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lord_of_flood on 24 August 2014

In general the article writer has a point, but I would broaden his view a bit by saying that Ninty needs to generally diversify its portfolio to cater to the "mature" audience (for what little "mature" means now). If they want to survive in the traditional console market after next gen then they absolutely have to publish more titles that are geared towards "mature gaming" so that their kiddie stigma goes away. Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third are a good start, they just need more titles like those in the pipeline.



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tuscaniman99 on 28 August 2014
Cobretti2 said:
tuscaniman99 said:
There is nothing Nintendo can do to get the hardcore gamer back. Creating an exclusive FPS would be a waste. Nobody in their right mind is going to leave Xbox or Playstation to play a shooter on Nintendo. Nintendo will have to find a way to win the casual back like the Wii or accept selling 20 million consoles a generation.


They don't need to get the hadcore gamer back.

They need to retain their kids who become hardcore gamers. If they can satisfy them they will not move on and keep giving more market share away each gen. This is who they need to target.

No they will move on unless Nintendo creates an online service that actually competes with PSN and XBL and gets third party support. Neither one of those is going to happen.



NoirSon on 28 August 2014
XanderXT said:
So basically a game with lots of violence? Shouldn't Devil's Third be that?


Devil's Third may (or may not) help but a quality and attention grabbing First Person Shooter would aide Nintendo a lot more. The problem is that the game can't be just another Call of Duty clone but must be similar enough that it would draw the same crowd.