Nintendo Investors Thread

[sethnintendo]

OceanJ said:

sethnintendo said:

Dividing casual and hardcore console would result in failure for Nintendo. Microsoft was hinting at splitting their console up with a less demanding casual console and a higher end model next gen. To be frank it would be fucking stupid if Nintendo did this.

Isn't Nintendo a big enough company to handle two consoles at once?  Isn't there room in the industry for another major console?  Aren't those clearly two different gaming markets - the casual & hardcore gamers?

I don't really see why it's such a bad idea.  I'm not saying it's good...just that it's not obviously bad, and for all I know it could be the right move.

Why not?

Just ask Sega how splitting their user base ended up for them.  Remember the Sega CD and 32X?  That effectively split their user base.  Sure perhaps my thinking is outdated but I see no benefit in splitting the user base from core and casual.  The great thing about Nintendo is that their games can appeal to both.