Is it game over for Nintendo?

[runqvist]

Mnementh said:

runqvist said:

Mnementh said:

runqvist said:

Mnementh said:

runqvist said:
Yes it does, taking away some sales from those companies which make the games I like. Also their innovations make games worse for me, not better. For example the wiimote did not bring anything to the table for me, it just made industry go after those "casual gamers".

You are obviously wrong.

Do you really think Nintendo-fans and soccer-moms/grandpas would have bought X360/PS3 without the Wii? That's laughable.

Now where did I say that? Please point to the part of my post which makes you think that I said anything like that.

"Yes it does, taking away some sales from those companies which make the games I like."

So when I talk about games, you assume that I am actually talking about consoles. I see. Maybe I'll adapt that logic, in case this conversation goes any further.

Soccer moms and grandpas and the hardcore-nintendo-fans never would have bought games you like from other companies. People who generally do this, did it besides the games they bought from Nintendo. Why should they stop buying games from other companies, if they buy from NIntendo? But consoles obviously play a role in it, as Nintendo games are only available on Nintendo-consoles. And again, while the soccer-moms/grandpas and hardcore-nintendo-fans probably only have a Nintendo-console, the people who in the market the other companies cater too have also a PC or a console from competition to play on. So no lost sales for other companies. It is the other way: EA (EA Sports Active), Ubisoft (Just Dance), Take Two (Carnival Games) made a lot of money with people that never would have bought the games you like, the titles I mentioned sold multiple million copies each. So the style NIntendo offered brought money to publishers to finance other games with. Without Just Dance Ubisoft probably would not have so much money to invest into Watchdogs.

So, is that all the people who bought the wii? No-one else? I think that is a pretty rude thing to say about Wii.

Are you aware that money does not grow on trees? It is a limited resource, every single sale affects sales of other competing(entertainment) products. If a soccer mom, like you used as an example, boughts a wii fit, she might not afford to get her kids the game they wanted. If a gamer spends 200€ for Wii, that is money away from buying games. If he gets mario, that is 60€ away from buying the games I would like to sell. Do you get the point or do I have to go on?*

 

*rhetorical