| bdbdbd said: @Deneidez: How will the "hardcore" suffer? Just because we have some game on a platform, doesn't mean people have to buy it. |
You missed my point completely. If ms and sony start following nintendos footsteps and they start making games and design consoles mainly for their main customers(thats casuals, as that seems where the big money is currently), you won't get that many HC games. Sure current developers can make games for those 'casual platforms', but will they make any profit? According to newest study only 10% of games that come to market will ever profit(or 4% of all game projects). I am quite sure that cooking mama, wii fit etc. aren't outside that 10%(Or HC games of sequels after sequels, which usually seem to sell just because of graphics, which would be a weak point of casual console as we have seen.). So you can clearly see which games will prevail in such future? :)
http://www.edge-online.com/files/profit_or_loss.gif
(Nintendo & Disney are the ones who make most profit. Can you say casual?)
