While Sony and Nintendo have increased their lead over Xbox, the console has a dark horse. very strong indicator in third place in November. The Nex Playground was a huge hit, and CEO David Lee believes one of the reasons for its success is that the console solved the Wii's “problem.”
Nearly two decades ago, the Wii sparked Nintendo's post-GameCube comeback with motion controls and unique games. Lee argues that the scale of the Wii's success has made it difficult to sustain in the long term. Instead of trying to sell games like the Wii, Nex Playground offers its games as part of a subscription.
“One of the most important things we have to do is learn from history and try not to impose the same restrictions, and that's why we have a subscription model,” Lee said. Gaming business. “Nintendo expanded its audience with the Wii. When you expand your audience and they want different things, they only buy Wii Fit, Wii Sports and not many others… it's a bit of a problem.”
In his subsequent remarks, Lee was very complimentary of Nintendo, but added that the Wii's model of selling only a few games to certain members of its install base was “unsustainable.”
“It is important that we remain committed to continually serving our customers with new innovations,” Lee added. “So the whole system can withstand. But it all started with the Wii. We stand on the shoulder of a giant.”
Nex Playground reportedly accounted for 14% of all console sales on Black Friday, ahead of the Xbox family of systems.
