Nintendo has lost the core market this generation

[Avinash_Tyagi]

WereKitten said:

68soul said:
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Wii userbase has already a 5 million "Zelda userbase", and these 5 millions of gamers ONLY are already enough to justify the creation of some epic adventure games... when there are 10 millions of Halo buyers, a console is "hardcore", but when there are 5 millions of Zelda buyers, it is not "hardcore at all"? What do you want me to say? They're lame, and they spit on the face of Nintendo's core userbase...

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I doubt it's that easy: look at Okami. That's a high-quality, very Zelda-like, 60 hours+ epic adventure game. It wasn't exactly bought in droves by the "Zelda userbase".

Were the potential buyers thrown off by the peculiar art style? Maybe.

I think it was more that people weren't familiar with the game, playing is believing, and not many people got their hands on Okami and got to try it out, Zelda is a known commodity, Okami not so much, companies should take some of that marketing money, and just drive around in trucks showing of their games, putting controllers into the hands of people.