Reggie says Wii U got positive reaction

[CM30]

In his own words:

Reaction has been very positive, not only to the journalist side. We have spent time with the analysts, the publishers. I make it a point whenever I have a break just to walk the floor and the reaction is extremely strong [among the show attendees]. People are excited, people are waiting to get their hands on it, people are getting into line twice and that’s true whether it’s for Wii U or for Nintendo 3DS as we have had lines back up. So the reaction has been very strong

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Eh... not sure about that sir. While on the one hand many of the people who've tried it at E3 said it was pretty good, there are definitely quite a few skeptics and haters already.

Some people don't even know it's a new console and think it's just a fancy new Wii controller. Might need to do something about that. Others don't like the concept in general.

The bit about analysts is hilarious though, simply because it shows how truly incompetent (or perhaps psychic, if the Wii U is a success) many of them are. So a five percent drop in Nintendo stock prices is considered a good thing to industry analysts, and an indication of an entirely positive reaction?

I'd just say he should be a bit more cautious about this, especially as E3 isn't reprensentative of the general public (especially after it's quite recent changes in who can attend), and that the long lines of enthusiasts are just that, lines of people who who are by default technology fans. Nothing wrong with that, just keep in mind that the people who attend E3 are closer to us 'hardcore' gamers than the general public, and people who as a result, are willing to try out new technology based on it being 'new' and 'innovative'. They're definitely not the expanded audience the Wii appealed to, all the older people like mums and dads, those in retirement homes and people who play games for short periods of time only, people who want gaming to fit in their life rather than re order their lives around video games.

Anyone agree? Heck, anyone agree with Reggie Fils-Aime here?

 

[NintenDan]

I trust what Reggie says. He is a pretty reasonable man from what I can tell, so if anything, he's probably just a bit excited about it all.

But yeah, the whole stocks thing dropping five percent is meh. If it was 25 or 50 percent, then I'd be getting worried. Things fluctuate all the time, anyway. And actually, the Wii U doesn't seem that intimidating to me. Just so long as it shows intelligence to some degree (and doesn't make you have to press all these buttons to access basic options), it should be easily accepted into many households.

 

[Arpegius]

I agree with Reggie about the attendees giving the Wii U positive reviews. Nintendo gets my thumbs up with the new controller and especially the Zelda concept, that was glorious. Now the lining up twice part I laughed because maybe for V.I.P's it was easy but it took me 2 hours, almost 3 in line just to try out the demos displayed for the Wii U, which were beautiful in high definition by the way. No more 480 p/i pixelization on our tv's!

Besides, it will probably be during the Tokyo Game Show when we get more info on the console itself. E3 was more of the coming out party.

 

[kunino-sagiri]

From what I've read, everyone who has seen the Wii U in action first-hand has been very impressed. All the 'sceptics and haters', as you call them, are simply the people who do not actually have any first-hand experience with the console. They've just looked at it and arbitrarily decided that it's no good. Basically, 98% of the 'hate' is caused by simple ignorance.

 

[Odin]

Fan boys are gonna hate no matter how good a product is. For so many people if it's not runnin the latest Call of Duty it's garbage. If you read a lot of sites that review games the wii typically gets a lot of hate. Most wii games seem to be condemed before there ever released. My friends all say nintendo is garbage and has never been in the race for the best console. The fact is that those reviewers and journalist who diss the Wii all the time are the same people at E3. If i'm not mistaken i believe Wii has sold the most units. Almost every household i've been into usually has an xbox but, they still have that old dusty wii in the corner. Which means they still bought it and not a ps3 or vice versa.

All i'm sayin is since Nintendo has been dubbed the baby system and not hardcore like a system with a real call of duty it's most likely going to get a bad rap out of the gate. Personally i need a new wii and would probably ditch my xbox to get one. I've been on both sides of the spectrum. I've even played COD Black Ops tournaments. One at gamestop and one at a convention. I had a 2nd and 3rd place ranking but i still don't see what makes it "hardcore" over anything else. I don't feel very hardcore with all the 8yr olds i hear saying "guys i'm going to hide in the back and snipe." and they go 0kills and 20 deaths in the match. I dunno maybe i'm just gettin old and the old days of just playing a relaxing game for fun is appealing to me, so i'm comin back to nintendo.

 

[Super Leaf]

Fan boys are gonna hate no matter how good a product is. For so many people if it's not runnin the latest Call of Duty it's garbage. If you read a lot of sites that review games the wii typically gets a lot of hate. Most wii games seem to be condemed before there ever released. My friends all say nintendo is garbage and has never been in the race for the best console. The fact is that those reviewers and journalist who diss the Wii all the time are the same people at E3. If i'm not mistaken i believe Wii has sold the most units. Almost every household i've been into usually has an xbox but, they still have that old dusty wii in the corner. Which means they still bought it and not a ps3 or vice versa.

All i'm sayin is since Nintendo has been dubbed the baby system and not hardcore like a system with a real call of duty it's most likely going to get a bad rap out of the gate. Personally i need a new wii and would probably ditch my xbox to get one. I've been on both sides of the spectrum. I've even played COD Black Ops tournaments. One at gamestop and one at a convention. I had a 2nd and 3rd place ranking but i still don't see what makes it "hardcore" over anything else. I don't feel very hardcore with all the 8yr olds i hear saying "guys i'm going to hide in the back and snipe." and they go 0kills and 20 deaths in the match. I dunno maybe i'm just gettin old and the old days of just playing a relaxing game for fun is appealing to me, so i'm comin back to nintendo.

I think its interesting to hear someone on both sides.Personally,I hate FPSs but it doesnt mean they're garbage.Even stuff I think is completely moronic,like the psp, isnt a horrible console to some people.I wish the PS and XBOX would just stay with the "hardcore gamers" and Nintendo would stay with their fans.

 

[kunino-sagiri]

The irony with this is is that by the general consensus of what being a 'hardcore' gamer means (there is no set definition), most Call of Duty fanboys are actually casual gamers, in that they only play and take interest in one or two series of the same genre.
Generally, a hardcore gamer is considered one who takes in interest in many and varied types of games, takes an interest in gaming news and the industry in general, and is not afraid to try new and niche games.

 

[Floof5467]

The odd is that you said this

Fan boys

Then this

If you read a lot of sites that review games the wii typically gets a lot of hate. Most wii games seem to be condemed before there ever released.

Because those Fan boys say the exact same thing about X-Box and PS3's. I have subscriptions to a couple of gaming magazines and you wouldn't believe the amount of letters they get saying "THE X-BOX IS GETTING POOR REVIEWS" or "THE WII ISN'T GETTING GOOD ENOUGH REVIEWS". It's absolutely absurd. Almost all of the games on the Wii developed by Nintendo themselves got perfect scores on ALL review sites. Even SMG2 which to me wasn't fun at all. Also this belief that all fans of other consoles besides Wii think their hardcore gamers was developed by Nintendo fans themselves. Stop spreading it around even more so, it dosen't make the Nintendo fan base look very good at all.

On a side note. I do believe it got positive reactions, however it certainly didn't from me. Nintendo better make some really good games for this because I don't really like the console itself.

 

[kunino-sagiri]

On a side note. I do believe it got positive reactions, however it certainly didn't from me. Nintendo better make some really good games for this because I don't really like the console itself.

Good. I always think that it is absurd to make your decision based on the console itself. You should never have any allegiances to a console, just the games on it.

 

[NintenDan]

On a side note. I do believe it got positive reactions, however it certainly didn't from me. Nintendo better make some really good games for this because I don't really like the console itself.

Good. I always think that it is absurd to make your decision based on the console itself. You should never have any allegiances to a console, just the games on it.

Well I'm just proud at the fact Floof agreed it got a positive reaction, even though he doesn't like. Very adorable and good.

 

[SuperMarioFanX100]

Of course Reggie says that, he should. The people who played it seemed to enjoy it, and the majority of people who hate it, haven't even touched it.