the business model defense is a good one, all I am saying they can still fail with the current model
maybe its just me... I don't have the last few mario's for my Wii or my 3DS, I don't have the last few Zelda's from DS or Skyward Swords
Maybe I am falling off the Nintendo train little by little, or I am just getting older
I am really seeing forcing myself to buy a WiiU as a waste of money so far. I am still forcing myself to think that I'll find something I enjoy playing and passing the time with like I use to do.
So yeah maybe I am wrong about this, but if I can slip from my Mario/Zelda love so can others. I heard great things about recent Mario/Zelda but I kept my money in my pocket for years now. So yeah I'm feeling a little different about the future for me and Nintendo I guess
if I lost that desire, I wonder how many others will get tired
just the other day I was defending Pikmin 3 not having online play, meh this gets tiring
it is time for Nintendo to learn some hard lessons but when we continue to buy regardless of what is missing they get another 6 year free ride to heaven
There is absolutely nothing wrong in having opinions, also if different, as yours could be compared to mine.
I'm also a bit (even more, I'd say...) disappointed by the actual Wii U landscape, honestly, as I pointed out many times before and after their E3 conference.
But I don't think that my personal feelings is exactly the same feeling of the market.
If you tell me that the Wii U could be a risky move for Nintendo in terms of market share, I totally agree with you. I'm quite sure that they will not be able to repeat Wii's success, for example.
I was just pointing out that I don't think that entering a business model similar to PS3's one could be the right solution in terms of market share and business. I'm firmly convinced that if and when Nintendo will enter such a "loss-oriented" business model, they will fail in the home market and probably rely just on the handheld side of things.
Look at their problems with the latest fiscal year: 3DS was more successfull than DS (in the same lifespan), Wii sold poorly but poorly just compared to its previous records and not compared to the competitors (it sold way less, but not so desperately bad, especially considering the lack of effort in supporting it from both third and first party, with the successor already announced and showed), but they are facing economical problems.
I don't think that following the same path of the compatitors, offering horsepower consoles sold at big loss, pushing the graphics as the main focus, and looking for cinematografic experiences should be the right way for Nintendo to go.
For my personal taste, I would like an offer more balanced between "Nintendo difference" and t"normality", but with normality I think more about third party support than graphic horsepower, and the two things are just partially correlated. As the lack of PS360 games should confirm.
EDIT: about the appeal of mario and zelda is obviously a matter of personal taste, that can also change during your life. I enjoyed more Galaxy and Land than previous 3D Mario, for example, and also the market in terms of absolute sales had a great response to the latest iterations of the vast majority of Nintendo franchises. Plus, it's not true that they offer just those two IPs, and already mentioned, also if I would prefer more variety and AAA budgets spent also on other franchises (as they did for example with DKCR) or new IP (as they did with Xenoblade) oriented to "us"
