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jmowreader

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13. Nintendo has a huge problem

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2014, 05:14 PM

Jan 2014

The Wii has become a senior citizen exercise machine. Please don't laugh. Seniors LOVE the Wii; people who loved to bowl or fish when they were young but are now unable to pick up a bowling ball or get in a bass boat can play Wii and have fun. Every retirement home commercial has someone playing Wii in it. Doubtful the engineerss at Nintendo considered the needs of that demographic but too many products to mention started out as something besides what they are now.

The problem is that every senior citizen home has all the Wiis it needs, and as long as they still work they won't be replaced.

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Nintendo Mulls New Business Model After Forecasting Loss [View all] onehandle Jan 2014 OP

Nintendo can keep the 3ds, but I don't see why they need their own living room console? Shoulders of Giants Jan 2014 #1

With Neverland (Rune Factory) closing its doors and Natsume indicating no Harvest Moon on Wii-U TekGryphon Jan 2014 #3

I will get a Wii U eventually. Shoulders of Giants Jan 2014 #9

And you can do the tablet thing with the xbox already. AtheistCrusader Jan 2014 #4

Nintendo Direct was a truly arrogant and boneheaded marketing decision TekGryphon Jan 2014 #2

i have three Wii in the house, they are all basically netflix players now loli phabay Jan 2014 #5

Not going to happen. Iwata is responsible for the success of the Wii, DS, and 3DS. ZM90 Jan 2014 #6

I don't think you understand how dire the console situation is for Nintendo. TekGryphon Jan 2014 #7

While I admit that the Wii U itself isn't exactly in a good situation to say Nintendo has gotten no ZM90 Jan 2014 #8

That's an abysmal list this far after release and you know it. TekGryphon Jan 2014 #15

Have you tried the Wii U? That so called "gimmick" is actually pretty nice. ZM90 Jan 2014 #17

Who said the 3DS is dead? I simply pointed out that ... TekGryphon Jan 2014 #20

uh oh pothos Jan 2014 #10

Except Nintendo has been around long enough to build quite a bit of savings... Veilex Jan 2014 #11

+1,000,000 n/t. ZM90 Jan 2014 #12

Nintendo has a huge problem jmowreader Jan 2014 #13

Build a better gaming console K lib Jan 2014 #14

Not the answer TekGryphon Jan 2014 #16

that what i said K lib Jan 2014 #18

There is a finite market for proprietary platforms of any type Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2014 #19

Close, but not quite accurate in this context. TekGryphon Jan 2014 #21

Region-locking alone is a good enough reason to wish Nintendo fails. TekGryphon Jan 2014 #22