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Creator of both God of War and Twisted Metal, David Jaffe, struck a bad note in a song that’s been wavy at best concerning Nintendo’s Wii U console, saying the new hardware will only garner half the popularity its older sibling, Wii had.
That’s what the man told GamingUnion in a recent interview, finally lending his voice and sharing his thoughts on the revolutionary piece of tech.
“I don’t think it will do anywhere near as well as the Wii did,” Jaffe said.
“I think there’s a large enough percentage of people who bought the Wii as something other than a gaming device, and turned it into the fad that it was.
Most of that percentage is going to go away now. I don’t think enough of them have become ‘gamers’. They tried [the Wii], now they’re onto something like free-to-play MMOs and then they’ll move onto something else. How many of them got converted into actual gamers? I don’t think a large portion.”
Adding to his sentiment, Jaffe also feels Apple products have somewhat become a must-have for kids this generation, biting into Nintendo’s slice of the “apple”.
“A lot of kids want iPads, iPhones and iPods now. And a large portion of the people who would’ve been interested in traditional Nintendo stuff, beyond core gamers, are just as happy playing Storm in a Teacup on iPad versus a new 3D Mario,” he continued.
Between those two audiences going away and the number of choices core gamers already have on the other systems – which, let’s be honest, a lot of them like super-amazing graphics on their 3D TVs and stuff like that – a lot of people are going to be better served going to the competition.”
Jaffe said Nintendo’s success with Wii was the culmination of a events leading to a perfect storm, yet he still believes Wii U will succeed.
“I think the Wii U is going to be less successful than the Wii, probably 50% less successful,” he said.
“I don’t think you’re going to see the Wii U at number one in the next console generation.”
