The Inside Story on the Making of Nintendo’s Wii U Judging by the lines at Nintendo’s E3 booth, Nintendo’s Wii U is a hit, but the system could have been a lot different if Nintendo had listened to its inner demons.  Global President Satoru Iwata says the idea of a two-screen, video game system was something the company went back and forth on—and didn’t finalize until nearly a year and a half into the development process. Work on the Wii U began in 2008—one year after the Wii hit retail shelves and began to take over the videogame industry. But there was much internal debate before the schematics were finalized. Full Story See Complete Coverage on E3 Photo: Nintendo
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The Inside Story on the Making of Nintendo’s Wii U

Judging by the lines at Nintendo’s E3 booth, Nintendo’s Wii U is a hit, but the system could have been a lot different if Nintendo had listened to its inner demons.  Global President Satoru Iwata says the idea of a two-screen, video game system was something the company went back and forth on—and didn’t finalize until nearly a year and a half into the development process.

Work on the Wii U began in 2008—one year after the Wii hit retail shelves and began to take over the videogame industry. But there was much internal debate before the schematics were finalized.

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Source: cnbc.com

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  1. plsburydoughboy reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    I think the system was terribly misrepresented in E3 in general. That Nintendo just had so much going on was to blame,...
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  5. flufflogic reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    Having followed all of E3: No. The problem Nintendo have is they have many, many issues. It’s going to cost, a lot. Even...
  6. recursiveselfimprovement reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    If there’s an audience, this motherfucker will sell like crazy. The Wii U definitely is a hardcore console again, as...
  7. autisticpsycho reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    CNBC, doing a story on video games? lolwut. Also, my phone just auto-corrected CNBC to XBOX.
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  11. shortformblog reblogged this from cnbc and added:
    Hardcore gamers tend not to like gimmicky approaches like the original Wii or the Wii U, especially when the entire...
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