| spurgeonryan said: @happy That is exactly what Nintendo did with the wii. Sell to people that never played games at all. So who is to say what Nintendo can or cannot accomplish? |
To a certain extent, yes Nintendo has done some of this in the past but that really wasn't my point ... What I was saying was that "casual" gamers who are not traditional console buyers picking up smart-phones and tablets to play videogames is not (necessarily) a bad thing for console manufacturers.
From what I have seen, the biggest barrier to getting non-gamers to want to own a console for themself has little to do with the hardware and it is mostly about getting them to pick up a controller for the "first time". While it seems counter-intuitive, growth in mobile games helps Nintendo (and any console manufacturer) because they don't have to get so many people to play games for the "first time" to be successful at targeting "casual" gamers.
Now, on an individual basis, these gamers may not buy all that many game and/or systems but their impact on a household basis can be huge ...
