Nintendo: Doomed Since 1889.
☆ NintendObs Weekly – Monday, March 10, 2014 – Sunday, March 16, 2014.
The Gaming Media and the Wii U E3 “Confusion” Myth
by snesfreak at DoomedSince1889.com
In 2011 before the Wii U was unveiled, Nintendo said they were going to reveal their new console at E3. Between then and E3 there was a TON of speculation and information about the new system. The gaming media and plenty of gamers that follow the industry knew from the beginning that Nintendo was making a new console, that was more powerful than the current HD systems, and had a controller with a screen.
So, how is it that when Nintendo unveiled the Wii U, the so called “professional” gaming media that had been covering it for months were suddenly confused about whether it was a new system? They weren’t. All the articles about the “confusion” were clickbait, plain and simple. This whole idea that an addon could somehow make the Wii support HD graphics, transmit video wirelessly to a controller, and support a custom version of Blu-Ray discs is completely idiotic.
It was never even a possibility, and it doesn’t take a tech expert to figure this out. These were “respected” gaming journalists, they knew it wasn’t an addon. They acted completely unprofessionally just to get some hits for their sites. These articles, completely devoid of facts, are largely to blame for the consumer confusion that followed. When you have the media pushing things that they know are false, it starts getting in the minds of casuals that don’t follow things closely.
The media were even reporting on “Nintendo’s new HD system” before Nintendo even confirmed it would be shown at E3. There was absolutely no confusion, it was opportunistic clickbaiting.
Now, Nintendo isn’t completely blameless, they could have marketed it better (or used a better name.) But, the media pushed the confusion agenda on their own. And the constant negativity never stopped from the minute it was unveiled. The media has been trying to kill the Wii U and push the usual Nintendo should go third party nonsense for years. This is a never ending story for the media, they twist things around, misreport things said by Iwata, and completely make things up.
If they stuck to the facts instead of making up a narrative about being confused, the better press coverage would have helped the system. But facts don’t bring in the clicks, they follow the Fox News method of sensationalist bullshit and spinning everything as negatively as possible. It’s pathetic, and unprofessional.
Wii U: Two Years of Negative Brand Momentum
findings by Emily Rogers at NotEnoughShaders.com
- ArsTechnica.com
August 9, 2012 — “Game dev students give Wii U mixed marks at early demo”
December 7, 2012 — “Wii U’s restrictive DRM is a baffling throwback”
December 17, 2012 — “The long, frustrating road to recovering my Wii downloads“
- AttackoftheFanboy.com
July 29, 2011 — “Japan is More Pumped for the Vita Than the Wii U, But Why?“
- Benzinga.com
February 9, 2013 — “Is the Wii U Game Onslaught Too Little, Too Late?“
- Bit-Tech.net
June 9, 2011 — “id Software skeptical about Wii U hardcore games“
- BlastMagazine.com
June 5, 2012 — “E3 2012: Did Sony and Microsoft steal Nintendo Wii U’s thunder?“
- Bloomberg.com
June 19, 2011 — “Nintendo May Fail to Replicate Wii Success as IPhone Games Bloom”
December 20, 2012 — “Test Drive: Is the New Wii U a Flop?”
- BusinessInsider.com
June 7, 2011 — “Why Nintendo’s Presentation Tanked Today And The Wii U Will Be A Bust”
June 7, 2012 — “E3 Attendees: Somewhat Unimpressed with the Wii U“
- BusinessWeek.com
July 5, 2012 — “In Apple, Nintendo’s New Console Faces a Powerful Foe“
- CBC.ca
November 20, 2012 — “New Nintendo Wii U console off to a rough start“
- CinemaBlend.com
January 7, 2013 — “Game Industry Poor Sales Partly Due To Wii U, Says Pachter“
- CNBC.com
November 15, 2012 — “The Wii U Will Boost Nintendo, But Can It Save the Company?”
February 15, 2013 — “Wii U Sales Tanked in January, Should Investors Worry?“
- CNET.com
June 13, 2011 — “Wii U fails to impress CNET UK readers according to our poll”
June 12, 2012 — “Nintendo Wii U: I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”
February 15, 2013 — “Uh-oh: Nintendo sold 57,000 Wii U units in the U.S. in January“
- CNN.com
July 29, 2011 — “Today in Tech: Nintendo losing in clash with Apple”
June 8, 2012 — “What’s up with the ‘Wii U’ name?”
February 1, 2013 — “3 things Nintendo must do to survive“
- Complex.com
August 29, 2011 — “Wii Don’t Need It: Refuting the Cult of Next-Gen Consoles“
- ComputerandVideoGames.com
September 8, 2011 — “Wii U is in ‘development hell’, claims tipster”
June 13, 2012 — “Iwata: Xbox Live and PSN are too far developed for Nintendo to catch up”
August 1, 2012 — “No Wii U version for WWE 13 says THQ exec”
November 29, 2012 — “Molyneux: ‘The Wii U is good, not great’”
January 25, 2013 — “Nintendo ‘behind the next gen curve’ – Screen Digest“
- CraveOnline.com
June 5, 2012 — “I’m Still Not Impressed by the Wii U”
September 26, 2012 — “Why Does Everyone Want the Wii U to Fail?”
October 23, 2012 — “Four Potential Problems with the Wii U”
February 12, 2013 — “Has the Wii U’s Launch Been a Disaster?”
- CSMonitor.com
November 20, 2012 — “Wii U systems crash. Nintendo blames online update.“
- CultofMac.com
April 26, 2012 — “Death By A Thousand Cuts: The iPhone Is Killing Nintendo“
- DailyFinance.com
September 8, 2011 — “Why Nintendo Will Never Be Great Again”
November 26, 2012 — “Nintendo’s Wii U Makes a Crummy First Impression“
- Destructoid.com
July 14, 2011 — “Naughty Dog: PS3 and PS Vita does everything Wii U can do”
November 13, 2011 — “This is why Street Fighter X Tekken isn’t on Wii U or 3DS”
March 13, 2012 — “Pachter suggests the Wii U may be Nintendo’s Dreamcast”
July 16, 2012 — “Pachter: Wii U is not going to work”
September 19, 2012 — “Tekken producer on Wii U online: ’I don’t understand it’”
November 17, 2012 — “How moderated is Miiverse? It’s a police state! (Update)”
December 10, 2012 — “Analyst: Wii U software attach rate is 1.2 in U.S.”
February 8, 2013 — “Activision’s Kotick ‘disappointed’ by Wii U launch“
- DigitalSpy.com
June 10, 2012 — “Wii U processing speed low compared to 360, PS3, says Tekken producer”
January 7, 2013 — “‘Crysis 3′ not coming to Wii U due to lack of “business drive”“
- DigitalTrends.com
June 18, 2012 — “Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick not ready to back Nintendo Wii U”
July 23, 2012 — “Nintendo says Wii U isn’t competing with Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 as industry figure claims Nintendo will go software-only“
- DVICE.com
June 16, 2011 — “Well, this sucks: Wii U to only support one Wii U controller“
- Edge-Online.com
June 9, 2011 — “Nintendo stock slide continues”
January 30, 2013 — “Calls for Wii U price cut begin after Nintendo financials“
- ElectricPig.co.uk
November 2, 2011 — “Nintendo Wii U: How a casual audience will be its downfall“
- Engadget.com
November 15, 2012 — “Editorial: Why America’s most popular gaming genre likely won’t work on Nintendo’s new console”
February 8, 2013 — “Editorial: Nintendo’s digital content problem and how the Wii U is making things worse“
- EscapistMagazine.com
February 6, 2013 — “Ubisoft Says Gamers Just Don’t Understand The Wii U“
- Eurogamer.net
June 9, 2011 — “Wii U ports to be “minimally successful””
June 13, 2011 — “OnLive does everything Wii U does”
July 1, 2011 — “Wii U: Nintendo kept their own devs in the dark”
July 7, 2011 — “Wii U is a really cool stop gap – Gearbox”
November 8, 2011 — “Survey finds Japan uninterested in Wii U and Vita”
July 9, 2012 — “Tekken boss brands Wii U GamePad distracting for fighting games”
January 29, 2013 — “Nintendo’s Wii U sales struggle”
February 27, 2013 — “Japanese weekly Wii U sales fall below Vitas for the first time“
- EW.com
June 5, 2012 — “Nintendo at E3: Wii U fails to make a splash, but some features impress“
- Examiner.com
June 11, 2011 — “How the Wii U could fail”
July 3, 2011 — “Nintendo Belongs in the Toy Aisle”
September 13, 2012 — “Is the Wii U destined to fail?“
- Explosion.com
July 24, 2012 — “Former EA Executive Thinks Nintendo Heading Towards Software Only”
February 16, 2013 — “Nintendo Should Become A Pure Software Developer“
- FastCompany.com
January 30, 2013 — “Will Wii U Join The Gaming Graveyard?“
- FinancialPost.com
January 28, 2013 — “Waning support from third party publishers spells big trouble for Wii U“
- Fool.com
June 13, 2011 — “Nintendo May Be Leaving Casual Gamers Behind With Wii U”
June 8, 2012 — “Nintendo’s Wii U a Flop?“
- Forbes.com
June 8, 2011 — “Did Nintendo Just Screw Up the Launch of Wii U?”
May 17, 2012 — “Global Survey Of Gamers Finds Nintendo Wii U Lags Far Behind Sony PlayStation 4 And Microsoft Durango”
November 4, 2012 — “The Nintendo Wii U Has A Big Problem: Sibling Rivalry”
February 4, 2013 — “EA CEO Doesn’t Think Wii U is a ‘Next Gen’ Console“
- FoxNews.com
November 19, 2012 — “New Nintendo Wii U launches — but do consumers want it?“
- Fudzilla.com
February 18, 2013 — “Developers pulling back on Wii U“
- Gamasutra.com
June 8, 2011 — “Nintendo Shares Fall To Lowest In Five Years After Wii U Reveal“
- TheGameEffect.com
June 23, 2012 — “Is the Wii U Already Irrelevant?”
- GameInformer.com
June 13, 2011 — “Pachter: Wii U Is “Two Years, Too Late,” Has Dumbest Name Ever Apparently”
July 16, 2012 — “Editorial: Is the Wii U Doomed?”
November 19, 2012 — “Mass Effect 3 ‘Omega’ DLC Skips Wii U”
March 28, 2013 — “Battlefield 4 Not Coming To Wii U“
- Gamelitist.com
July 7, 2012 — “Is the Wii U Set Up to Fail?”
- Gamerant.com
June 14, 2012 — “David Jaffe Predicts Console Extinction; Unimpressed by Wii U”
March 18, 2013 — “Wii U Woes: No ‘Saints Row 4,’ No ‘Dead Island,’ Possibly No ‘Battlefield 4′“
- Gameranx.com
January 29, 2013 — “Why Stranger’s Wrath and Other Oddworld titles are unlikely to come to Nintendo“
- GameRevolution.com
August 22, 2011 — “Wii U ‘Looks Like a Fisher Price iPad’, Nintendo ‘Not in a Good Way’”
December 6, 2012 — “The Wii U’s Lack Of DLC Support Has Me Worried”
- GamesIndustry.biz
June 13, 2011 — “Wedbush declares Wii U “two years late””
June 4, 2012 — “Wii U “doesn’t look like it’s innovative” says John Romero”
June 28, 2012 — “Nintendo’s Wii U has major issue with ‘capability’”
September 10, 2012 — “Nintendo Wii U: Launching in Apple’s Shadow”
March 28, 2013 — “GameStop: Wii U sales “disappointing” but PS4 purchase intent “strong”“
- GameSpot.com
April 3, 2012 — “Wii U ‘not up to the same level’ as PS3, Xbox 360 – Developers”
June 15, 2012 — “No Dead Space 3 on Wii U”
September 21, 2012 — “No Far Cry 3 on Wii U”
November 21, 2012 — “The Shortcomings of the Wii U hardware”
November 26, 2012 — “Atari founder baffled by Wii U”
November 26, 2012 — “Why Borderlands skipped Wii U”
November 30, 2012 — “Wii U ‘slightly confusing’, says Molyneux”
December 10, 2012 — “Bioshock Infinite skipping Wii U”
January 9, 2013 — “Next Xbox, PS4 already have a leg up on Wii U”
February 28, 2013 — “Study: 4.6 percent of developers making Wii U games“
- GamesRadar.com
July 7, 2011 — “Wii U improves on current gen, says Gearbox, but system isn’t next generation“
- GameXplain.com
August 1, 2012 — “4 Reasons Why Wii U Will Fail“
- Geek.com
March 22, 2013 — “Wii U sales so poor retailers considering scaling back support“
- Geekosystem.com
June 7, 2011 — “We Might Have Just Witnessed the Beginning of the End of Nintendo“ - November 14, 2012 — “What If Nintendo Released A System And Not Even They Cared?“
- GenGame.net
January 16, 2013 — “How the Wii U Didn’t Steal Christmas”
- GiantBomb.com
January 26, 2012 — “As Apple Soars, Nintendo Expects First Annual Loss“
- Gizmodo.com
June 22, 2011 — “The Wii U Won’t Blow Away Rivals“
- GoNintendo.com
August 15, 2012 — “Former Vigil dev bashes Wii U, says its games suck and it’s a gimmick” * **
(*Funny, the source leads to Emily Rogers’s own NotEnoughShaders.com interview…)
(**Even funnier, Xander Davis is now developing on the Wii U as an indie developer.)
March 29, 2013 — “Mark Rein laughs at the idea of Wii U running Unreal Engine 4“
- TheGuardian.co.uk
June 8, 2011 — “Wii U gets mixed reaction from gamers and stock markets”
June 4, 2012 — “Nintendo Wii U: New console faces tough launch in world of Angry Birds“
- HipHopGamerInc.com
February 25, 2013 — “Cliff Bleszinski Says Nintendo Will Out Of Hardware Race: Wii U = Dreamcasted“
- IBTimes.com
December 3, 2012 — “Wii U Sales Top 40K in UK But Fail to Reach Top 10“
- IDigitalTimes.com
November 29, 2012 — “Wii U Issues: Top 5 Problems Plaguing Nintendo During Launch Of New System”
- IGN.com
June 14, 2011 — “Wii U: Are U Confused?”
August 4, 2011 — “Is Nintendo Stealing From Apple?”
June 13, 2012 — “How Nintendo Lost E3 2012”
September 7, 2012 — “Bethesda Not Yet Convinced By Wii U”
September 24, 2012 — “Wii U Will Be Region-Locked”
February 7, 2013 — “Wii U’s Struggle to Remain Relevant”
March 15, 2013 — “2013 Wii U Sales Look Dismal“
- Inquisitr.com
January 31, 2013 — “We Didn’t Know Nintendo Wii U Sales Were This Bad“
- JapanDailyPress.com
May 17, 2012 — “PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Wii U losing appeal in Japan“
- Joystiq.com
June 18, 2012 — “Take-Two’s Zelnick ‘skeptical’ of Wii U, not of next generation“
- KillScreenDaily.com
January 17, 2013 — “Is Nintendo’s Wii U doomed already? Or just fashionably late?”
- TheKoalition.com
February 19, 2013 — “Is the Wii U Nintendo’s Dreamcast?“
- Kotaku.com
June 8, 2011 — “Farewell GameCube, the Wii U Doesn’t Play You”
June 9, 2011 — “The Wii U Might Be Too Little, Too Late”
June 9, 2011 — “The Wii U Has Been Beaten to the Punch by an…iPad Game”
June 28, 2011 — “PlayStation Vita Beats Out Wii U in Game Critics Best of E3 Awards”
August 2, 2011 — “Sony’s Vita Can Do Some of What Nintendo’s Wii U Does”
June 25, 2012 — “The Wii U’s Power Problem”
September 17, 2012 — “Five Reasons Not to Buy the Wii U from a Reputable British Newspaper”
September 17, 2012 — “Nintendo Doesn’t Think Your Wii U Will Collect Dust”
September 20, 2012 — “I Hate the Wii U Pro Controller”
October 12, 2012 — “Report: Chinese Kids Were Used to Manufacture the Wii U [Update]”
November 10, 2012 — “First Wii U Problem? Not Knowing Which Screen To Look At”
November 18, 2012 — “Wii U Owners Bummed Out By Huge Firmware Update”
November 30, 2012 — “Turns Out a Lot of People Have no Idea What the Hell a Wii U is”
December 12, 2012 — “Most of Early 2013′s Biggest Games Seem to Be Skipping Wii U”
December 16, 2012 — “When Only 42 People Are Playing Madden on the Wii U, It’s Not a Sports Console”
January 8, 2013 — “When It Comes To The Wii U’s Online Store, Nintendo Is Dropping The Ball”
January 17, 2013 — “Wii U Launch Line-Up Dries Up As Several Big Games Slip”
February 8, 2013 — “Nintendo Fan Is Unhappy With Nintendo’s $200 Answer to His $400 Wii U Problem”
March 28, 2013 — “Don’t Expect The Next Dragon Age Or Mass Effect On Wii U“
- MakeUseOf.com
September 21, 2011 — “Is The Wii U All It’s Cracked Up To Be Or Has Nintendo Lost The Plot? [Opinion]”
March 15, 2012 — “4 Reasons The Wii U Will Fail [Opinion]“
- MarketWatch.com
September 14, 2012 — “Nintendo gambles with Wii U console“
- MCVUK.com
February 15, 2013 — “Retail calls for Wii U price cut and new strategy”
March 18, 2013 — “Two more core games skip Wii U release“
- Metro.co.uk
March 21, 2013 — “Wii U Price Cut fails in UK, but Nintendo promises answers“
- MSN.com
February 8, 2013 — “Wii U is looking like a flop, and Nintendo could be in trouble“
- MTV.com
June 22, 2011 — “Nintendo’s Miyamoto: ‘Not Our Goal’ To Become The Number One Online Gaming Company”
- MyNintendoNews
October 24, 2011 — “The Nintendo Wii U Apparently Has ‘Nothing Going For It’”
June 20, 2012 — “Miyamoto Says Wii U Might Not Be As Powerful As The Next Xbox And PlayStation”
September 10, 2012 — “Nintendo Has Failed To Create Anticipation Or Confidence In Wii U”
November 27, 2012 — “Digital Foundry Says Batman Wii U Is A “Disappointing Current-Gen Port”“
- Nasdaq.com
March 31, 2013 — “Is Nintendo Giving Up on Wii U?“
- NeoGaf.com
December 13, 2012 — “Wii U’s Buyers Remorse Thread“
- Neowin.net
February 15, 2013 — “Nintendo Wii U sales bomb in US; good or bad news for Microsoft?“
- Nintendojo.com
January 29, 2013 — “Is Wii U The Next Dreamcast?“
- NintendoLife.com
June 20, 2011 — “Sony: Wii U is No Threat, Says ‘Welcome to 2006, Nintendo’”
October 4, 2011 — “Survey – 58% of Indie Devs Say Nintendo Difficult to Deal With”
October 19, 2012 — “MCV: Wii U Is A Stopgap System, Real Successor Is Still To Come”
February 21, 2013 — “Ubisoft CEO Not Satisfied With Wii U Sales”
March 28, 2013 — “Talking Point: An Open Letter To Nintendo“
- NOWGamer.com
November 20, 2012 — “Wii U ‘Has A Horrible, Slow CPU’ Says Metro Last Light Dev”
November 21, 2012 — “Slow CPU Will Shorten Wii U’s Life – DICE Dev”
March 21, 2013 — “Wii U Could Be ‘GameCube All Over Again’ – Retailer“
- NYTimes.com
January 30, 2013 — “Nintendo Lowers Forecast for Wii U Sales“
- PCWorld.com
December 12, 2012 — “Sales of Wii U in Japan trail original Wii launch numbers“
- Polygon.com
August 3, 2012 — “Madden NFL 13 on Wii U missing major PS3/360 features”
September 14, 2012 — “If Wii U is the ‘next advance in gaming,’ where is online?“
- QJ.net
March 31, 2013 — “DICE Calls Wii U Low-Spec, and Digital Game Sales are Up”
- ReadWrite.com
October 21, 2011 — “Can Hulu Save Nintendo From Apple?”
December 20, 2012 — “Nintendo Moves Into The Living Room, Where Apple Will Eat Its Lunch Again” *
(*No matter what I do, the “#awesm=~oyBjHzqpRm77tg” tag on the address just won’t leave…)
- Reuters.com
June 8, 2011 — “Nintendo Wii U underwhelms investors”
June 9, 2011 — “Nintendo president puzzled by investor reaction to Wii U“
- SabotageTimes.com
December 8, 2011 — “Isn’t It About Time Shigeru Miyamoto Left Nintendo Altogether?”
September 18, 2012 — “Wii U Reviewed: How Nintendo Are Turning Innovation Into Stagnation“
- ShackNews.com
November 26, 2012 — “Wii U CPU is a ‘bottleneck,’ Digital Foundry concludes“
- SlashGear.com
June 7, 2012 — “It’s Official: The Wii U Is In Deep, Deep Trouble”
September 16, 2012 — “Why You Shouldn’t Preorder the Wii U Yet”
September 21, 2012 — “Wii U’s slow CPU a challenge for one launch developer”
March 17, 2013 — “Stop the Nonsense, Nintendo: The Wii U Needs Help – And Now“
- TheStylus.net
September 18, 2012 — “Nintendo’s new Wii U fails to impress”
- TampaBay.com
September 17, 2012 — “Nintendo’s Wii U not enough to impress today“
- TechCrunch.com
March 15, 2013 — “Wii U Sales Drop Off A Cliff As The Future Of Gaming Continues To Shift Away From The Console”
March 17, 2013 — “What Games Are: Where Did Wii U Go Wrong?”
March 25, 2013 — “Nintendo Amazingly Gets Worse At Marketing Just In Time For Plummeting Wii U Sales“
- TechNewsDaily.com
September 19, 2012 — “Wait to Buy a Wii U“
- TechNewsWorld.com
June 8, 2011 — “The Wii U Begins not With a Bang but a ‘What?’“
- TechnoBuffalo.com
December 11, 2012 — “Wii U, Allow me to Introduce You to Error Code 108-0075“
- TechnologyGuide.com
September 19, 2012 — “What Is Nintendo Thinking? The Wii U Looks Like a Dud“
- TechVibes.com
June 12, 2012 — “Nintendo Had a Lot to Prove at E3. Unfortunately It Failed to Impress”
- TGDaily.com
June 8, 2011 — “Nintendo admits it faked Wii U game footage”
September 20, 2012 — “Can the Wii U compete with the Xbox 720 and PS4?”
December 7, 2012 — “Is Nintendo’s Wii U already irrelevant?“
- TIME.com
June 15, 2011 — “Nintend’oh! Wii U Won’t Feature DVD or Blu-ray Playback”
February 11, 2013 — “Game Over? Why Video-Game-Console Sales Are Plummeting”
March 15, 2013 — “What’s Going On with Nintendo’s Wii U?“
- TomsGuide.com
June 10, 2011 — “Iwata: Wii U E3 Reveal Confusing; Won’t Be Cheap“
- TomsHardware.com
November 25, 2012 — “Nintendo Network Accounts Tied to Only One Wii U“
- ToplessRobot.com
September 9, 2011 — “The Wii U Doesn’t Work Yet“
- TQcast.com
June 13, 2011 — “Nintendo’s Wii U Trick Leaves Gamers Pissed. Is the Wii U Even Real?“
- Uproxx.com
June 8, 2012 — “5 reasons Wii U is Doomed, and 5 More Reasons it May Not Be”
February 7, 2013 — “3rd Party Developers Are Already Bolting On The Wii U“
- VentureBeat.com
June 21, 2011 — “Nintendo: Wii U not significantly more powerful than Xbox 360, PlayStation 3”
May 9, 2012 — “Who wants a Wii U? Not three out of four gamers”
June 13, 2012 — “Nintendo’s E3 2012: Reactions show hardcore gamers lost faith in Wii U (graph)”
August 3, 2012 — “Is the Wii U really a next-gen game console?”
November 16, 2012 — “Why the Wii U might be set up for failure”
March 1, 2013 — “The DeanBeat: The Nintendo Wii U’s troubles start with a dearth of developers“
- TheVerge.com
September 17, 2012 — “Wii U is still missing the Wii’s trump card — universal appeal”
January 28, 2013 — “Wii U misses out on Tomb Raider due to unconventional controller“
- VG247.com
April 17, 2012 — “Pachter is concerned at lack of third party support for Wii U”
August 2, 2012 — “‘Nintendo’s ecosystem will ultimately fall apart’ – Ngmoco”
November 11, 2012 — “Wii U won’t have a universal achievements system”
December 18, 2012 — “Metal Gear Rising: Koji-Pro not thinking about Wii U port”
February 18, 2013 — “Pachter deems Wii U a “mistake” Nintendo can’t recover from”
March 21, 2013 — “Publishers twice as keen on PS4 and Durango than Wii U“
- Videogamer.com
June 13, 2011 — “Wii U is not next-gen, says Michel Ancel”
August 31, 2012 — “F1 2012 skipping Vita and Wii U to ensure 360 and PS3 versions ‘maintain quality‘”
- VoltMagOnline.com
September 14, 2012 — “Wii U: Irrelevant Before It’s Even Released?”
- WallStreetDaily.com
June 10, 2011 — “Why Nintendo’s Next-Generation Wii is a Dud“
- WhatCulture.com
September 21, 2012 — “There’s a Wii problem at Nintendo?”
February 15, 2013 — “Wii U: 8 Reasons It’s A Failure”
- WiiUDaily.com
November 19, 2012 — “Bricked Wii U Count Increases Due To Impatient Software Updaters“
- WiiUGo.com
July 9, 2011 — “T3 readers want the PS4 and Xbox 720 more than Wii U“
- Wired.com
November 19, 2012 — “10 things I hate about Wii U” – Nov 19, 2012“
- XbitLabs.com
December 6, 2012 — “Nintendo Wii U Will Not Become Hardcore Gamers’ Darling – Analyst.”
- Yahoo.com
April 3, 2012 — “Developers claim Wii U weaker than PS3, 360.”
April 30, 2012 — “Growing doubts over Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console”
June 6, 2012 — “Nintendo’s ‘quirky’ new Wii U: Underwhelming?”
June 7, 2012 — “Lackluster E3 for Nintendo raises more Wii U questions”
September 14, 2012 — “Can the Wii U save Nintendo?”
October 20, 2012 — “Nintendo’s Wii U voice chat mess: Console might not support wireless headsets”
October 25, 2012 — “Financially strapped Nintendo confirms Wii U will be sold at a loss”
November 22, 2012 — “Wii U debuts with some issues, but its biggest obstacles are yet to come”
November 26, 2012 — “Inventor of ‘Pong’ says Nintendo’s Wii U will fail”
November 28, 2012 — “Xbox 360 Black Friday Sales nearly double Wii U”
November 29, 2012 — “Nintendo president apologizes for gigantic Wii U update”
December 28, 2012 — “The Wii U is Nintendo’s last console”
December 28, 2012 — “Nintendo’s Wii U wobbles as sales sink”
January 11, 2013 — “A sense of dread shrouds Nintendo’s Wii U”
January 17, 2013 — “Big games slip out of Wii U’s launch window”
January 18, 2013 — “Nintendo’s Wii U problems turn into a crisis”
January 30, 2013 — “Nintendo lowers Wii U sales outlook”
January 31, 2013 — “Nintendo chief rules out price cuts for Wii U”
January 31, 2013 — “Is it game over for Nintendo?”
February 1, 2013 — “Nintendo says it won’t cut Wii U price despite slumping sales”
February 15, 2013 — “Shockingly low Wii U sales point to a console in crisis”
February 15, 2013 — “Nintendo’s future called into question as Wii U sales plummet”
March 15, 2013 — “Wii U could be Nintendo’s first flop”
March 15, 2013 — “Game industry sales slide as Wii U continues to disappoint”
March 28, 2013 — “5 things Sony and Microsoft can learn from Wii U“
- ZDNet.com
June 9, 2011 — “Is Wii U the new Sega Dreamcast?”
July 15, 2011 — “The problem with potential: Why I fear for the Wii U“
- 1up.com
June 5, 2012 — “Nintendo’s E3 Press Briefing Game Lineup Failed to Sell the Wii U”
I don’t really care enough to learn about how the misinformation works — such as looking at what companies sponsor these articles and how relevant these companies are to Nintendo’s competitors (namely Sony and Microsoft), etc. I simply do not have any incentive to care, lest I’d be employed by Nintendo. I just care to show that indeed, patterns reveal that a business model of “Nintendoom” does, in fact, take effect.
…Probably since 1889.
Let me first say that I would like to refrain from commenting on individual cases. On the other hand, it is true that there are some Internet sites and certain media who have written stories about Nintendo as if they were official when, in reality, they did not come from any official sources such as interviews or announcements, nor were they confirmed by the company. My words are sometimes taken out of context, rephrased in a way that sounds offensive, and then reported as if those were my exact words. We look at the influence and the content of any article and media, and when we feel that it could potentially spread misleading information (on a wide scale), then, as other companies do, we sometimes decide to communicate on our official website and Twitter account that what the article in question claims is nothing that the company has officially announced. In this sense, we are proactive with regard to information that, if left unattended, could affect us in an extremely negative way.
On the other hand, what people say on the Internet is simply beyond our control. There have certainly been instances where we felt very sad or frustrated, but reacting to every single piece of information could in fact contribute to spreading it further. We take action when we feel that a certain piece of information could affect us or our shareholders in a negative way.
We have Nintendo Direct, our official Twitter account and our official website to communicate our messages to our consumers directly. An increasing number of people are watching videos on the Nintendo eShop, which is a virtual shop where people can purchase new games and find new information. In fact, the most popular way to watch Nintendo Direct is through the Nintendo eShop as opposed to watching it live on computers. As you can see, we now have more ways to directly reach out to consumers, and by communicating our messages in a genuine manner, I think that we can make sure that inaccurate and ill-intentioned reports will not become too serious an issue.
– Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo
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