| freebs2 said: I like its argument, but still I think this guy is also in denial, he's forgetting that actually the majority of people now wants HD graphics, story-telling ecc.ecc, the combined demand of HD consoles has been higher than the Wii demand, software like Call Of Duty has actually sold more than Super Mario Bros 5. So the consumers behaviour has changed.The real question imo is if this console isn't too late to catch up with sony and microsoft. |
The majority of people buying software today, yes. But he's saying that, if Nintendo provided, the entire video game industry would be double the size; have double the customers.
What we aren't seeing in the figures is those who would buy a console if it made their kind of game (be that arcade games, more Wii Sports, 2D Mario) but they don't.
If Nintendo try and compete with HD and with storytelling they will lose, because MS and Sony have greater experience and more franchises. But if they make their own market like the early Wii did they can enjoy boundless revenue from the expanded market.
Malstrom does credit CoD as being one of the big three market phenomena this generation, along with Mario 5 and Wii Sports. This is because they are good games with mass appeal and great local and online multiplayer. The HD and story aspects of it aren't what sells it in his opinion - it is the Wii-alike values. More games with those values would sell very well if they were on the 360 too. But there aren't any. The copycat shooters don't have nearly the success.
