the_dengle said:
@bolded: you are on a sales website. Go look at some sales figures. Do some basic math. 90%. You pretty much ignored everything else I said. Bundles don't really mean much, especially since there are a lot of different Wii bundles, and thus a lot of options. People weren't just getting Just Dance by accident because it was bundled. They were buying Wiis to get Just Dance. Wii Sports and Mario Kart are also heavily stylized. Journey is family-friendly and highly accessible. It requires no skill to play through. You literally cannot lose. It's less expensive than a full retail game. And it can be cleared in a matter of a few hours. Journey is as "casual" as they come. I don't know Zynga's whole life story, okay? I don't know what you want me to say. Zynga is failing because they made the mistake of making casual games, and the casual market has abandoned them? Okay? Nintendo is succeeding because they made the brilliant decision to make casual games, and the casual market is keeping them afloat. Ubisoft is thriving thanks to Just Dance, their 3 best-selling games. Where you see a fickle market, I see a simple lack of brand loyalty. "Casual" gamers aren't moving from one fad to the next, they just don't owe their allegiance to a single company. They follow the games that appeal to them. Asking the game industry to stop trying to appeal to casual gamers is like asking a political candidate to stop courting the independent voters. It wouldn't make any sense at all from their perspective. And by the way, you criticized casual gamers when you said "they don't care about quality...they care about the most shallow things." That's a criticism if ever I've heard one. |
You said:
" Over 90% of the gamers who bought Wii Fit upgraded to Wii Fit Plus two years later "
You have no evidence to prove that it was previous wii fit owners who upgraded. All you have is raw sales data, not consumer information. Busted.
Your claims are so basic they don't hold up against scrutiny. The sales of bundled games shows what? The wii sold? We both know that. Bundles mean a lot due to the long times the wii bundles exist.
Journey is not family freindly because it's single player and boring to watch. Reggie describes casual games as "experiences that could be in a party-type atmosphere" does Journey strike you as a party game? You clearly do not know what casual gaming is.
If Nintendo is succeedng then why are their shares diving down? I would hardly consider a dying share price as being "kept afloat". More like "sinking ship".
I don't care if Nintendo tries to appeal to the casual gamer but I do know that it will cost them dearly.
Casual gamers don't care about quality. When was the last time a casual talked about graphical fidelity or AI?
