What Nintendo's Rift with the Hardcore Means for the Industry

[Pristine20]

azrm2k said:

HappySqurriel said:

If someone argues that Nintendo is not producing enough “Core” games for the Wii this holiday season, and seems to be focusing more on the “Casual” market many Nintendo fans will agree with you

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If you argue that Wii owners are not real gamers, and none of their favourite games are deep, meaningful or challenging, you should expect an argument

 

Well said.

Pristine, it's the equivalent of me complaining to you that I wish Sony would release Home, KZ2, and GT5 earlier vs. me trolling by coming in and yelling that the PS3 has no games and it's just a BR player and you aren't a real gamer without a Wii.

Civil arguments are welcome.  Like I pointed out earlier, gamers can argue and discuss, fanboys come in looking for people to agree and will relentlessly attack without considering the other side's arguments.

Even though my sig blatantly states that I'm a fanboy, I'm pretty reasonable. Personally I don't care about home or GT5, but you can't argue with the fact that sony is putting a huge effort into caring for their base even if it means delays to make things perfect. Their 1st party effort is unrivaled even with the cost! They're introducing new IPS left and right and bringing back fan favorites. Not so much nintendo. What new IPs have appeared on the wii? Wii sports and wii fit? It just seems like they're keeping the hardcore by tossing a pikimin here and there while pandering tirelessly to casuals. I guess I don't really blame them though, it works well for the business!