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Mandalore76 on 24 August 2012
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Soundwave said:
DieAppleDie said:
"Firstly, the majority of the hardcore community doesn't give a sh*t about Nintendo (lets be honest) to begin with. They buy their content on Sony/MS machines."

can someone insert an apropiate pic to this comment please?.....i cant do it by myself ......damn
great bait nontheless ;)


I'm just being honest. Go talk to the average kid that buys their content on the 360/PS3 or go ask them at GameStop what they think about the Wii brand. 

You'll probably find what I've said is pretty polite. 

The system wars stuff is silly really, though. 

We know PS4/720 are going to be more powerful than the Wii U. We know Sony/MS hold the hardcore demographic almost entirely in their hands. 

Nintendo's goal I don't think is to compete against Sony/MS. They just don't want to be so incredibly one dimensional, because that can be problematic for their business ... what happens when you end up with a Wii Music instead of a Wii Fit? Wii sales drop. That was a problem Nintendo realized, casual gamers are fickle and unpredictable and go running elsewhere (see: iPad becoming the new hot thing). 

That's what I think Nintendo's aim with Wii U is. It's still going to be the mass market/casual centric/family oriented console, but they would like to have a little more presence with the hardcore set because it's a much more predictable/reliable demographic. But at the same time, I don't think Nintendo is willing to engage MS/Sony directly to get that because they don't want to get into a spending war. 

That's the best thing about Nintendo.  Would you really want 3 identical - similarly priced consoles on the market??  I really don't get the people who insist and are adamant about the fact that Nintendo MUST make their hardware match Microsoft and Sony.  Like people who gripe about Nintendo not making their video game console play DVD's.  I don't need 3 systems (or 2 for that matter) hooked up to my TV that play DVD's.  It's redundant.  Nintendo has been providing affordable and enjoyable systems to the public, so what's the problem?  If you don't want a Nintendo console, don't buy one.  It's as simple as that.  I didn't want a $600 video game console, so I chose not to buy a PS3.  Everyone has a choice of what they want to buy, how they manage their money, and what is entertaining to them.  If Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all simultaneously released identical consoles with identical hardware, would you not buy the new Play Station and buy the next Wii instead?  If not, then why would you care?