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I think the OP needs to know some definitions:

Game means: (From Dicitionary.com)

1. an amusement or pastime: children's games.
2. the material or equipment used in playing certain games: a store selling toys and games.
3. a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.
4. a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: the final game of the season; a rubber of three games at bridge.
5. the number of points required to win a game.
6. the score at a particular stage in a game: With five minutes to play, the game was 7 to 0.
7. a particular manner or style of playing a game: Her game of chess is improving.
8. anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: the game of diplomacy.
9. a trick or strategy: to see through someone's game.
10. fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games.
11. wild animals, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit.
12. the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: a dish of game.
13. any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers.
14. Informal. a business or profession: He's in the real-estate game.
15. Archaic. fighting spirit; pluck.

Nothing there mentions high art. So maybe only Nintendo gets it.

Look, I would love to have seen something more substantial at E3 too. But people play Animal Crossing like Crack and WWII shooters and Light Sabre battles are considered hardcore on any other system, as is GTA.

Basically, it appears that those who don't like the Wii, who can't believe it is on the verge of 50 percent global market share, who can't face the fact that fun triumphs over fancy graphics, are parsing everything that Nintendo says and making their case that the company that resurrected the industry in the mid 1980s is killing it today.

Maybe Nintendo knows that the people who are in the gaming press and to a certain extent read/follow the gaming press share these sentiments. So why bother to try to impress them at E3 -- you can't. Instead, make money, sell games, impress investors (though some of them look at E3 too).

Nintendo is marketing to everyone with its current systems. It is not specializing in the niche market of tech-savy 15-34 year old males -- the demographic that Sony and Microsoft seek. Thus, it has larger sales, more diverse offerings (including things many of us would not touch but sell to others), and profits. Neither of its competitors can make that claim.

So I guess Nintendo is killing the industry because it succeeds while Sony and Microsoft lose money.

Mike from Morgantown



      


I am Mario.


I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble.

Wii Friend Code: 1624 6601 1126 1492

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