Could This Be Nintendo's Last Big Christmas?

[Avinash_Tyagi]

RolStoppable said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

RolStoppable said:

That's what I was trying to say with the bolded paragraph. It's just that there are still some people who believe that "everyone" doesn't include them, that's why I split up the word "everyone" into the groups the Wii is aimed at. I forgot about the lapsed gamers though.

Well the hardcore feel that its somehow going to make their games go away, when in fact that is the farthest thing from the truth, which is why I like Malstrom's bookstore analogy

Yes, that's the main reason why the hardcore want the Wii to be a fad. They fear that the Wii will make their games go away, because they think that the blue ocean strategy means going for the casuals, while in fact it means aiming for uncontested market space.

There's a lot of uncontested market space for hardcore games too, easiest example of a game is Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition. Aiming at the screen and firing is much more satisfying than playing with a standard controller. You can only get this experience on the Wii, thus it's uncontested market space (no competition from other consoles). 

Hardcore games are more in danger due to the high development costs of 360 and PS3 games. If publishers are posting losses (PS2 and Wii games are making them the most profits, but PS2 is dying) how should they continue making games in the long term?

 True, which is why revenue is growing but profits arent, and which is why companies are being forced to merge