Soleron said:
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maximrace said:
I think it's easy to understand. There is a marketshift towards apps.
Oh really? Show me the big app game company's balance sheets.
Most core gamers have the hdtwins and are waiting for the nextgen.
Why wait? Aren't all the games they like out now? Why will next gen's games suddenly be attractive if current ones are not?
The casual gamer who bought the wii, psp or ds isn't interested in gaming anymore because they have a tablet/ smartphone to game on.
Are they spending the same amount of money on it? What you're actually seeing is $60 games no longer being worth it so people will take what they can get for 99c or free. That doesn't amount to actually not wanting console games, it means the ones they do want don't exist. And when they DO exist (CoD, Minecraft, Animal Crossing 3DS) suddenly we see lots of sales out of nowhere.
It's market apathy, not market shift.
But casuals aren't that important for a core gaming console.
Kinect didn't sell 20m then?
So the nextbox/ ps 4 should do allright if they are aimed a tthe core market.
wasn't the Wii U aimed at the core market?
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Great counter-points! It creates some interesting arguments... I'm not so sure mobile market is all that and a can of beans pesronally. I've played a few games, but nothing that has me hooked like a good PC or console game. Maybe console companies should consider entering/creating their own app space. May not be a lot of money, but it'll help the bottomline and create some loyalty for your brand... give another perk to selling the console. Can't be an easy thing to just start-up without some investment I'm sure... ... but Wii U technically has the tech. If they encourage developers to use the Wiimotes as well, that would be a bonus with the motion advantage...
With the Wii, they didn't always find new uses for the Wiimote. With the Wii U tablet, if you use it for app style games, would be a nice use... though I'm not sure the tab is as sensitive as say something like a phone. I had trouble using it at the store. Could've been the game though.
Maybe Nintendo is already thinking of it. Who knows. It's nice to think to be able to think of these things.
