Do you agree with this point of view?

[S.T.A.G.E.]

padib said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Nintendo can try. The opportunity is there, but at this point its going to have to be something new and MS used Sonys concept to win over a share of the Wii crowd with the Kinect. 40 million motion control/camera units sold between the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The fad rubs off especially when you dumb it down further. Sony sold less because they dumbed it down less and made it more intuitive than the counterparts requiring full  body movement and proper tracking coupled with a small amount of content and shitty marketing. Microsoft has to have sold about thirty million units off the back of the Wii with the Kinect.When the Wii's numbers started dwindling the Kinects starting to rise. I sensed a correlation in 2010. Did you?

I did. And 2011 later coincides with Nintendo's dwindling support on the Wii. It's hard to tell if people were getting sick of Nintendo or if Nintendo just dropped the ball. A mix of both maybe?

If Nintendo provides content (which they were) people shouldnt have run off in general (but they did). My conclusion is that casual trends change. They are always looking for the next big commercial trend to spend their money on and then move. Wii Fit and the streaming services had the highest online utility for a casual or non-gamer. Chances are that a non-gamer wasnt going to use the Wii for multimedia anyway. The PS3 had the highest netflix usage out of any other console. Xbox Live definitely hurt Microsofts chances to be at the top spot for sure. When it comes to casual content Nintendo ended it with Wii Fit. Wii Sports was bundled with the Wii so it sold nearly the whole share of what the Wii sold in general. Wii Sports resort most likely didnt come bundled because it sold close to a third and the WIi Fit games sold even less. Third parties made bank on the dance and casual fitness games. Very cheaply made games that commanded a ton of profit. In conclusion yeah, its a little bit of both. They have short attention spans but Nintendo on the first and third party angle had more than enough content for casuals. Problem is they could've tried something new past 2010. They didn't. Casuals have a short attention span so I believe the Kinect came at the perfect time.