Sony Responds To Nintendo 3DS Announcement

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Kenryoku_Maxis said:

huaxiong90 said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

radiantshadow92 said:

"I think it remains to be seen where Nintendo goes with 3D on a portable," he added. "Having been in the portable space for quite awhile, I think it's an interesting move but one I'd like to see where they go from a demographic standpoint. 8 and 9 year olds playing 3D is a little bit of a stretch given where some of our research is right now." 

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Uh...what?  The minute you introduce Pokemon, Mario or Zelda to '3D', not only will 'kids' be hooked with it, but all the same markets that the DS has been targeting this gen.  And soon all the other genres and companies will follow.  Soon you'll have '3D Tetris' to '3D Metal Slug' to '3D Dragon Quest' to '3D Final Fantasy Tactics'.

Seems like a pretty standard PR response of 'we got nothing to say and 'DS is for kids'.

Be a little fair, dude. He just said it'll be interesting to see how this'll translate to sales.

 

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the main demographic of the DS owners 5-17 year olds?

 

Just because something can appeal to kids, doesn't mean it's a bad thing. I'll take "kiddy games" over a large percent of other games which try too hard to be mature.

The main demographic for any console is males between 5-17 years old.  The difference is, the DS also captures the most groups outside of that standard demographic, which is why its doing so amazingly well.  Especially women and 'older' gamers (gamers over the age of 25).  Two demographics that are very low or virtually non-existant on other systems (such as PS3/360/PSP).

The DS successor will hit that demographic just as well.  Especially with 3D.  Puzzle games, Strategy games and simulation games abound.

I understand that, and I fully agree (well other than the demographic part, from what I've read, PS3 owners are generally 18 and older).

 

I just think people are getting too offended over nothing here. It was an ignorant thing to ignore the older audience, no doubt, but like I said I do recall reading Nintendo aimed mainly for the younger audience with the DS when it launched. So, maybe he just assumed they're still following that strategy (which of course, is wrong). I don't think this was aggressive/arrogant like some other PR they've done before.