Is Nintendo Still a Game Company?

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WereKitten said:

ChichiriMuyo said:

WereKitten said:
The badly stated point is that not everything we label "video games" are actually games. Some of them are more "video toys" as in something with which you play as you wish, around which you make your own goals and even rules.

But the examples brought forth are actually the wrong ones because Wii Sports and in a lesser degree Wii Fit are actually structured like games. Very simple ones, but we had even simpler ones back in the days of yore :)

Examples of "video toys" would be the likes of Sim City, Sim Life, The Sims, Noby Noby Boy, maybe Endless Ocean.

 

Games are toys, period.

English is not my first language, but a hint of the difference is that you play games, and you play with toys. You play football, you play with a ball.

If you want you can play football with that ball and then rules and goals are fixed, but if you prefer you can play Calvinball and you make your own.

 

Game are played for entertainement. Toys are played for entertainment. Thus both are entertainment and Nitendo is an entertainement company :) The nature of the entertainament between toys, sports and games maybe different, but they are designed for two primary purposes. Entertainment and training.