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fps_d0minat0r on 02 December 2013
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farlaff said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
farlaff said:

^ @ both of you: the fact you are not interested anymore is ok and everyone should respect that. But don't say that people that do enjoy many things that date for years back have not grown up. I myself love swimming as much as I did when I was five, but that did not prevent me from getting a Masters degree and to be on the way I am to finish a PhD.


I never said that.

Just to be clear, I also like some things from my childhood, just the not type of games I used to play.

I still eat coco pops or nesquick cerial every now and then =)

 

I have taken this from the first post you wrote:

 

fps_d0minat0r said:


Maybe thats the problem. Nintendo are hoping just because people grew up with their games they will keep buying them for the rest of their lives.

There are some people that carry on doing what they used to do when they were 8 years old, but most people change.

 

I don't want to be a pain in the arse and you seem to be a nice folk. Sorry, then, if I insist on my point, but can you see how your argument has turned against you? If you yourself keep on doing things that you used to like growing old (as you have just admitted to do), then you are automatically excluded from the group of the "most people" you have affirmed that change. Thus, you have not grown up, just like everyone of us who llike Nintendo.

Generalization is a dangerous thing and can even be offensive.


exactly..I said most people change which they do, I never said every person changes every single thing about their entire life.

And the opposite of that certainly isnt 'people never grow up', they just retain selective hobbies while others change either with changes in society (e.g. glorification of violence), law (e.g. hunting), technology (e.g. simulation becoming mainstream), or any other factors.

I agree with you in saying generalisation is dangerous and thats why im debating this especially after you said your sig was from an investors report. with that mindset, how are they going to successfully cater to the millions of people who grew up without Nintendo? and what about all those who played nintendo games growing up but are not interested in them anymore?

in the OP you mentioned it could compete with the ps360, but the truth is they are not substitute products. The segments they appeal to are completely different. If someone wants to play mario, theyre not getting a ps360. If someone wants to play gear of war or god of war, theyre not getting a wii U. and just because they grew up with games like mario, it doesnt necessarily mean they still want to.