padib said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
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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?
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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.
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Honestly, like honestly, Nintendo really didn't provide satisfactory content at the proper price post 2010. If they did, they would have seen a 3DS rebound. They really need to fix their WiiU offering to get consumers back. I agree that it's a bit of both, but Nintendo can really do a lot to fix this and they are struggling right now honestly. Compared to the Wii 2006-2009, they aren't performing well in their product offerings for the U.
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Thats assuming that the non-gamers had more than a passing interest in gaming after the Wii. I assure you the majority did not. The Wii U was a huge success though. The Wii had content like Just Dance, Wii Party, Zumba Fitness and more up through 2009 and then the third party casual titles started coming in. If you notice the Wii's highest selling games sold like clockwork during a three year span (just enough for the majority of the casual attention to rise and fall). Mario was the main attraction for a core game that they would even dare purchase and metroid wasnt even an option. It was mostly games with Mario in it and passing casual party games that sold. Again, when you dont have a core audience or even a moderate gaming crowd the fanfare dies rather quickly. They were meant to go away eventually. All Nintendo can do is hope they reacquaint themselves with them later on in the future.
