Could This Be Nintendo's Last Big Christmas?

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Mummelmann said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Mummelmann, if you give something that actually shows why Wii sales will slow down then maybe you won't have people disagreeing with you, so far your arguments are its too casual, people won't keep playing it, but like I said in another thread, this doesn't stop gamers from buying it, just because there is Wii fit doesn't get rid of Mario Galaxy, just because the controls are more pick up and play doesn't stop it from having the best FPS controls outside of Keyboard and Mouse.

 

Nintedo is targeting indifference to gaming as their enemy, but that doesn't mean those who like gaming can't play, there are still games aimed at them, like Metroid, defintely not aimed at causal

 But if machines like the Wii really ARE the future, we'll see more casual games and less hardcore, which is my prime concern. I want Gran Turismo, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Half-Life and my other favourite franchises to live on! I'm just afraid that the chase after profits will deflate the industry's will to cater to "real" gamers, it's already happening to the music and the movie industry! Diversity is good imo, I say let it live!

This is just like ckmlb's old arguement that Nintendo is doing less for the hardcore.  And then he put up numbers showing how many hardcore games Nintendo released each year and casual games.  And he defeated his own arguement.  Showing that Nintendo consistently is releasing the same amount of hardcore games, but the causual games were increasing.  The hardcore is not losing anything, the casual market is expanding.