Nintendo is completely out of touch with reality.

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ninetailschris said:

ICStats said:

You're being over dramatic.  1st nobody is telling you what to do.  2nd if a business doesn't make products that catch on with consumers, it's not the consumer's fault.  Blaming consumers is really in touch (roll eyes).

Arguably part of the rise of PlayStation was thanks to the breadth of games.  Platforming, fighting, action, role playing, sports, rhythm, casual, social, cartoony and realistc, etc.  More people got into gaming because more tastes were covered.  Then Xbox added more FPS and brought in more gamers to consoles that would otherwise be on PC.

There's nothing wrong with making a product that targets a niche - just don't try to make it look like more than what it is.

Personally I play games from most genres, so I like a console that represents them all well.  PS4 still has just a few titles, but the potential is clearly there.  Pretty much all the developers that aren't under contract to make exclusives for other platforms are signed on and developing for PS4.  Most of them have written off the Wii U, so a lot of the potential is not there.

Here is your problem. Each system has it's market. Platformers don't sell no where near nintendo a or even mircosoft on Sony platform.

ninetendo tends to sell best when platformers, casual, and action-adventure games. Horrible at shooters.

sony are shooters,rpg, jrpg. Horrible at casual.

mircosoft shooters, adventure, and somewhat casual games. Not good at jrpg.

making games for every genre has never worked. As much as Sony tried with platforms most have bombed. Just like there desire to get that casual market.

ninetendo fault was lack of games to support the fan base they sell best to. Wii sports U and mario U at launch would have been killer. But they still would have problems because of the name.

I don't know if Sony bombed at casual games.  PS2 casual games had a lot of success in Europe.  These days casual is equated to motion controls, which Nintendo & MS have been more successful with - but right now that's not all that successful either.  Let's see what will be the next casual boom.