| .jayderyu said: 27 years I have a question for those who have been playing more than 20. Are you anti or pro Nintendo strategy this generation? |
I actually agree with their strategy, because i have a child of my own now and and I want her to experience the same joy i had 20 years earlier with my NES. Truth is most first party games for the other systems are lacking a simplistic approach that we enjoyed in our childhood. The industry needs games for kids too. It really kinda bothers me when i see a 5-10 year old go up to a counter and get their parents to buy them GTA because everyone else is playing it. That's not a knock on GTA it's a great series but i really don't think that kids that young should be desensitized to violence so early in life.
Casuals are also an important part of the market, they made up about 65% of the PS2's marketshare. Why not go for a bigger piece of the pie? I love how alot of the fanboy journalists like to say that Nintendo is abandoning the hardcore, yet they rolled out more core franchises in the first 18 months of the Wii's life than the GC saw in 2-3 years. Thats just my 2 cents.
OT: Since about 1985 with my mom's Atari, first game was Frogs and Flies i think. I was about 4 so it's kinda vague. My first personal system was the NES and the rest is history.
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