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Analyst Pachter Offers Doubts about Wii U Strategy

By Brian P Rubin | 11 June 2012 | 6 Comments   

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A post on CVG reveals some insights from industry analyst Michael Pachter, who says that unless Nintendo can price its forthcoming Wii U console at or below $300, it will probably not be too good for business.

“The console must be priced below $300 to succeed, in my opinion, and best at $249 or less,” he’s quoted as saying, adding that the company has adopted “a rear-view mirror strategy” for the Wii U.

“Nintendo is intent upon repeating their success with the Wii.

While I agree that the Wii U controller is sufficiently novel and different from traditional controllers, I am not sure that there is a killer app that will drive Wii U adoption the way Wii Sports did for the Wii.

At E3 I was not particularly impressed with many of the games, and in particular found Sing baffling. I don’t understand why I need a tablet to read Karaoke words rather than reading the words on the TV screen instead.”

While Pachter has made his distaste for Nintendo’s new console apparent over the last several months, the fact remains that many other gamers have shared similar sentiments after Nintendo’s underwhelming E3 press conference. There were very few Wii U-exclusive titles, and plenty of announcements of older games that most people have already played through (Batman Arkham City and Mass Effect 3, for example). Without a price that feels like a bargain, the system’s going to have a tough time finding an audience.

Via CVG

6 Comments

  1. Posted by Mugenite on 11 June 12 at 9:08am

    Nintendo,

    Wii U sucks.

    Sorry,
    Mugenite

    • Posted by Stefan on 11 June 12 at 11:57am

      Mugenite,

      Forming a judgement on a product you’ve not used, before it’s even been released is entirely foolish.

      Stefan.

      • Posted by Mugenite on 11 June 12 at 2:36pm

        Stefan,

        What’s more to understand about a tablet based controller/console? I don’t like the concept, so I state it sucks. So does the Kinect and Move.

        OXOX,
        Mugenite

        • Posted by Etinegum on 19 August 12 at 7:47pm

          Mugenite,

          You’re an ignorant troll!

          Sorry,
          Etinegum

  2. Posted by Landon Robinson on 11 June 12 at 10:22am

    $250 would be the sweet spot, but $300 is acceptable. Anything over than seems out of the ordinary for Nintendo.

    Then again, everything they’ve been up to software-wise seems very out of the ordinary for Nintendo. Guess we’ll see soon enough.

  3. Posted by LIUE on 11 June 12 at 12:08pm

    I’m still excited to see how things go with the Wii U. As long as its at a reasonable price I can see myself picking one up.

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