Garcian Smith on 11 November 2007
1) Probably not. The Japanese are huge technophiles, meaning they'll know all about the lack of backwards compatibility. Plus, the PS3 has had price cuts in Japan before, and those have failed to stimulate sales.
2) I'd guess that Mario Galaxy will still be up top. If Gundam Musou failed to sell well, then so will DW6.
3) R&C Future simply isn't in the same category as Mario - especially in Japan.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
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