Okay we got to discuss this - Wii/Sales

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Vas-y said:

Nintari said:

This is what you get when you cater to people who aren't gamers. They made their money and success off people who don't care about the industry. The type of people who only buy what's "trendy" and "cool". Those people have very short attention spans and they're moving on.

The core gamers, the ones who made their company what it is today, the ones who have been on board since the NES/SNES days, they've mostly moved on so it's not like Nintendo can just switch it up and say "we're sorry". It's too late and so, they're going to have to lay in the bed they made.

 

Hopefully they learn their lesson next generation.

No one started as a core gamer from the very beginning. Many gamers - like me - started playing video games as kids because it was trendy and cool. When you surpass a certain level it's likely to deepen your interests and become more selective when buying a video game. Sure, many of them are moving on but there's still a chance of becoming a gamer. It's necessary to capture new people who have never been involved in video games.

I think it's kind of arrogant to indirectly claim that Nintendo's approach in this generation with the Wii was wrong in some kind. It was different but unfortunately not good enough to stop the continuing decline in sales.

Heh, I disagree with you.  When I started gaming back in '84 gaming was not trendy or cool.  If you played video games you were seen as an anti-social nerdy outcast.  I started playing games because it seemed like pacman was fun and the flashy lights and noise intruiged me (I was 3, cut me some slack). When I got my NES a year later it is because I was a gamer at that point (thanks pacman and DK!) not because of any trend.

Sure I may not have started as a core gamer as my short attention span was drawn my beeps, boops and flashy lights, but after that passed in a few days all that was left was the game for me.

You can't make broad generalizations to counteract a broad generalization.

I also don't think he was saying Nintendo's approach is "wrong" just that he doesn't like it or find it appealing and he's assuming (based on sales) that less and less people are finding the Wii appealing.