Is Nintendo Restructuring Their Strategy For Wii U?
Nintendo Wii U is Nintendo's upcoming gaming console which is also a successor of Nintendo Wii. This Kizi Games console is set to launch next season probably around April. All this while, including during E3 Expo last June in 2010, it seems that Nintendo's selling points for Wii U is its controller. Wii U promised High Definition visuals that is certainly anticipated to exceed those of Sony's PS3 along with Microsoft's Xbox 360. However, now that Sony has announced that their upcoming Playstation Vita (PS Vita) is likewise able to be used as a controller for PS3, it would appear that Nintendo Wii U seems to have its direct competitor could launched. Since Sony has also been presenting the superiority of the visuals and graphics of PS Vita, it appears like Nintendo needs to rethink their strategy. After all, it's a bad idea just to focus on a console's controller, like what Nintando is doing to date because of its upcoming Wii U. Now that the tiny, sleek, and powerful PS Vita can also be used like a controller for PS3, not forgetting additionally, it may play PS3 games out and about, what's going to Nintendo's next strategy be?First, Nintendo pulled Wii U from the display of your game trade event, the GamesCom 2011, that's likely to take place in Cologne, Germany from August 17 to August 21, 2011. This is among the largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games, and Nintendo chose to display. Sure there is a thing Nintendo is planning? Restructuring their plans for Wii U maybe? Maybe Nintendo remarked that they must take a step for Wii U 'now', as opposed to later, ahead of the console winds up like Nintendo's 3DS. Nintendo has recently cut the cost of 3DS to acquire more sales. The 3DS's sales just weren't like how Nintendo had likely to see, and after this they cut the price by 40% in order to avoid generating losses. Now, what's going to happen to Wii U? Will a similar thing get lucky and this upcoming console?Furthermore, it is often known seeing that Nintendo are targeting hardcore gamers with the upcoming Wii U, in contrast to casual gamers, that are Nintendo Wii's subscriber base. Is this a gamble move that will cost Nintendo not just their existing customers (of Wii, which is 'casual' gamers) but in addition losing their targeted customers, which can be hardcore gamers too?