Kasz216 on 01 February 2009
| Asriel said: The reasoning behind this is simple-Wii appeals more to 'casuals', who by definition, will not spend as much time or money involved in gaming when compared to the core, who so far, have been the main market of the HD console.(that's the article's reasoning, not my own reasoning, but I do closely agree with it) Nintendo will announce big core titles to combat this, thusly driving profit, software sales and maintaing high hardware sales. That's what I think, anyhoo. |
The problem is... the simplist reasoning isn't always the best.
I mean look at it from this angle.
Casual gamers buy less games per person right?
So who's more likely to need to cut down on their games budget?
The guy buying 1 game every 2 months?
Or the guy buying 2-3 games every month?
The "hardcore" gamer is more likely to be the one needing to make the gaming "sacrifice" and go back and do some retro gaming.
That combined with just a higher pricepoint in general... with Wii games often not even coming out at 50 dollars...
During a recession entertainment spending by a person usually doesn't go down unless it's excessive spending.
