Until now, there has been talk of the influence that video games for mobile platforms could have on portable consoles. The possibility of playing a multitude of titles (with increasing quality) on smartphones and tablets frontally with the aim of consoles such as Nintendo 3DS or PlayStation Vita. But it has been the Japanese company, through the creator Shigeru Miyamoto, which has pointed out another effect, in this case of the growth in the popularity of tablets, and is that according to account, the Wii U desktop console has been seriously damaged.
Nintendo's latest desktop console has not met expectations, and despite being released long before PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, was soon surpassed by these in number of units sold. In the last year, Wii U has managed to go back a bit thanks to a catalog that has included titles such as Bayonetta 2 or Mario Kart 8, but it is a bit late, its cycle is close to closing, the company itself has confirmed that they are working on Nintendo NX.
Now, Shigeru Miyamoto, has explained during an interview that the problems of Wii U have gone beyond the competition with Sony and Microsoft: “I think unfortunately what ended up happening was that tablets appeared on the market and evolved very, very quickly, and Wii U was released at a time when the uniqueness of its features was not as marked as they were when we first started. to develop them ".
The Wii U remote in tablet form, It went from being something new when the project was conceived to being something of the most normal for users on the date of launch, that is true, but to what extent can Miyamoto be right? After all, a tablet is useless to run the games that make up the Wii U catalog, its true differential factor. If you want to play the mythical Nintendo sagas such as Mario or Zelda, among many others, you need a Wii U. This has been the pillar on which they have relied to maintain their position against rival consoles, much more powerful in terms of hardware.
Miyamoto himself admits shortly after that the price It could have been another factor that has harmed Wii U and that is that the console was more expensive than what many were willing to pay to play those Nintendo games. “What I think is special about Nintendo is that we constantly try to do different things. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't get the success we'd like », points in reference to NX, the next generation of your desktop console about which we know little to this day, "After Wii U, we are hopeful that the next one will be a great success".
Nintendo's introduction to mobile platforms
Although it has not made reference to it, it is possible that this coup has pushed Nintendo to bet for the first time on the mobile games. If the growth of tablets has managed to weigh down the trajectory of a console like Wii U, why not give it a try? For this they have put in front Satoru Iwata, responsible for the Mario Kart saga to which we referred a few lines back. An important name within the company to carry out a project with which they say they are totally committed.
But as they already explained, the titles that will be released for smartphones and tablets will be original, In other words, it will not be about 'ports' of games that already exist for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U. This decision is surely made based on do not repeat what has happened with the current generation of your console. Many expected to see the most famous plumber in video games on their mobile or tablet, but that would put a good part of the sales of Nintendo NX at risk. Games for Android, iOS and Windows yes, but in a separate way.
Vía: Ubergizmo