Here’s a little something missed from Friday. The Wall Street Journal posted an installment of The Big Interview in which they spoke to everybody’s favorite, Reggie Fils-Aime. In the long, 20 minute, soft-spoken interview, they pulled up some key topics about the Wii U and 3DS and how Nintendo is reacting to their record stock drop.
In short, they aren’t, not conventionally anyway. Reggie stated that their drop in shares could be due to disappointment that Nintendo was not yet ready at E3 to talk price or date for the Wii U. When asked if the possible price of the console and complexity of the controller could impact Nintendo, Reggie cited the usual story. One, is that they will size up the value and customer experience to determine price as they did the Wii and second, that E3 showed that users can easily pick up and play the new tablet as easy as they did the Wiimote. From what I pulled from the interview, they plan to let the console speak for itself.
While Reggie gave the old song and dance, he also addressed the sluggish 3DS launch. Though not much compared to the Wii U talk, Reggie did say that the eShop has had over a million transactions so far and that the 3DS is in an upswing. They are confident that the current trends will reverse soon.
It’s obvious that Nintendo won’t budge on the Wii U issues and specifics until they’re ready. I think Nintendo has the right stuff, and the Wii U certainly has the potential, but they still have a lot to prove to those on the fence.
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Posted by: Vincent
Posted on: June 19, 2011
Vincent is a writer here at The Daily DL. Long devoted to gaming since childhood, he always tries to stay informed on the latest in the gaming industry. He has spent years playing games and learning how they are made. 
well what i mean is the COD/FPS fanboys idk from what people have been talking in chat rooms they are like “why do i need the screen” i wont get it because i’m a Sony fanboy but if it wasn’t for that i would get it to see what they could do with it.
The 3DS wasn’t advertised at all from what I have seen. I have never seen a single 3ds commercial on TV. When the wii came out every commercial break there was a commercial with the 2 guys going to a house and saying “wii would like to play.” Where Im at nobody even knew what a 3DS was except for hardcore gamers who follow e3 or a gaming site. Also it has way to few games.
I guess you can call me hardcore. I’m just a gamer that likes games. I own pretty much every console. So if wii u is where I can experience new nintendo games, I’ll probably get it at launch.
myself i dont think the Wii U will do good with hardcore gamers.