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Peh said:

He could snap that console in 2 with just his fingers. And then eat it.

Guess why there is only one photo of this. He did it and then did the same with the camera.



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FallingTitan said:
yvanjean said:

Where did they get does stats?!? I bought a Nintendo Switch and I'm 35. Oh Wait!!!

 

Who care about kids and teens, 20s and 30s have much more buying power. Bring on Metroid, xenoblade 2 & Animal crossing.

not really. the kids get their parents who are 20-40's to buy them games/consoles and in much higher amount then a working professional who can't game 24/7.

I personally buy like 15-20 games a year now..... most of my young nephew or kids I know under 16's only get 3-5 games a year. Beside, Kids and Teens don't play game on consoles anymore they prefer using smart phone and ipad. It's not a coincidence that Nintendo commercial all features 20's crowd. 



Yup actual games I had for the SNES growing up:

Super Mario World (pack-in)
NBA Live 94
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Mario RPG
Donkey Kong Country
Killer Instinct

Games I would have bought if I actually had my own damn money

NHL 94
Super Star Wars/Empire/Jedi
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Earthworm Jim
Mortal Kombat II
Sim City
Star Fox
Super Mario Kart

And many others (Yoshi's Island, Tetris Attack, Secret of Mana, Jurassic Park, etc. etc.). 


I remember I had to borrow Mario Kart from my friend constantly. And Blockbuster Video rentals was the main way to try out new games.



When your best selling game is Zelda, this isn't surprising. That, and this seems to be the biggest demographic for console gaming (though feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).



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I think generally speaking we are seeing changing demographics because kids who grew up in the 80s/90s/early 2000s are not letting go of things they enjoyed as kids.

Look at the movie business -- superhero movies are driving box office almost single handedly, but the thing is the majority of people going to those movies are adult men, not kids.

This can benefit Nintendo tremendously if they use it correctly (NES Classic was one example). 



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So...ignore women, kids, older folks, families, etc., and only cater to the 20s/30s white male gamer market, who already think that gaming is "theirs" in the first place? Gotcha.



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This is true of early adopters only



Megaoverlord12 said:
If I had to guess, that's more Zelda's (or at least, this Zelda's) general demographics than anything involving the Switch.

Yeah, Zelda demographics combined with early adopter demographics (old enough to have money to spend for new gimmicks, still young enough to be impatient).

It will shift with other games and over time when kids will get a Switch as christmas or birthday presents.



DevilRising said:
So...ignore women, kids, older folks, families, etc., and only cater to the 20s/30s white male gamer market, who already think that gaming is "theirs" in the first place? Gotcha.

Who cares about "style" points, I think Nintendo learned the hard way with the Wii U that it's better to have sales than be a special snowflake. 

Kids can be targetted sure, but you have to be very, very careful in how you do this because if you make your product too kid friendly it becomes labelled a toy and that turns off even kids let alone adults. Kids will buy video games, ok there's no special need to cater overwhelmingly to them. 

Women are a lost cause IMO. Women are the main driver of free smartphone and Facebook gaming, that's where your Wii Sports/Fit audience has gone and it's never coming back. Spoiled by free games on their phones, this audience won't even pay $10 for a easy to play Mario game. 

Seniors again ... why bend over so far backwards for an audience that has at best very minimal interest in playing games and hate to say it but an audience that's going to be dead soon. 

It's time to get serious and focus on people who are actually enthusiastic about paying $50-$60 per video game and we know which demographics that is.