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Nintendo says this is the reason its last console was a retail...

2015-06-29 09:23:05| Electronics - Topix.net

The Wii U simply isn't competitive with the likes of Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4. Despite the Wii U launching a full year ahead of competition from Microsoft and Sony, Wii U sales lag far behind those of its competitors: the Wii U has sold around 7.5 million units worldwide, while the PlayStation 4 topped 20 million this past February, and the Xbox One is somewhere north of 10 million units as of last holiday. Nintendo's chocked up the failure of the Wii U to a handful of factors across the past few years, but has largely settled on one reason: a poor job explaining what the Wii U is and why you should buy it.

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Nintendo Quiet on NX Console Over Worries of Competitors Taking Ideas

2015-06-27 05:39:39| Electronics - Topix.net

Nintendo won't discuss its next-generation hardware codenamed NX yet as it believes competitors may jump on its ideas and it'll also dilute the surprise for fans, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said during a shareholders meeting today "We can't talk about the NX. If we do, competitors may take our ideas and customers won't be surprised," Iwata said in response to an investor who was worried about the split between the NX and Wii U, according to Twitter user NStyles .

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