| mrstickball said: nine - the only issue about the idea of "studios won't make games like Banjo on X360" is partially true. They won't until sales for the games get better. They get better when MS makes more, which they are. |
Heartily disagreed...Nintendo spent a good part of the N64 and GameCube generation trying to ignite "mature" game sales on its systems with little success. Perfect Dark, Conker, Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil 1, 0 and 4, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, MGS: Twin Snakes...you can fill in the gaps until the cows come home, but third parties will keep catering to the most profitable niche.
Attracting mature games by making mature games was (mostly) a waste of time: the fanbase was still more intrested in Mario, and players who didn't like Nintendo weren't going to buy it for a handful of exclusive mature games. I can't speak for everyone, but I feel the same way about 360: Viva Pinata and Blue Dragon look great, but I'm still not interested in the rest of the lineup, so I'll save my $350 for Wii games. Maybe I'm a very small niche in the market, and 360's only problem is the price, but I don't think so. I think the truth is that 360 skews really heavily towards the teen-twenty-something male demographic.
In spite of all my arguing, I liked your post and I agree with some of what you're saying. In particular I think there are still a lot of people in the current 360 demographic up for grabs, either because they haven't upgraded from Xbox, or because they played PS2 and are waiting to see how PS3 turns out.
