar 14th, '13, 01:06

Geno wrote:Sales'll jump with new Zelda and Mario games.

Tbh.

Hell, they'll even have some successful/popular 3rd party games. Compared to the Wii anyways.
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Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Is Not Worried About The Wii U Just Yet

Postby 12characters » Mar 14th, '13, 05:43

Miller wrote:Sales will jump for sure towards the end of this year when they pump out the exact same games they've been making for the past 25 years.

Yes <3
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