Stefan.De.Machtige said:
akuseru 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.
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This, this and THIS!
I've been a Nintendo fan for ages. Actually, since I was 3 years old I have been playing Nintendo consoles ONLY, started out with the NES in '88. My first non-Nintendo console was the PS2, and that was mostly because of GTA 3. This generation, Nintendo gave me a big "fuck you", and started sucking off casual gamers for money. They forgot all about me and my many YEARS of loyal support through thick and thin. You fucked up Nintendo, and I hope this will hurt you bad. You don't forget the people who made you who you are, you cater to them and listen to them. Their new "fanbase" are just a bunch of casual wankers who doesn't have any idea of what you as a company really are. You are basically selling your console and games to people who don't really give a shit about you as a company or any of your classic gaming franchises, and that will move on to the next new fad in a couple of years.
I will give them second chance, and I will buy the next Nintendo console, but they will have to show some major improvement and fan service to win my respect back. I actually base LOADS of my purchases on loyalty, respect and principles. If I do not respect a company, I don't give a rats ass if their product is a life saver, I will never give them a cent. I know companies only want my money, but some of them actually makes me feel happy about giving them money for the product/service I get, because I respect them. Nintendo and most definitely the Wii is not in this group at the moment.
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Nintendo hasn't changed a bit, you have.
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I'm glad when I hear these so-called core Nintendo fans having a fit because Nintendo has "abandoned" them. Oh boo-hoo!
What really happened is that they abandoned Nintendo. The N64 and Gamecube sold a dismal amount of units. Nintendo was on the verge of exiting the hardware market in 2004, and if it wasn't for the Wii and DS, that's probably what would have happened.
The Wii is really a return to NES values. The NES was considered a mass market system. It wasn't targeting gamers, it was targeting families just like the Wii is doing. The NES had the Power Pad (now called Wii Fit), the NES Sports games (now called Wii Sports), and Super Mario Bros (now called New Super Mario Bros). This is why the Wii has been successful. It is getting back to the audience that has been "abandoned" since the NES. Can you, poor core gamer, even imagine what it's like to be abandoned for 20 years?
And to core gamers who think the audience on Wii consists of morons that bought the system as an impulse buy just to be "trendy", that is a complete stereotype and you couldn't be more wrong. If anything, that is a better description of the core audience that lines up at midnight launches and buys games before they even come out.
The audience that bought the Wii did so because they saw legitimate quality in the console. It became "trendy" because the mass market actually saw value in video games that didn't exist before. The Wii, with it's focus on local multiplayer and easy/fun/short gameplay, is still sitting in many people's living rooms and is still being used frequently (check the Nielsen report).
The fever that caused the Wii to be sold out for 2 years may be gone, but that doesn't mean the Wii is headed for an early grave. Nintendo will not be regretting their abandonment of those poor core gamers anytime in the near future. And, in fact, it's not like they've completely abandoned that audience. They are still making great games for the core audience, but like I said, it's the core audience who has abandoned Nintendo.
