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pokoko on 10 January 2013
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Soriku said:
pokoko said:
Like it or not, quality has little to do with the handheld gaming world. Repetition rules that gamespace in North America. Sony needs something repetitious and trite like Pokemon or Mario to appeal to children. Quality should be a secondary concern. It just has to be something trendy they can make twenty versions of. They need to throw a bunch of crap at the wall and see if any of it sticks. Nintendo knows that it's all about taking something and ramming it down the throats of the general public until they not only like it, but they keep buying every semi-new version you can churn out. Sony shouldn't worry about making something good, just making a bunch of junk until they can find the next Skylanders or whatever.


No offense but this sounds a little rage-y. 'Repetitous' and 'trite' didn't sell the PSP...

Rage-y?  I don't think so.  Can it really be denied that much of Nintendo's success isn't predicated on repetition?  In order to reach that point, Sony has to find something that can become a popular trend.  That goes far beyond monsters fighting one another or having a shallow character jump on stuff.  If they took the next 2D Mario game and turned it into another IP it wouldn't sell a fraction of what a generic Mario title would.  People have decided they'll like a Mario game the moment they see the box.  Sony has to find something that is popular in focus groups then market the living hell out of it.

Sure, it's true that I don't understand how people buy the same stuff over and over, but I definitely recognize the genius in what Nintendo has accomplished.  They're at a point now where the same people would buy anything Mario or Pokemon.  Even if it was horrible and the complaints came flooding in, those same people would buy the next version.  That's impressive.

What I'm saying is, to reach that point, Sony is going to have to find something trendy first, something that resonates with kids.  Kids really don't care that much about quality.  In order to find that thing, they should just throw stuff out there.  Anything that performs well in focus groups, throw it out there.  See if any of it catches on.  Then they can ride the wave for the next 20 years.