Time for the deprogramming. Those knuckle dragging males have been the prime market for gaming. They occupy the majority segment of every single console. Even with the successes Nintendo has made not traditional gamers, they do not make up the majority of their user base. Which to be honest is a very good thing. I would be utterly terrified for the console otherwise.
Here is the reality that market getting mocked or marginalized is actually the most relevant market. They are the known commodity, and they spend the most. Meanwhile the other demographics are unknown. Actually those demographics are unstable. In other words they might tire of gaming, or move on to a new abomination.
We will know if those are solid demographics sometime next year when Nintendo releases their metrics. After the fervor should have dropped off. We will know if its going to remain a permanent trend or not. More importantly we will know if it has long term benefits. Even if the console sells well if these new customers do not buy many games for game developers it will be like they do not exist.
Anyway don't mock the main demographic it is important, and frankly for most of us if the other demographics gained dominance on a console it would be bad for the core and hardcore gamers. That is one of the greatest drawbacks of the Wii. The subtle fear that in the casual fervor the more mainstream titles might get pushed out or to other platforms entirely.
Can you see it now soap opera games, and golden girl games dominating the Wii library next year. I hope that made some of you shudder. I cannot imagine why any core gamer is happy the prospect that the market could be moving away from them. Chances are your not going to be happy with a game geared towards a forty year old women.
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