JoeTheBro said:
Then I doubt you are the target market. From what I've heard indies are very healthy on Vita and are also doing nice on the Wii U. I doubt many people buy the systems just for indies, but there's a small dedicated group that is heavily influenced by them. |
I'm not their target market but I wasn't making t hat my only point. My point was "indies don't sell consoles." Even though I made mention that I don't purchase them, doesn't change that.
Tell me. How many digital only indie titles for the Vita and Wii U have you seen on store shelves lately? So how is your average gamer who doesn't frequent video game sites know that these 100+ indie titles are available for the Vita and Wii U unless he/she has one and stumbles across the indies in the eshop or the PSN store? How is indie a selling point for the Vita or the Wii U if the potential buyers have no idea the games exist.
It's not like Sony or Nintendo advertise that they have hundreds of cheap affordable games on the box itelf. It usually just gives a generalization about it in very fine print that these consumers won't ever read, especially when the boxes and systems are locked behind store shelves or behind a glass panel. If they did advertise on the front of the box though, I doubt retailers would care it because they don't want people buying it and then buying everything all digital.
With all these indie games, I don't see why Sony and Nintendo don't have digital cards of the games themselves. This way the digital games can be seen by the consumer interested in the product up on Gamestop shelves, and Gamestop, Walmart, whoever, can get a small cut for selling a digital voucher. They offer PSN cards, but PSN cards don't advertise games.
