Den amerikanske Nintendo-sjefen Reggie Fils-Aime ble i går intervjuet av Forbes, og han passet på å fortelle hvorfor han ikke synes det ser mørkt ut for Wii U. Reggie benyttet også muligheten til å påpeke hvorfor han ikke tror at folk lenger er usikre på hva Wii U egentlig er, eller hva konsollen tilbyr av muligheter.
"We rate our chances very good. Software drives hardware in this business. We see it time and time again. We saw it with our Wii and DS businesses. We're seeing it right now with Nintendo 3DS."
"Software drives hardware. And we're having a stellar year. We believe the same will happen with our Wii U business, with these fantastic franchises that we're bringing to bear this holiday."
På spørsmål om ytelse svarer Reggie: ...if you look at the last two hardware cycles, it was not the most powerful machine that won, not in the case of the PS2, not in the case of the Wii. So, in the end, it's our responsibility to show consumers how much fun you can have, because in the end, this is an entertainment business, and we think we've got stellar entertainment to make the consumer smile."
Når det gjelder utydelighet rundt hva Wii U er og kan, kommenterer han til slutt: "That issue has been largely addressed, I think, as we've told consumers all the great things you could do with the GamePad as we've showed fantastic software like Pikmin 3, and Wonderful 101, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker in HD. The consumer I believe now understands this is a brand new system with brand new capabilities."
"It has all of the benefits of backward compatibility. And we're the only next gen system with backward compatibility, so the consumer has this great library of games from Wii, can use them with the Wii U. But now they understand all of the new capabilities that they can have."