Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Chairman-Mao said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Chairman-Mao said:
I agree with Sega, Nintendo needs to start making a few mature games. I know Nintendo likes their family friendly image but they are never going to get 13-18 year old males buying their consoles if they have no hardcore/mature (whatever you want to call it) games. This is actually one of the two things keeping me from buying a Wii (the other being my budget). |
Hate to break it to you, but have you looked at the sales of consoles? Plenty of '13-18 year old males' are buying a Wii. And not just looking for 'mature rated content'. Looking for games from a variety of fields, from Mario and Zelda to Metroid and Smash Bros and even Mario Kart and Pikmin.
Spend some time on this site and you'll even see how many 'hardcore HD console gamers' have one or two major Wii games they're highly anticipating.
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Well of course I can't speak for every single 13-18 year old male as they all have different tastes; but the majority of people in this range love shooting games and games that are considered "hardcore" like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto.
In the end Nintendo made the right move going after the casual audience and got huge sales and profit; I'm just saying it would be nice if they had more hardcore games.
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As I said before, many of those same people will often times be interested in one or more of Nintendos series. Such as Zelda, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Star Fox or even Mario. Is everyone going to be? No. But the reason Nintendo has gotten to the place it is today is because it tries to make games that appeal to everyone. In fact, if you really look at it, some of the series like Metroid and Fire Emblem actually target more specific markets, and sell less because of that. But most of their other series try to hit on all available markets. Something such as Star Fox or Pikmin isn't just made for one age group or demographic in mind.
As a result, people who tend to like something such as GTA or MGS or Assassins Creed mgith also be anticipating Metroid: Other M, Mario Galaxy 2 and Zelda Wii. That's the key to the Wiis success.
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Those are all great games you named, and I would love to play some of them (I don't have a wii). I'm not asking Nintendo to come up with new hardcore series of their own; all I'm saying is they need to get these 3rd party games like GTA, Cod and AC. If Nintendo had all the great 3rd party games, and the first party games like Mario then there is no reason for anyone not to own a wii.
