Nintendo Cuts Sales Projections as Wii U Fails: How to Fix Nintendo | CCS Video Podcast In mid-January of 2014 Nintendo made headlines by cutting their sales projections for the Nintendo Wii U. Nintendo cuts sales projections from 9 million Wii U units to almost 2.8 million, a 70% cut. Without admitting as such, Nintendo has at least acknowledged that their touch-screen hand held device has officially failed. The backlash of the announcement was a 20% drop in Nintendo's stock, game developers questioning investing time and money into Wii U games, and becoming the subject for a new Cheshire Cat Studios Video Podcast! What originated as an After Hours discussion between LaughingMan, CineMax and Inverted-Mind regarding the Nintendo Wii U's failure was deemed too good not to make it a full video podcast. While the members of the CCS Video Podcast have covered Nintendo's obliviousness and idiotic decision-making in the past, we've never pledged our allegiance to any hunk of plastic. While we all have some level of fondness for Nintendo, we refrain from divisive tribalism and prefer to look at the situations objectively. We have been simply offering our insights on the issues of why the motion controller craze was a passing fad, and why Nintendo's sheer lack of quality titles has been self-destructive. With that being said, could the Nintendo Wii U have been salvaged into a feasible console for gamers? With the rumors of a new Nintendo console just over the horizon, is the Wii U a fault of the hardware specs? Does the lack of release dates for big name titles like Super Smash Bros, Hyrule Warriors, and Bayonetta 2 contribute to the problem? Find out in our latest episode! Website: http://cheshirecatstudios.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/cheshirecatstudio Twitter: http://twitter.com/cheshirecatstud Tumblr: http://cheshirecatstudios.tumblr.com/ InvertedMind's DA Page: http://invertedmind-inc.deviantart.com Transcript: LaughingMan: So, back on January 18th, Inverted-Mind, CineMax and I were going to record an audio-only After Hours episode about our good old friend Nintendo slashing their sales projections for the Wii U to a third of the original estimates. 9 million units to 2.8 million ... And the slip in stock market that happened immediately afterwards. But the recording was too good not to make it a full video podcast! May sound like old news, but Nintendo's stock is still down 20% since the news of the lowered sales projections broke about a month ago. And we want to know: Is there more to the story than Nintendo's terrible sales projection? They said, what, they were going to sell 9 million Nintendo Wii U units? CineMax: Uh-huh. LaughingMan: And now Nintendo's sales projection is about 2.8 million. CineMax: Wow. LaughingMan: Nintendo's totally axed their sales projection. I mean, what in the hell is going wrong? CineMax: And I think it's important to bring up the fact that yes, we've made several controversial videos regarding Nintendo's most recent malpractices in the past, so before all of you wonderful children of the Internet put this youtube video on pause, scroll down, and write all sorts of fallible comments accusing us of being Nintendo haters or PC fanboys, let's make one thing clear: We've never sworn allegiance to any hunk of plastic. LaughingMan: Goddamn right! CineMax: Forget about the console wars. We have absolutely no horse in this race, we're trying to remain impartial. We admit that all three consoles have flaws; however, it does seem like Nintendo is the most likeliest one to go under. LaughingMan: We're not game review sites, we're not getting paid to like something! Reference to the Gamespot Kane and Lynch advertisement controversy. Everyone: LOL. Inverted-Mind: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Cha-ching! This is the worst game ever, but I'm going to give it a ten! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's high critic metacritic ratings and low user ratings. LaughingMan: It's 'cos they're paying for our ads! *Laughs* Here comes Nintendo with a wheelbarrow full of money. Oh! Suddenly our opinion on the Nintendo Wii U has totally changed! CineMax: Get yourself a brand new Nintendo Wii U today! LaughingMan: Yes! Endorsed by the CCS Video Podcast. In fact, we're going to start printing off custom Nintendo Wii U cases! CineMax: To be fair, that's only going to devalue the Nintendo Wii U even more. LaughingMan: LOL. --- LaughingMan: So, here's the question, you guys. we keep on lambasting Nintendo for obviously bone-headed moves. I mean, you just have to back and watch some of our previous content to see that not only do we have an affinity, we do like Nintendo. We don't endorse it, but we do like it. But they're doing such stupid shit. Now! There's a couple of things Nintendo can do to remedy this. What do you guys think? RESUSCITATE AND UTILIZE PAST AND POPULAR FRANCHISES

• published: 23 Feb 2014
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