PS3 flops in US (March) - what now?

[Joelcool7]

Kwaad said:

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BenKenobi88 - Nintendo needs to get 'mature' gamers to buy the console... or at least buy the games on their console, and the rival. Games like Eternal Darkness is how it is done. I would buy Eternal Darkness2. I would actually buy that over any game coming out in 2007. However I dont buy crappy multiplatform games. (it's rare when I get one, and usually those are actually good games, and I choose the platform, I will be most confertable with. It used to be the GameCube (wave bird controllers) Then it went to the PS2 (logitech wireless controllers). And now I have the Wii... (Worst game controller since NES) and the PS3... (feels just like the PS2 controller... with no wire).

Nintendo needs to PAVE the way. They need to make it so I buy the 10$ cheaper version, instead of the PS3 version.

What? The Wii is meant for everyone? So that means that GodFather should have sold 2x what it did on the PS3... What? The Wii version sold 17% LESS? That means the Wii is faling HORRIBLY for crappy 3rd party multiplatform games.

 First off the Wii is not a mature audience platform, it is tailoured to thefamily audience a console a parent will enjoy as well as a child. A console with some mature titles and some childrens games. Yes for everyone. Nintendo's ability to maintain its dominant niche (Children's market) is very important to the companies survival. The GameCube was by in large seen as a family oriented games console and as such families tended to buy it. Nintendo fans who are die hard first party supporters are also the life blood of Nintendo's consoles. The X-box had all the mature games a gamer could want and in the end lost to the GameCube. 24-million to 26-million GameCube ended up beating Microsoft in the last leg of the race proving that the adult audience isn't enough to offset the children and youth audience that Nintendo has catered to for years.

The reasons for God Father not selling well are obvious. Nintendo fans dominate the Wii and as such buy first party first and third party later. This will clear up in a matter of months as supply catches up with demand but for now its the die hard fans who have Wii's not the casual gamers. Also as said above the family audience and now seniors and other casual gamers are also purchasing the console for their loved ones. This has meant a lack of hardcore FPS fans which if you look at history Nintendo has lacked for over a generation.

It's only a matter of time before sales improve for titles like The GodFather at the moment their just aren't enough hardcore gamers on the Wii. More are going to come as supply meets demand!