trestres said:
Nintendo is actually losing the most important part of their fanbase, the core gamers. They are moving elsewhere and most have no interest in returning to the Wii, when the other consoles offer a lot more and a lot better. They are gaining new customers, that's true, but they are the ones that bought the Wii like an impulse buy and barely end up buying games other than the usual Wii___ stuff or a music game. That's why we don't see core games succeed on the Wii. There's simply too much coming out for the other consoles and after 3 years of waiting, most of the core gamers got tired and moved on. That's what's going on. I would even say that the core Nintendo fan is in risk of being lost by Nintendo themselves due to the lack of games as well. |
Actually all the Million Selling Third Party games were released across the first three years, not just all at once. Games all the way up to 2008 sold a million as well. You haven't seen one from this year sell a million yet probably because they haven't had time. Though Monster Hunter Tri will. But I was bringing up the point not as a competition of 'who can sell a million', but trying to show that This Parties CAN sell well, when they actually put forth the effort. Just most don't try (aka, put forth the advertising and put enough games on the shelf).
And I'm not desputing Nintendo is losing 'core' gamers. And geez, I'm repeating myself way too much in this thread. As I said before, perhaps for those people who want better graphics (or even for those who want certain games), the next Nintendo console can do something for them. This whole generation is pretty messed up but as it stands, Nintendo came back from basically nothing can took the market back. Its the Third Parties who need to put forth the effort to make a profit on the Wii. This notion that its Nintendos fault and they're losing fans because of a lack of games is pretty sad I think. They have more games on the Wii then the GC and next year they'll have a line up to rival (or surpass) the N64. Its the Third Parties who dropped the ball yet again on a Nintendo console and yet again Nintendo is getting blamed for it.