Nintendo should copy Sony

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phenom08 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Fayceless said:

"games that are for kids" = entire argument is invalid.

No, really.  Games like Zelda and Metroid and Super Mario are not made for kids.  They are made for anyone who enjoys games.  If you write off any game (other than those obviously "early development"-type games) as "for kids" you are only limiting yourself as to what you can enjoy.  While I love SotC-type games and those with "mature" stories (lol-the term "mature" makes me laugh when applied to video games)... I still very much enjoy Nintendo's games like Pikmin and Mario and Pokemon.

As for whether or not Nintendo should copy Sony, why should they?  Sony is not the paragon of good business strategy.  Many people enjoy their games, but those games aren't keeping the company, nor the gaming department, in the black.  Nintendo doesn't particularly excel at that sort of story-telling, so they leave it up to second and third partied to make those sorts of games, and they are right to do so.  Nintendo does what it does best, and nobody does it better.

Nintendo applys the light-hearted and child-like (with color scales and all) approach to games, which is why they are considered the disney of videogames. They are made to attract children and generally casuals. You'll find this is true with Nintendo products being more dear to women and children than any other brand and actually sharing a proper percentage of sales between males and females. The DS was like 50/50 in sales between both genders where as the others were dominated by men. I am sure the Wii was somewhere up there too.  It's not that Nintendo isn't good at making certain games...it's that they don't want to because their first part represents them as a company.

Yep just look at Fire Emblem, Metroid, Zelda, Captain Falcon, Xenoblade, and The Last Story. All clearly for the kids and casual lol. Instead of seeing what you want to see how about actually back things up with proof. If Ninty is for children because of Mario and the Wii games then so is Sony because of the LBP franchise, Move games, and Wonderbook. Why do you ignore Ninty's core titles?

Zelda is mostly for kids even though it had a very good battle/exploration system. The game is very approachable to adults...except for the GC version in style. Metroid is the only solitary first party title Nintendo has made that could pass for a near mature title and there you have it, Nintendos least popular title. The Uncharted franchise in five games will outsell the whole Metroid series because thats just it, when you take the light hearted everyone games out of  equation sales drop. F-Zero....yeah....anyway, the rest are third party.

Sony...couldn't market to casuals if the tried (and they have). Sony is confined to the hardcore. The hardcore mentality is even in their commercials. Look at the salute to gamers commercial and the more comical move commercials. You cannot attract people to the move, it forces you to actually use  your body. Outside of lacking the proper software the move tech was sound, and demanded you actually follow through with your movements instead of being coddled and halfassing movements on the Wii. Sony is trying to catch the eye of the casuals to increase sales, but they need to think of many things including a color scheme specifically for children with bright solid tones. Their characters have to have memorable faces much like Nintendo. Nintendo attracts casuals like moth to a flame. It did for me when I was a really, really young and I am sure it did for you as well.