Nintendo Announces New Console (?)

[TheGameNinja]

http://kotaku.com/nintendo-will-release-new-platform-in-2015-but-its-ab-1512068419

Whether or not it's actually a game console is up in the air for now, I suppose.

[sonicman0]

So it's basically an updated version of wii fit

[shadowDOESrock]

http://kotaku.com/nintendo-will-release-new-platform-in-2015-but-its-ab-1512068419

Whether or not it's actually a game console is up in the air for now, I suppose.

If that is true...
Well, there goes Nintendo.

[TheGameNinja]

I don't think this is something that will replace the Wii U. I think it will exist alongside it.

[sonicman0]

I don't think this is something that will replace the Wii U. I think it will exist alongside it.

Doesn't Nintendo know what happened to Sega a couple decades back? Releasing multiple consoles in such a short span of time is a terrible idea.

[TheGameNinja]

Doesn't Nintendo know what happened to Sega a couple decades back? Releasing multiple consoles in such a short span of time is a terrible idea.

It seems like this is aimed more at the people that bought the Wii as a toy back when it was a fad and never bought a Wii U.

[Hakudamashi]

If, unlike the SEGA Saturn and Dreamcast, they play the same games, I think this is a bad move.

[jkid101094]

Has it even been confirmed to be a new GAMING console? Maybe it just runs a new version of Wii Fit dedicated to itself, so consumers that like that sort of thing don't have to buy a Wii U. I mean, they've invested more than enough time into the thing.

[TheGameNinja]

Has it even been confirmed to be a new GAMING console? Maybe it just runs a new version of Wii Fit dedicated to itself, so consumers that like that sort of thing don't have to buy a Wii U. I mean, they've invested more than enough time into the thing.

That's what the (?) is for.

[jkid101094]

Well in that case I don't see why everyone is already comparing it to SEGA. They were asstards that kept pumping things out to expand and replace their older consoles. If this is completely separate from the the Wii U all it does is push the Nintendo name into other markets. Can you imagine Nintendo licensed products in your local gym? I'd totally love to see that. Wouldn't use it, though.

[Elija2]

I think what people are worried about is that Nintendo is failing to address the problems that the Wii U and 3DS are facing. Instead they're announcing this totally different thing that nobody knows anything about. That doesn't bode well for their current and future consoles.

[jkid101094]

Right, but this announcement is besides all the things they're trying to do to fix those consoles. They're trying to jump into this new market, yeah, but that's just a side thing.

[Elija2]

Right, but this announcement is besides all the things they're trying to do to fix those consoles. They're trying to jump into this new market, yeah, but that's just a side thing.

But they announced this thing at a business strategy meeting where people were expecting them to address the issues with their consoles. I don't think this is just a "side thing" for them, but at the same time they didn't actually announce anything other than some vague idea of a Nintendo health platform. Nintendo don't know what they're doing.

[jkid101094]

...but they did address the issues with their consoles.
So I don't see the issue.

It isn't like they just walked into the room, announced this and left.

[Hakudamashi]

But they announced this thing at a business strategy meeting where people were expecting them to address the issues with their consoles. I don't think this is just a "side thing" for them, but at the same time they didn't actually announce anything other than some vague idea of a Nintendo health platform. Nintendo don't know what they're doing.

These guys have been in the business for a long time, have a little more faith.