Good post-E3 Ninty editorial: "How could they do this to me?"

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Kyros said:

It's about expanding our industry and moving the industry forward

Honestly people who care about "moving the industry forward" have a problem. People should care about getting a game they like to play. And if forward means:

"Casual games with a 10seconds learning curve for 5min gaming sessions". Then I can understand why people who like a bit more complex "challenges" have a problem with that.

If this is the future gaming market Nintendo intends to conquer then I wish them luck and many success, but to look down on long-time Nintendo fans who do not like this new direction is a bit ridiculous.

This might be the other issue. I think there are TWO types of people that comment on things like this (and are on VG):

1/ Gamers

2/ People "in" the industry

Now a lot of "2" are also "1" (i.e. myself), but I definitely visit VG more for reasons of "2" than "1". If I wanted "1" - I would stick to Gametab/IGN (etc).

The reason I'm here at VG at all, is because I need to make business decisions about what games to write for what platforms - and so the current & future trends are all very important. And also because I consider knowing current sales as part of "following the news in the industry".

So you will get two quite diametrically opposing views. Nintendo might be great for the industry, but it might not be great for "individual" gaming (depending on what you like). Personally, I stick to the Wii for now because its more "social" - something everyone in my household can/does play.