| phenom08 said: As usaul, vg posters are whining about seeing a child in a video game commercial lol. Its really not that serious and besides, its one freaking commercial. That commercial easily got the point across and will probably be on children channels. Also, I think Ninty knows more about whom their platforms sell to than a bunch of random nobody's on the internet. |
Which is probably why they are focusing moreso on the kids market, perhaps they are accepting the fact that they primarily sell to the family/kids market.
Same reason we don't get a white/black/silver 3DS XL ... they don't sell here apparently, the more kid-centric colors do so we get those.
Nintendo lost the teenager/adult market here a while ago I think, the success of Wii Sports/Brain Training/Wii Fit just masked it for a few years, but when those adults started to get their gaming fix on smart devices, NOA was left blowing in the wind with the adult market and didn't know how to handle it.
Now I think they are in tough market wise and know it, so they are rallying around the audience they figure they have the best shot with -- kids. It's probably going to be something older Nintendo fans are going to have to get used to, things like marketing and hardware color choices are going to be tailored more around the tastes of kids. The "adult Nintendo fan" is a niche audience, we just make a lot of noise on the internet though, lol.
