| OoSnap said: @ Max If the mass market cared so much about shinier graphics then the Wii wouldn't have outsold the 360 and PS3 by tens of millions. And I would argue more people bought a 360 or PS3 more so for the 3rd party games rather than graphics which the Wii didn't get for the most part. If Wii U gets most of the multiplats (which I think they will) and the 720/PS4 has no hook then Wii U will dominate the console marketshare. This I have no doubt. |
The "mass market" are made up mostly of people who left the building though. They weren't gamers. They were hipsters, the types that just buy whatever is "in" or "trendy". That's the reason the Wii dove off a cliff sales wise. The ipad/iphone stole those people away which left Nintendo in a position of "what do we do now"? See, they screwed up by going TOO casual. Remember the Wii Sport Resort E3 show? No? I don't blame you, it was ridiculous. They went WAY TOO FAR trying to sell casual games to casual gamers. So far, in fact, that they almost completely ignored the core demograph, the people who own PS3's and 360's. So when the casual left to buy ipads etc, who was left?
No one.
So if you think the Wii-U is going to do what the Wii did, simply because it has a different controller, you're in a for a rude awakening. It's not going to be about controllers next gen. It's going to go back to who offers the best core games and best core experiences because the core is all that's left.
