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padib said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
the2real4mafol said:
Makes sense but gaming will still grow, especially if they pick in places like China


The gaming market will shrink down to about the size of the PS2 era. Microsoft and Sony will fight for large chunks of the marketshare while Nintendo essentialy takes what it can get like it did before the Wii. China will grow but I think that might be the gen after. 

Why do you see the gaming market as 2 markets: casual (pick up and dispose) and trad (enthusiasts)? There are more than 2 markets.

I never said i saw it as two markets. Nintendo created a new market with the Wii, which is the non-gamer market. People who have a passing interest in games. Casuals have an interest in games but they dont game as much as hobbyists. Nintendo knew what they were doing and to whom they were targeting. They were targeting people they knew had no interest in traditional gaming because it had evolved beyond them. Again, the problem with that is you have to hold their attention or else they will move on to the next big thing.