Nintendo’s Business Development Manager, Dan Adelman, admits that the company has a habit of doing their own thing, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. However, he is extremely confident that sales of the Wii U will improve given the steady number of high-profile first party titles coming to the platform in the coming months.
“We often don’t compare ourselves to other consoles. We have a history of doing our own thing, for better or for worse,” he says. “We’ve had quite a bit of success not necessarily following the competition – for example, last generation with Wii, everyone was thinking it’s all about graphics horsepower and CPU horsepower and high-end graphics and shaders, and I think the Wii successfully demonstrated that no, it’s really all about gameplay and what kinds of new types of gameplay can you create, what new experiences can you create. Beauty fades.”
“I think we’d all like to see our install base grow a little bit faster, and I think we’ll see that when our holiday lineup comes up. I think a lot of developers are waiting on that. But so far, among the existing install base, purchases are pretty healthy and demand is pretty healthy, in that install base community.”
Thanks, Nick
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Your first erection?
He just have a crush on somebody. That is normal and just leave him alone. :P
…Miserable idiot…
…Atleast i can laugh today…
Uhh Yoohoo! Dont mayk fun of my litle Banny!
Brace yourselves, Ben is coming
Sometime doing our own things is the best way. After all your way is the best way to quit smoking. :P
BEN SANDERS, I AM SUMMONING THOU!!
NOOOOOOOO!!!! DON’T SUMMON THAT LITTLE SHIT
…You mock me for typing in a certain manner…But you do so as pleased… hypocrite…
Just ignore him. Let talk about Nintendo shall we? ;D
…All he did is tell me to kill myself…
That is very harsh. I can understand that. He is a troll trying to bait people in and trying to cause trouble. Just keep on living or you be missing much! ;)
…seriously?
….Yes
Did I hurt you? and no Gravy I’m not a troll
…Fuck You.
I got pissed off by the way you were typing.
Either way, I feel no empathy for you.
Please, don’t do this guys.
…You typed in the same manner as I…
That was once. Please forgive me.
I didn’t mean what I said before I was just typing something. Oh and I checked your blog, you are pretty good looking!
I think you mean hot. :P
…You don’t know how it feels to be told to die everywhere you go…
Well I am sorry for calling you a troll.
It’s a shame that they limited the Wii’s hardware. Now Nintendo has to learn how to optimize HD games for the Wii U and look at what’s happening now. A huge Wii U drought.
Excellent statement by High Commander Adelman!
Now the rise of the Wii U can begin!
If everyone understand him. Sorry if I bust your bubble.
What’s a bubble?…
It is just a saying like “I don’t want to prove you wrong or hurt you” kinda things.
I agree what he is saying but not the majority will though.
Nintendo to microsoft: You merely adopted gaming. I was born in it, molded by it. *breaks xbox one* XD
Nice one! :D
I love your tone my fellow Nintendo Drone…
*Gives the medal of loyalty* for an excellent description…
Thank you for a medal! :D
Sorry for the confusion but it was for Chris…
But here is yours!
*Gives medal*
Oops. So this is for Chris. *Gives medal back* Sorry about that.
I like how you never break character lol.
If I ever did that, it would as if I left luck to heaven…
Wait? Are you that guy kept saying “leave luck to heaven”? I miss that guy! He is one of the reason I went on this site. :D
Sorry to burst your “bubble” but I am not him…
However I do know of whom you speak of…
But fortunately I’m your new reason, that’s an order…
Order accepted! I will not fail you! I will go on conquest and take over the world and everyone must believe us! Mwhahahaha! Oh wait, we are not zealot. Nevermind then.
Donzaloog was his nickname, or something like that. Great guy. :p
Indeed, who can ever forget that fake Arnold Conando gravatar…
Nintendo Commander you did it again :). That was on point like a Isaac newton era fountain pen.
We shall rise even higher than he did…
Something completely offtopic incoming… Cloudberry Kingdom has been released!
Well spoken. This is a truth that is in short supply today. People that think for themselves.
The nintendo guy is right about the big n historically dancing to their own tune thing. This is the first time i’ve ever seen a company like nintendo go out of it’s way to sell their competitions past and future hardware.
This is the reason why i like Nintendo. Doing own thing and not being follower. Now bring DKCTF,M3DW and SLW all 3 kings of platformin only on Nintendo.
Destiny, that awesome game that is coming to the WiiU in 2014 is actually what Halo should have been had it released on the PS2, GameCube and xbox original. So xbox lost the most important developers and still tried to pull a DRM move? LOL. Microsoft never seizes to amaze me.
I don’t think Destiny has been confirmed for the Wii U. There’s rumors and speculation, but no confirmation that I’m aware of……
Having said that, though, I wouldn’t mind seeing it come to the Wii U.
Think about it how much more bigger thing Destiny can be than Halo. If they have WiiU version it would be cool to play it with wii mote, the way fps games are best played.
This is great for some things but not so great for others. Sometimes Nintendo really needs to just take action and “go for it” and stop giving excuses.
For Worse
I love Nintendo’s philosophy, but Mr. Adelman is making a very stupid statement in saying that the Wii proved anything more than the existence of an enormous casual demographic.
Yes, if I ignore all the replies and only read the article there is actually a positive ring to this post!
and that’s why the Wii sold 100 million units.
I like the strategy of doing your own thing and not trying to copy or be better than everyone else with the most powerful tech and other features. As long as the business stays in business, that’s all that matters, whether you are famous or not. I would rather sell my products and stay in business, than to try and be better than everyone else. Do your best, yes, but you don’t have to act like you are the best company out there and have console wars.
well doing your own thing can have severe consequences sometimes. so you have to plan ahead in case shit happens.