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Xoj on 28 December 2009
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RolStoppable said:
KylieDog said:
RolStoppable said:
KylieDog said:
To use your razor blade example most Wii owners are type of person who buys a Gillette razor and after buying a few blades for a while they want a new razor they go and buy a Braun because it looks cool at the time. HD owners are the type who when they want a new razor they ditch their old Gillette and buy they newest Gillette to replace it.

Sony/MS are building a base set of customers for future consoles where as Nintendo has to hope is can get lucky and get the customers to stick with them next time. They got lucky with motion controls proving popular and catching some eyes but next gen Sony/MS will no doubt from the start offer something to match whatever Nintendo releases so Nintendo isn't gonna be as unique anymore.

So in other words, "core" gamers are loyal customers while "casuals" are not?

I said nothing of core or casual gamers.  Wii has done well this gen because motion controls grabbing new gamers and it is the only console to have any.

But you doubt that these new gamers could develop any loyalty to Nintendo or that they at the very least would like to play sequels to games like Mario Kart Wii. Right...

Another thing that I didn't quite catch the first time is you saying that Sony and MS will offer something to match Nintendo right from the start. How can you be so sure about that, if 1. Nintendo usually is good at keeping secrets and 2. Nintendo usually launches last. For all we know Nintendo could come up with something completely new and Sony/MS wouldn't have the time to match Nintendo's offerings in time, because that simply can't be done within six months.

not casual gamers, nintendo have it fanbase, due mario and zelda, but loyalty doesn't reallly exist for the casual market, consumer will continue buy your product as you please them, but the market nintendo have right now it's unpredictable, they found a gold recipe for casual games.

before ipod everybody had a CD player walkman from sony, now sony ericcson revived the brand with walkman phones, and now every phone have a decent mp3 players outselling ipod by tons.

 

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