What nintendo consoles did not sell well and why?
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5000 pts ★ NoviceOn 2024-03-09 at 19:37:54
I already know one! The wii u
Why? It already had Wii in it's name and people just thought it was a second wii. And the advertisements were trash
Why? It already had Wii in it's name and people just thought it was a second wii. And the advertisements were trash
On 2024-03-09 at 19:46:30
the Virtual Boy was the first console to display stereoscopic "3D" graphics whose games present “a parallax effect to create the illusion of depth.” It only had a black-red palate to reduce the cost and it had caused some headachesOn 2024-03-09 at 19:49:51
Moi ! Je pense plus à la console ultra 64,
Car c’était la mère du N64,
et c’était le prototype du N64,
si vous voulez plus d’imformation :
N64
Car c’était la mère du N64,
et c’était le prototype du N64,
si vous voulez plus d’imformation :
N64
On 2024-03-09 at 23:30:31
The biggest Nintendo Failure is obviously the Virtual Boy. Do I really need to explain?
The Wii U is also considered to be a failure though the failure isn't as nearly as bad as the virtual boy.
The Wii U is also considered to be a failure though the failure isn't as nearly as bad as the virtual boy.
On 2024-03-09 at 23:46:23
There are 4 "failures".
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
On 2024-03-11 at 14:11:28
There are 4 "failures".
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
I think the Wii was a great console! many millions of units were sold!
On 2024-03-11 at 14:12:25
I think the NES failed. It was a good console but there were better consoles out there.
On 2024-03-11 at 14:18:05
There are 4 "failures".
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
Don't Talk bad about My Baby the GameCube! I was not a Failure. It had a Ton of Good Games and Accessories.
1On 2024-03-11 at 15:13:44
There are 4 "failures".
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
I think the Wii was a great console! many millions of units were sold!
In the first couple years, yes. But then it dropped off really hard after 2008. It was also mostly an American fad, it never took off in Japan, Wii Sports has only sold 12 million over there. You can look this stuff up.
The 1st party games were pretty good, but 3rd party makes or breaks consoles, & historically speaking, Nintendo had never done well with that, at least until the Switch.
On 2024-03-11 at 15:18:08
There are 4 "failures".
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.
2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.
3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need to talk about this.
4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.
5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.
So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.
Don't Talk bad about My Baby the GameCube! I was not a Failure. It had a Ton of Good Games and Accessories.
Echoing the same response I gave earlier. The games were great, there's a reason it's library is considered top 3 as far as Nintendo goes. But with only 22 Million sold....yeah no, it definitively bombed.
It's all about that 3rd party support. If it's too tedious for other developers to make games for your console, then 9/10 says they aren't going to do it, unless it's guaranteed to make bank and alleviate any costs. Even the 1st party games weren't doing so hot. They are some of the best games of all time, but there's a reason that we haven't gotten a new 3D F-ZERO or new traditional Paper Mario. Because nobody was buying them.
And it's perfectly okay to like products that bombed & admit that they bombed.
Also that shit came out before you, I don't wanna hear it, that shit is not your baby.
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