The story of the failure of the Nintendo Wii U: when boldness no longer pays…

Gaming News The story of the failure of the Nintendo Wii U: when boldness no longer pays…

The Nintendo Wii U

Everyone agrees that the Wii U is a failure. Dubbed the “Wii 2” by certain sites, the console is from Nintendo

much ink has spilled since its publication. The dawn of the 8th generation of consoles is here and Nintendo goes on the offensive and offers a new machine based on fully asymmetric two-screen gameplay. A brilliant idea in terms of technological advances in the world of video games, but only on paper.

In this JV Legends, we invite you to take a closer look at the genesis of this famous machine, to see the immense disappointment for the majority of the public and to understand its failure. It’s during theE3

2011 that Nintendo unveiled a console with a unique control system. It’s not unanimously popular in households though, and with good reason it’s no more powerful than a PS3.

Nintendo emphasizes the GamePad and it is confusing for many people. A very big confusion that makes the Wii U look like an accessory for the Wii and not for a full-fledged console. The machine was released worldwide between mid-November 2012 and early December 2012. It’s going to get off to a disastrous start, with only 3.5 million copies sold from December 2012 to March 2013, and unfortunately it’s not going to go up and will continue to sell worse.

The failure of the Wii U is mainly due to Nintendo’s commercial strategy, which has been completely unsuccessful since its unveiling in the years that followed. The Japanese company presented this new console as a revival of the Wii, but it went completely unnoticed until it was passed off as a remaster of the famous 2006 console. The release catalog is also affected, the Wii U does not have a Nintendo franchise heading for its release. The games don’t come fast enough and yet some seemed really promising on this machine.

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