Nintendo bets on Wii U to reverse profit slide

http://www.nma.tv/nintendo-bets-wii-angry-birds-xbox-playstation-market-share/

Mama Mia, Mario! Nintendo is competing with the Xbox, PlayStation 3 and Angry Birds and its earnings are down!

The Wii used to be the hottest game system in town, but Nintendo's new 3DS has not been such a hit. Recently, the 3DS dropped in price from $250 to $169, cutting into Nintendo's profits. Even worse, there have been reports that the 3D game system makes gamers dizzy and nauseous. Not fun times.

The company has been in slumps before. The Gamecube was ridiculed for being a kid's game system before the company turned it around with the Wii. Now Nintendo is resting its hopes on the Wii U controller, which looks like a tablet. But by the time the Wii U comes out, will tablets still be cutting-edge?

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• Kazuo Hirai
• Satoru Iwata
• Shigeru Miyamoto
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[zelda0521]

@310sucks the Nintendo's Wii "gimmick" was so successful that Sony and microsoft after having made fun of the Wii had to shamelessly copy the idea of motion sensing based gameplay.

Nintendo knows what they're doing, they take risks for innovations and it often pays off.

[Donbett1974]

@Fyrvelm as a cash cow it was a success but as a gaming system it was a utter failure.

[MasterKagato]

@coen123

Same with thos. It's thus. Omg derp derp right?

[MasterKagato]

@coen123

Its called a typo. I know how it is spelled.

[coen123]

@MasterKagato Mocrosoft? Really? Microsoft! That is how you spell it.

[MasterKagato]

Nintendo will be the new SEGA at this rate. No more competition for Sony and Mocrosoft soon.

Basically... Here is a message from the mentioned companies.

"Hello Nintendo and SEGA industries. Thanks for kicking off the world of gamers! But now that all of you working there are too old to keep up with gaming and graphic advancements, we are afraid you are no longer necessary. Goodbye and thank you for the new space!"

And thos Sony and Microsoft took over all Nintendo based buildings.

[elpatriotaLX]

@harmfulifconsumed

Wow, relax kiddo... There is no need to get so aggravated over this.

[harmfulifconsumed]

@elpatriotaLX I know Sony fanboys just like Fox news can't comprehend facts, but those are numbers that you just look like a dumb ass arguing with. The fact is, every week the 3DS is outselling the Vita. The earth quake happened RIGHT WHEN THE 3DS RELEASED. Using that as an excuse for the Vita which launched WAY after is fucking retarded.

[harmfulifconsumed]

@elpatriotaLX The 3DS sold 300,000 more than the Vita IN JAPAN ALONE *DURING THE WEEK OF THE EARTH QUAKE*. I hate how Sony fanboys don't do their home work.

Forget the world, the 3DS outsold the Vita right when the earth quake was happening. IN JAPAN. At the same price. This isn't counting the rest of the world. The Vita is a flop compared to the 3DS.

[elpatriotaLX]

@harmfulifconsumed

The Vita only recently come out in Japan (which by the way had an earthquake).

How can you call it a flop when the PS Vita is NOT even out in the rest of the world?

As for Nintendo... They don't have any more people to sell the Wii to. Besides Nintendo was targeting another crowd.

[sharpwingx6]

@SkyEFX2 how does that erase the problem? he isn't the only one that has this problem OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T MENTIONED XD come on, you know as well as I do that it's just another gimmick.

[TheCheezWizz]

god shut up people this shit is never 100% serious