predict when the hype stops

[game_on]

whatever said:

game_on said:

pezus said:

Wat. I'd say it has only grown, as seen in PS360's later years. This is opposite to the casual crowd, that has gotten much smaller.

No. It's not. You can tell by the slow sales of the Wii U which is targeting a more hardcore audience than the Wii. The hardcore gamer is a relatively small group and the casuals have long gone to tablets and smartphones.

Sales of the Wii U tell us nothing about the hardcore crowd.  Just because Nintendo targeted a more hardcore audience, doesn't mean they responded to it.

The hardcore, for the most part, waited to see what was coming from Sony and MS.  I don't know if there will be as many consoles sold this gen (the Wii really skewed the numbers last gen), but the hardcore audience is certainly larger now as more kids have grown up with video games.

It tells something, at least that the Nintendo audience is not really into hardcore gaming besides Mario. And true that many gamers waited for the next MS and Sony console, but what persued them to buying one? The next Call of Duty? Which is playable on the old consoles with slighty less pixels? I think these are the fans who wanted to buy the next console no matter what. As for the youth, I seriously doubt what you are saying. If you look at what youngsters are interested in these days, if I look at my own daughter, my nices and nephews... They had PS3/Xbox 360 and the Wii. I asked them if they wanted next-gen, nope. They're saving up money for tablets and laptops. If it was not for me, there would not have been a Wii U in my house, my daughter was surprised I bought a console to play the same Mario only on a different platform. I'll probably buy an Xbox One next year or so, when (or IF!) there are some games worth buying it for. But for now, meh.