Screw The Casuals, Let Them Abandon Nintendo

[KungKras]

Soundwave said:

KungKras said:

Soundwave said:

 

 

I think the analogy is quite apt. If these casuals have any loyalty, where are they now? *crickets*. They're not supporting Nintendo, they are bailing out and if what they want is cheap 99 cent games that are basically a distraction for them for 10-20 minutes a day at best .... let them have what they want. 

Why expend so much energy on an audience that really doesn't give a sh*t about your type of product in the first place? They had their fun with Wii Sports, it was a fun fad for a couple of years, and most have moved on, with a chunk sticking around for Just Dance, which is probably on its own way out in a year or two as well. 

Good for Apple and Google/Android, but honestly if after owning a Wii for 4-6 years, all you want is Angry Birds ... as far as I'm concerned, there's the door, don't let it hit your ass on the way out. I'm not shedding any tears over this "supposed" audience bailing out and going elsewhere. 

The Wii U is launching at an expensive price in an economic depression. The only game keeping it alive is a game appreciated by the mainstream (NSMBU).

Again, your analogy fails miserably.

It's only $50 more than the Wii and consumer spending was up for holiday 2012, so I don't buy that excuse. 

Folkes don't seem to have a problem dropping $400+ for iPads and iPhones and Samsung Galaxies. 

Casuals don't want a Wii U. I have friends who are casual gamers who were absolutely nuts about the Wii in 2006. I had one friend that drove 3 hours to get one in the middle of a snow storm to get one, and this is a complete casual player. They would've paid $300-$400 for one gladly back then. Wii U? I've barely heard a peep from any of my casual gaming friends about it at all and none of them are interested in buying one. 

The Wii also came with a game and a controller that the mass market wanted, and thus was an infinately better value.

Again, you can't compare non-consoles to consoles. Those devices aren't being bought for gaming.

Again, if the hardcore are so important, then why is the only thing keeping the Wii U alive games with mass market appeal, why not the "hardcore" games on it? If you can't come up with a good answer to that, then your entire premise collapses. Answer that question if you want to be taken seriously.