| NintendoPie said: I think Ryan and THE1 hit the nail on it's head as you cool folk would say. As with any industry, they try hard to make money. What makes them money? People. People buy games that are well known and are spread by word of mouth. What is this called? "Mainstreaming" an industry... The Wii and XB360/PS3 really were great proof of this already happening. The Wii capitalized on the Mainstream market (or, "Casuals") with it's easy to play titles and over all "lifestyle" type games. (Not all of them were like this, of course.) The XB360/PS3 capitalized on the Mainstream market by providing major multimedia experiences such as NetFlix and Hulu. (Plus a bunch of other downloadable services that make you more (or less) connected to other people.) This is already happening. |
Agreed. Like you and others have said, I've pretty much accepted that it will someday happen that there may be a point where the original base who made the industry are forgotten and we see watering down to pop music levels. I don't think we're quite that far down yet. That was the point of my post... are we heading there with all these "quotes" and people talking about wanting to drag in casual market. It has more to do with monetizing the base than trying to innovate I think.
As it stands now though, we still have some of my generation still playing and they need people like us to encourage the next generation to become gamers. It's kinda harder to get other people to join in if all they know how to do is game on a cell phone...but I think as the populace becomes more tech savvy, the trend will only grow towards that direction.
