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Reggie Says Wii U Feels “No Pressure” From $399 PlayStation 4

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime doesn’t think there’s any additional pressure on Wii U since Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 will be $399.99. Reggie says it’s just business as usual and Sony and Microsoft are going to do what they’re going to do. He concluded by saying that the main question he asks himself  is how do we satisfy the needs of all of the consumers out there with Nintendo products?

“It puts no pressure on us at all. Sony and Microsoft are going to do what they’re going to do. My bet is that there are going to be more announcements the closer we get to whatever their launch date is.”

“From my perspective, I can’t focus on that. I have to focus on: How do we satisfy the needs of all of the consumers out there with Nintendo products? How do we make sure they understand our proposition? How do we make sure they’re excited about the software that we offer? And from that standpoint we’re going to let our competition do what they’re going to do.”

“I would say the big difference in the Wii launch vs. the Wii U launch is that, at the [Wii] launch we had a fantastic game in Wii Sports that really helped people understand the magic of the Wii Remote, and we had Zelda. We had Zelda there at the launch to satisfy the [core] player and when you look at what we had at the launch for Wii U, yes we had a Mario game–a fantastic Mario game that has a very strong attach rate to the hardware–but there wasn’t as many opportunities for the [core] player to really get behind the system.”

140 thoughts on “Reggie Says Wii U Feels “No Pressure” From $399 PlayStation 4”

        1. i’m straight, but if some dude can meet my needs… whatcha gonna do right? heheh…. no?….. yeah that probably was not.. yeah, bye.

      1. i feel like thrash. i broke up with my girlfriend. are you a man or woman?……. holy shit, i just noticed the word woman is just man with wow in it!. man, wowman. oh man!

    1. NEWS JUST IN!!
      guys Microsoft has just announced that they have reversed all the restrictive policies for the xbox1, lololol used games are now fully playable, and you can buy or sell them, also no mandatory online connection every 24 hrs, offline single player gaming is now allowed, lol
      this is a great day for gamers and consumers, now the greedy ass corporations will know that we as gamers wont take the raping of us and the industry we all love so much laying down and without a fight, obviously the super bad press and the insane amazon pre order differences between PS4 AND XBOX 1 were a wake up call!! bloody right too!!

      am still not getting one, with that god damn kinect mandatory! god damn spy box lolol

          1. Yep just clocked it on N4G. A dev said recently Microsoft did this on purpose to make themselves look like White knights lol.

            On the one hand , I’m extremely happy the collective voice of Gamers has forced Microsoft to do this.

            On the other hand I’m not happy because this means a wave of Positivity for the Xbox one :P and I wanted the WiiU to trample its DRM , Online only ass into the ground.

            But this levels the field. Is it really too much to ask for a normal fucking Games console ? lol. Sheesh…..

            A box , disc and single player comes first. All the multimedia and online aspects come second. Simple.

            1. Keep in mind it is still 500$( 429 euros if you live in the UK) I still don’t have high hopes for it.

      1. Also, how long until Microsoft reverses again. They already tried once, that tells us they really want this bad….. So why not after 30 million users buy a system, reverse course and bam DRM.

      1. ps4 is just an xbox1 in sony clothing… in actuality theres only 2 systems competing… wii u and XboxStation 0ne… even ps4 intèrface works like xbox1…

    1. Indeed. Knack looked like it had PS2 gameplay , Driveclub is just less exciting than GT6 , Forza 5 , Project cars and more. Watchdogs is on current gen and PC etc etc etc.

      That being said , I’m still getting a PS4 on day 1 because the Nerd inside is forcing me. And I don’t want to PC game so I need a powerfull next gen console to go alongside my Wiiu.

        1. Yeh , that could be good. I really didn’t care for the other iterations though. I was a Resistance man when it came to my shooting fix on PS3.

      1. Well if none of those games attract them i can list 3 games right now that will attract people,Kingdom Hearts 3 will attract the kingdom hearts/disney fanboys + Fangirls,same thing goes for Final Fantasy with the final fantasy fandom that was established ever since the NES days,and Diablo III for those addictive PC gamers who play Diablo 3 or any diablo all day and they want to be able to bring it with them since most laptops unless very high tech normally can’t handle Diablo 3,personally the most interesting game to me was Mad Max and i hope it attracts more attention,and 1 last thing i hope they remake Call of Juarez GunSlinger for the U it justs looks fucking amazing.

    2. I love the line up. Already have 5 games pre ordered. Launch window is even better though. NFS Rivals, The Order 1886, Destiny, Massive F2P MMO’s, Hopefully the Division comes soon too.

    1. All they need is GAMES to win the console war. Nintendo is in the best position right now, they will have the most exclusives and the biggest library also they are the cheapest right now. Nintendo has got a pretty big advantage but nobody seems to realize it.

      1. They could have all advantages right now but without proper marketing to let people know, it’s almost all for nothing.

        They need to refocus effort on educating the public about the Wii U, its games, and features through aggressive marketing. That’s an area they are struggling in right now.

        1. It still bugs me that a couple of weeks before the U’s launch, ppl didn’t even know Ninten was getting ready to release the U.

  1. Reggie answered in a polite way at least. I’m glad that he didn’t take any cheap shots at the other consoles. He has the right mentality at this point. You shouldn’t stress over the competition too much and just focus on releasing great games for your consoles. In the end that’s what it all boils down too

    1. Though, in the case of the XBone, there’s nothing Reggie could have said that everyone else hadn’t said already.

  2. the Wii U might not feel pressure but the consumers who are thinking of buying it/already have it do feel pressure

    1. Wii U’s sales will start picking up when Game & Wario hits and will continue through August and the rest of the fall with Super Luigi U, Pikmin 3, Rayman Legends, The Wonderful 101, Just Dance ’14, Wii Party U, Sonic Lost World and Wind Waker HD which will all lead in nicely to the big boys during Holiday season: Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, Watch Dogs, Wii Fit U. They don’t need to feel any pressure. Games sell systems.

      1. I think the sales will pick during the holiday. I don’t think any games released during the summer will be a “console seller.”

      2. You think Game & Wario will actually move consoles? The other games you listed will, Game & Wario though? HAHA No.

  3. Do a Price down on summer !
    DAMN !
    They sell nothing and they say bullshit !!!
    299 for the premium and Ill take one !
    The PS4 is great but no games ! Just generic Shit …

  4. Nice sentiment and all, but can Nintendo seriously just ignore the fact that that the WiiU is pretty likely to look like worse value in comparison when the PS4 hits? They’re not exactly raking in the sales as is, things could well get worse while they bury their heads in the sand.

    They were able to stand alone with the Wii because it offered value and something different; WiiU hasn’t hit that same sweet spot. Time will tell I suppose

      1. Me too, just desperately waiting.
        I swear If I worked for Nintendo it would be great.
        And what if they made a Mega man game in the style of Kid Icarus Uprising?
        Wouldn’t that be cool? Touch for aim and shoot. And all the different weapons in Icarus is the different weapons Mega Man has.

    1. How will the Wii U look like worse value? It will have a bigger library of games and more appealing games when PS4 launches, it will be $50-$100 cheaper when PS4 launches, it will have ironed out all of it’s “new console” flaws, it will have a bigger userbase which will allow for more satisfying online play. The only thing the PS4 will offer over the Wii U at the time of launch will be stronger specs. Nintendo has no reason to worry just yet.

    2. @Anomalous..People seem to forget that the primary reason the Wii U sells are sluggish is due to the lack quality games. Many of the games that were available at launch were available on the other systems. Plus, Wii U didn’t have that killer game. Just imagine if Mario kart was available at launch. Sales would’ve went through the roof. This is the same problem the PS4 and Xbox 1 face. Many of their launch games will be available on their current gen consoles. Games like Battlefield 4 and Assassin’s Creed 4 for instance. Many people (except die hard fans) aren’t going to buy new consoles just so their game can be a little prettier. I think Nintendo will be okay. Plus, I’m pretty sure we’ll have another direct that reveals a surprise or two.

  5. At least he admits that Nintendo doesn’t have a library on the Wii U that satisfies the core Nintendo audience. You have to make the faithful happy so they go out and convert everyone else. Nintendo can turn everything around with a game like Skyladers but with Nintendo characters and better gameplay.

  6. big three are overrated

    Reggie and other guys should feel pressure and they should had worked for to get those multiplats on wii u too. I mean wii u can run those games if developers take their time right? So they should had convinced to them why its worthy to put games like ffxv,kh3 for example to wii u. This is their problem they dont see whats happenin outside of their building and its frustrating for a long time fan. There should be lots of variety of 1st and 3rd party games available on wii u thats the reason why people consider snes as their best console. This and next year are gonna have some great games i know, but we can always demand more if we dont they dont deliver, theres too many “fans” sayin that only 1st party titles are enough and the sad thing is that nintendo actually believes it.

  7. Stop apologising for how much it suck the Wii U launch was and start launching games and make third parties developers make at least game for your console, if exclusives that would be even better.

  8. ps4 has nothing killer right now. Most of games at e3 will be on ps3, and xbox 360. i’m waiting till kingdom hearts comes out.

  9. Wheb new consoles launch the wii u will have dk and mario plus zelda 101 and hopefully not too deep into 2014 smash bros. Those will be hit games.

    1. That will be Mario Kart in early 2014. You’re fooling yourself if you think Smash will come that early.

  10. No pressure? they are probably scared out of there minds! They are looking at a console that may dominate the 8th generation.

  11. Instead of saying “no pressure” he should have said “it’s not our primary focus”, because there DEFINITELY is pressure there.

    So excited for the PS4. :3
    Monthly fees though… >=(

    1. Only if you want to play certain games online. Not all MP games require PS+ and nothing else is blocked without it.

      PS+ is worth it anyway. Even without the online mp requirement for PS4, I would recommend (and have recommended) it to every gamer with a PlayStation (3, Vita, and soon 4).

      1. The instant game collection does look cool, but I’m having issues with memory space on my PS3 and Vita without a massive library of free digital games, and I doubt plus would help matters.

        1. You can always delete stuffs and redownload. Also you can change the hard drive to the bigger hard drive. Only thing that I hate is the Vita. Vita memory are very limited and costly. I assuming they want more net income for buying their brand memory cards only rather than third party products. (I don’t know what they are thinking.)

          1. Yeah, I talked to some Sony personnel about it too. Hopefully they make the changes because that storage problem is a big negative for the Vita right now. It needs cheaper memory cards, larger memory formats, and possible built in storage options.

            I know the PSP had a similar problem near its launch too and Sony eventually let SanDisk create a licensed yet cheaper set of memory cards to work with it. I hope they do the same for the Vita.

      2. Wait do you have a PS4 right now? I saw that you pre-order it but I am not sure you actually play any PS4 games.

  12. For me its allways Wii U first. PS4 for all other games I cant get on Wii U. Like Elder Scrolls Online .. and Dark Souls 2 … etc ..

    1. Try updating you system maybe? i was just on youtube seconds ago. BTW i’m typing this with the Wii U :)

  13. yo guys wiiu is selling worse then gamecube did at this point but NO pressure..

    also games are coming guys just wait… you have paid the premium price and have just been waiting since nov’12…

    pfff..

    1. Actually it’s selling far higher, in fact it’s selling far higher than the PS3 did in its first 6 months

        1. What he means is that you should be posting on food websites. This is a gaming website. By checking this website it seem to me that it is a local restaurant. I think you should be posting in local newspaper or local website actually get consumers there. Majority of us can not afforded to go oversea or even drive there.

          1. Tssk Tssk. She’s not real, she is Iceazeama. i looked back at a few posts and happened to notice it.

      1. Reggie is not delusional , he is just doing his job trying to make everything look right and encourage people to buy a wii u

    1. Xbox One is still the most expensive out of the three, so like the PS3 at launch, it will have a hard time attracting your average consumer over the other two.

            1. People want Microsoft to fail this generation. They want to tech them a lesson, that they should remove that stick from their ass and bow down to the people. People don’t bend over backwards for Microsoft. Microsoft is sooo cocky with their “powerful” system. That is why Microsoft will fail this generation and Nintendo and Sony will be on top. Just think about it. If Sony beats Micro in America! Then Microsoft has no footing in any other country… they are finished. 💋

    1. lol fool it will loop-k obsolete nextvto a wiiu

      DOWS SYNDROME SHOCK CONTROLLER LOL AT EVEN THINKING OF BUYING ONE

      RETARDED LIGHTBULB CONTROLLERS WITH LAPTOP TOUCH PANELS THAT ARE USLESS IN A GAME

  14. really come on!!!!!! please understand, please understand STOP IT!!!!!!!!! my head hurts, everything is spinning from all this bullshit!!!!!! also reggie STFU!!!!!!! anything you say should not be taken seriously!!!!!! if anything you should get your ass fired with iwata!!!!! the ps4 is a better value and thats a fact. unless you make a bundle with mario 3dworld or nsmbu its not a good value!!!!!! bring all your good games over from japan this time and maybe nintendo can atleast have more games if lacking 3rd party, dont leave games that microshit and sony would bring over. isnt it funny how things changed, rareware from being best developer to worst, then nintendo being best publisher to worst.

    1. Nintendo makes the best games so they value them. Apple also charges much more than the competition, why? Because they believe in themselves, I like that attitude. I don´t like Apple products but I like Nintendo, so I´ll buy it whatever price. That´s how it works

        1. No, I spend more money on higher quality products, as we’ll do with everyday basics, clothings, tvs, etc. Regarding videogames I prefer to give my money to Nintendo

  15. LOL SONY FANS LOL

    PC4 THATS WHAT IT IS A PC IS NO MATCH FOR THE ONLY NEXTGEN SYSTEM

    LOL A DUALSHOCK WITH A LAPTOP TOUCHY LAGGY SILLY PANEL TAPED TO IT AND A NIGHT LIGHT FOR THE PLAYSTATION BABYS AND THE SILLY KINECT NONSENSE CAMERA

    LOL ITS A CRAPPERBVERSION OF SIX AXISVFOR GODS SAKE WITHBADDED CAMERA LAG A NEXT GEN SYSTEM IT CLEARLY ISNT

    NO DUALSCREEN NO NEXT GEN

    NO GAMEPADVCAPABILITY NO NEXT GENBITSVJUST SIMPLE TRUTH

    NO GAMES AT E3 GRAPHICALLY BETTER THAN WIIU IT HAS NOTHING GOING FOR IT

    GAMEPAD- PRO PAD – WII REMOTE-WII REMOTE PLUS -NUNCHUCK-CLASSIC PAD PRO-GAMECUBE PAD WITH ADAPTER

    IT IS UNMATCHED TOTALLY UNMATCHED

    DUALSHOCK 4 IS A JOKE

    6AXIS WITH CAMERA LAG

    VS

    9 AXIS WITH 15 X HIGHER RESOLUTION MOTION SENCING AND TOTALLY LAG FREE 1/60 OF A SECOND WIRLESS CONECTION

    1600DEGREES WII MOTION PLUS VS 300 DEGREES SILLY DUALSHOCK 4

    WIIU BLOWS ITS AWAY

    LOL NO BACKWARD COMPATABILITY AND ONE OUT DATED CONTROLLER

    NINTENDOLAND PIKMIN 3 MARIO KART MARIO 3D WORLD FANTASTIC CONTROLLER CHOICE

    NOT LOL NO CHOICE SONY ARE A JOKE PS4 WILL PSVITA EVERYONE KNOWS THAT

      1. NO NEXT GEN GAMER STOP DENYING CONTROLLER EVOLUTION IS PART OF GENERATIONAL EVOLUTION

        I DIDNT SEE YOU TURNING UP YOUR NOSE AT RUMBLE -ANALOG STICKS-DPADS-MOUSE POINTERS -MOTION CONTROLS-SHOULDER BUTTONS

        EVER SINGLE THING IS FROM NINTENDO

        FANBOY NO INFORMED GAMER YES

        ITS NOT FANBOYISM TO STATE FACT IS IT DUALSHOCK4 IS A OBSOLETE CONTROLLER AND ALL NEXT GEN SYSTEMS NOW IF YOU HADNT NOTICED SHIP WITHDUAL SCREENS

        DUAL SCREEN IS NOW A STANDARD FUNCTION OF GAMING DEVICES 3DS WIIU CLEARLY HAVE THIS

        XBONE AND PC4 ARE CLEARLY GENERATIONS BEHIND

        WIIU HAS CAPABILITYS WAY BEYOND XBONE AND PC4

        LOL WII HAVE A CONTROLLER CHOICE AND DUAL SCREENS PIKMIN 3 CANNOT BE DONE ON PC4

        ZOMBI U CANNOTBBE DONE PC4 STANDS IN THE WAY OF GAMING PROGRESSION WIIU EMBRACES IT

        SIMPLY UPING THE GPU AND CPU IS NO LONGER ENOUGH PC4 IS JUST PS3 WITH SIXAXIS AGAIN NOTHING NEW OR NEXT ABOUT IT ITS A PILE OF SHITE

        IMAGINE GAMING BEING DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH WITH GAMEPAD AND WII MOTION PLUS AND MOUSE POINTERS IN MIND

        VASTLY SUPERIOR GAMING

        DUALSHOCK IS HOLDING GAMING BACK COMMONSENSE

  16. you know come to think of it ,the ps4 doesn’t actually do much in terms of innovation its just all this commotion caused by the xbox which has made sony look like a hero. The ps4 basicly is better just in terms of hardware and when all this “next gen” chant is goin around nintendo are the only ones to come out with something different although it has not been a huge success but this could change.

  17. FUCK OFF SONY WITH YOUR

    ONE SINGLE CONTROLLER CHOICE DERP SHOCK 4 MORE LIKE SONY ARE POOR LOL

    DOPEY FUCKING PILE OF CRAP

    AND EYE THINK IM KINECT TOY PLAYSTION ON PLAYSTATION PLAY GAME LOL PILE OF DOG SHIT

    1. I feel like saying this. So why not feed them some more?

      OH MY GOSH PIECE OF S*** 4 TV IS CRAP JUST LIKE X DONE. WHO LEFT PIECE OF CRAP ALL OVER MY DESK? GREAT MY APPLE ROT TO THE CORE. CALL THE AMBULANCE! WII U WII U WII U WII U OH THE SIREN BROKE!

      I gotta love trolls. -_-

  18. wave at the camera sony fans wavey wavey at the silly camera

    lag cam, dualshock,and a psvita no one cares touch panel thats totally stupid and offers nothing to gaming rub your fingers on the silly panel guys rub rub rub a fucking genie might pop out grant you a wish PLEASE MAKE MY KINECT COPY OUTDATED DUALSHOCK CONSOLE NEXT GEN

    LOL DUALSHOCK WITH A LAPTOP LAGGY PANEL SUPER GLUED TO IT

    DEFEND THAT YOUR A CASUAL GAMING JOKER

    1. Wow. I don’t even care about Sony, but your statements are just flatout incorrect. You’re also incredibly stupid. It’s people like you that enforces the Nintendrone stereotype. Hope you know you’re the cancer of the fanbase.

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  20. if next gen is based around dualshock we shall never evolve gaming its the same old shit continued

    if we base next gen gaming around gamepad and wii remote plus THE POSABILITYS ARE ENDLESS

    that is just a obvious fact isnt it that cannot be denied

  21. aiming with massive aim assist and robotic cameras in analog stick fps typical sony and ms bullshit

    nintendo is saving gaming from this backward retarded mentality

    i stopped aiming with analog sticks 7 years ago

    i stopped controlling only one player in my team at a time in pes 7 years ago

    press x gameplay lol dualshock you belong in the past no controller evolution is insulting sony

  22. Well if none of those games attract them i can list 3 games right now that will attract people,Kingdom Hearts 3 will attract the kingdom hearts/disney fanboys + Fangirls,same thing goes for Final Fantasy with the final fantasy fandom that was established ever since the NES days,and Diablo III for those addictive PC gamers who play Diablo 3 or any diablo all day and they want to be able to bring it with them since most laptops unless very high tech normally can’t handle Diablo 3,personally the most interesting game to me was Mad Max and i hope it attracts more attention,and 1 last thing i hope they remake Call of Juarez GunSlinger for the U it justs looks fucking amazing,and for anybody who thinks im a sony Fanboy,ive been a nintendo fanboy until the end of this console gen,then when a friend got a PS3 for himself and i hung out with him so much playing on it i opened up to sony a bit.

    1. I think in the end Nintendo will be the winner. I’m almost certain Sony and Microsoft will leave the market long before Nintendo even thinks about leaving.

    2. haha, I laughed reading all your silly comments, nintendo is on a whim.

      The one thing sony has is stability, and nintendo is practically of the table lol

      xbox will die, along with nintendo. Nintendo need to stick with the handheld market, and I’m glad they are finally looking more at smart phones, your precious nintendo isn’t quiet as good as you think it is hahaha!!!

      1. Sony is on it’s last breth actually. The PS4 better sell as well as Sony hopes, cause they don’t got as much money as Nintendo does in the bank lol! The 3DS and the future success of the Wii U will only add more moniez for Nintendo har har har!!! 💋

        1. If anyone can get to my good side, you can :) I give in, yeah nintendo is great, and Iwata is a mate. Mammajynx is awesome with a good heart ^_^

  23. So why doesn’t Nintendo prepare a Fantastic Zelda game and a Wii Sports title for every launch so people will get the sustem? We could have used the Gamepad to play table tennis, bowl? play baseball, hockey, volleyball, etc. Nintendo should have stuck to what they know to sell Wii U’s. 💋

        1. I wish you did work for nintendo, you would lift miyamoto’s spirits, that’s good for everybody! ^.^

    1. That’s true! They should of been working on Wind Waker HD earlier so that it could be a launch title with NSMBU and Nintendo Land! That would sell consoles I bet!

  24. get a grip sony and ms casual fans

    As a gamer with 2 wii remotes 2 wii remote plus 4 nunchucks a gamepad a pro pad a gold classic pad pro and 2 gamecube pads under my living room tv

    I FIND DUALSHOCK 4 AND A DIVVYS CAMERA A FUCKING INSULT TO CORE GAMING

  25. The Wii U will be the best console to get at the time the other consoles release! A lot of great games will be out on Wii U when PS4 launch games aren’t that great. Well at least that’s what I think.

  26. get a grip sony and ms casual fans

    Loving the controllers dumb shit light bulb and that dumb shit per of robots eyes watching the living room JOKE CONSOLE

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