Aielyn said:
People need to stop saying this. Iwata said that he wanted more core gamers playing on the Wii U, he didn't say that the Wii U should have more of a core gamer focus. There's a massive difference between the two - one means "we're not going after casual players", the other means "we want everyone to be playing our console". Meanwhile, in isolation, core gamers laugh at Fifa - it's seen as "soccer roster update game 2013", and many view it as a "casual game". It's only when it comes to Nintendo systems that such people start calling it a "core title". And again, I'm going to point to the fact that it was never a big franchise on Nintendo platforms, anyway. Battlefield 4 is a different issue, but fortunately, all signs point to Activision continuing support for the system, and CoD is a much bigger deal than Battlefield. |
I said "more of a core gamer focus"; nowhere does that suggest just a core gamer focus, but simply an increase from what it was on the Wii, which was, more or less, almost no focus on core gamers. Also, here is what Iwata said:
"This new controller is going to be very intuitive, but at the same time it can be very sophisticated. And together, I think we will be able to offer a new form of entertainment that can satisfy the needs of the core gamers."
So please, argue what wasn't said as that just isn't helping anyone.
Fifa is a sports game, not a casual game - stop bending the rules to suit your need. The fact it isn't a big franchise on Nintendo platforms though is a problem because it shows that Nintendo isn't catering for the widest core market possible - it's isolating it's market more and more and we all know what will happen if it sticks to just Ninty games (GC). Saying CoD is a bigger deal is irrelevant - you are still losing a large audience which at this moment in time is the last thing the Wii U needs.
