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Miyamoto Discusses Wii U Performance: "I’m Not At A Point Where I’m Concerned Yet”

Posted on Tuesday, March 12 @ 10:49:09 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto recently spoke with the NY Times, providing his thoughts on online-connected game experiences, as well as the future of the Wii U.

“For a long time at Nintendo we didn’t focus as much on online play because for many years doing so would have limited the size of the audience that could enjoy those features," Miyamoto told the outlet. "But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.”

With regards to the Wii U's rather underwhelming start, Mr. Miyamoto went on to say, “We really view it as being the ideal device that families are going to want to have connected to that screen in the living room that everyone is going to gather around and watch. Certainly in the short term I would want to see it performing with probably a little more momentum. I think in the long term I’m not at a point where I’m concerned yet.”

Do you think Nintendo should be "concerned yet" about the Wii U? Let us know in the comments below.

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Comments
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 10:55 am
    Look at that face. He's bluffin'.
    0 4
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 11:32 am
    He'll be worrying when PS4 and SexBoxOver9000 (new rumored name btw from anonymous source) hit the shelves and nobody plays the PiiU anymore.
    2 3
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 11:48 am
    Are you 10 years old?
    7 4
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
    12 actually
    0 3
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
    That's racist!
    0 0
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 8:31 pm
    Tell you what. I'll stop calling it the PiiU when it does something that doesn't repulse me. Or when it has one game I actually want to play.
    1 2
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 12:21 pm
    "But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.” Welcome to 1996, Miyamoto!
    0 6
  • uptown710
    uptown710
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 1:01 pm
    Lol leave em alone. There's just Something whimsical and trusting about Miyamoto... But those are usually the ones who commit sex crimes...
    0 1
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 2:02 pm
    I'm not going uptown with you if I'm hitch hiking!
    0 0
  • uptown710
    uptown710
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
    Why? D:
    0 0
  • Barth_Vader
    Barth_Vader
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
    wait so the guy that works for nintendo is defending nintendo's newest console even when it's an outdated piece of trash with poor developer support and poor sales?
    0 2
  • uptown710
    uptown710
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
    He's being as honest as a major stockholder can be I'm guessing.
    0 1
  • LeeScratchFTW
    LeeScratchFTW
    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 3:35 pm
    I remember arguments against the wii's graphical capabilities and gimmicks when it launched back in the day, similar to what the wiiU is receiving now. People are forgetting the power of the casual market no matter how popular smartphones may be, kids will always want a new console under the tree
    1 1
  • LeeScratchFTW
    LeeScratchFTW
    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 3:35 pm
    I remember arguments against the wii's graphical capabilities and gimmicks when it launched back in the day, similar to what the wiiU is receiving now. People are forgetting the power of the casual market no matter how popular smartphones may be, kids will always want a new console under the tree
    1 1
  • uptown710
    uptown710
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
    Yea but the wii capitalized on being one of the first motion senor-centric systems. That was the big draw that pulled in the casual crowd. The wiiU gimmick(the tablet), isn't a big pull, the causal crowd is busy on their cells, tablets, etc, and the hardcore crowd Nintendo is trying to regain doesn't care.
    0 2
  • Stealth_
    Stealth_
    Joined: Mar 2013
    Posted: Mar 13th, 2013 at 5:47 am
    People were concerned with 3ds, look how that turned out.

    Wii u will be more than fine.

    Hell the 360 and ps3 started worse, the snes started worse, the ps2 and ps1 started worse.
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