| radishhead said: As well as Nintendo have done during this generation in terms of sales, it's clear that their strategy isn't one that is going to last forever. Some of the new people that Nintendo has introduced to gaming will move onto tablets and smartphones, whereas others will enjoy gaming so much that they'll want to progress onto more challenging games. The future success of Nintendo greatly lies in them being able to secure a new fanbase from the younger audience (10-13) in order to secure a purchase from them in the coming generations. Some of the fans that they gained from the NES/SNES era are starting to turn away from Nintendo consoles in favour of the competition (as is expected), but this would normally be countered by the gain of a new fanbase from the younger market. It's possible that the increased popularity of "hardcore" games such as Call of Duty (partly due to 3rd party propaganda, and from the growth of Youtube channels such as Machinima) have taken this market instead. In the past it was always about Mario or Zelda, but times are changing - there is a strong anti-Nintendo mentality among many younger gamers that there simply wasn't in the past. Are the popular Nintendo franchises finally going to step aside to make room for a new round of mega-franchises?
TL;DR: "Hardcore" 3rd party games are taking the market that Nintendo used to secure in the past. This could have a devastating impact on their hardware sales in the future. |
I won't comment on the fact that this is the 2nd ''NIntendo is doomed'' thread you make in 2 days : P
It's true that ishit mini games got popular, and it's mostly Nintendo's casual audience playing them, but they are still mini-games, they can't replace Mario's awesome games and characters and multiplayer, so they can't actually kill Nintendo
for the core gamers, Nintendo realised that lower than awesome graphics cause a core audience and developers to lose interest, that's why 3DS is based on ''vision'' and WiiU is expected to have great graphics and more 3rd party/core gamer support
most old Nintendo fans are always here, proved with the GC and this gen with Wii
for this gen Mario Kart is the best selling racing game, SSBB the best selling fighter, Wii has best selling sports, Zelda has both new and old audience, Pokemon is healthy, the only popular franchise that is used to higher sales and is getting lower is Metroid, which cannot compete to the other shooters, due to lack of online and HD graphics
Nintendo has so many 10m selling franchises, system sellers, that it's almost impossible for Mario, Pokemon, Smash and so on not to increase 3DS sales, 30m selling Mario, 10m selling Animal Crossing, there are so many....
3DS already has so much 3rd party support
don't mind my username, that was more than 10 years ago, I'm a different person now, amazing how people change ^_^
