Soundwave said:
super_etecoon said:
Why do all of these threads attempt to recreate Nintendo's console in the HD Twins image? We don't have a problem with architecture or terraflops, we have a problem with the audience. The "hardcore" gamers favor more testosterone based gameplay and the uber-casuals that gobbled up the Wii (and only WiiSports) have moved onto their phones/tablets.
This isn't much different from the rest of the world's entertainment choices. You'll always have blockbusters raking in the dough at theaters, and mindless romcoms grabbing the other extreme. In the middle you have a small opportunity for the movies that are actually trying to say something to at least capture their budgets back. Does that mean that the "art" medium of film is dead? Not at all, it just means that the people looking for a deeper experience are a more niche crowd. However, I'd say it is these niche movies that stand the test of time and continue to be heralded as classics.
Gaming is no different. Just because a game doesn't sell 20 million copies, doesn't mean it was bad. I'm looking at the entirety of the Metroid franchise here. So I don't think Nintendo has done anything "wrong" this generation, it's just that the audience is fixated on a formula. I know for a fact that tides will turn once again, as they always do in the gaming industry. Nintendo can weather this storm and the next. One day the audience will return, if but just for a short while.
And if Nintendo releases another platform to compete with the WiiU, I will be pissed because it will mean that they don't get any of this. |
Yeah but a singular movie studio doesn't limit themselves to just 2 movies ... a studio like Warner Bros. will indeed make say a couple of blockbuster "summer movies" but then a lot of smaller romantic comedies and some kids movies in there too and what not.
What would be so bad about Nintendo having one hardware variant aimed specifically at the "testereone" market as you put it? Wii U could transition to being more of a family/kids-focused product (well it already is, really) at a cheaper price, and then you could also have a portable.
They all run the same Nintendo software, third party support would be the variant though.
As long as you still get Zelda U on your Wii U, would it anger you that someone else who wouldn't buy a Wii U, but would be willing to buy a game console better than say the PS4/X1 could also enjoy the same Zelda game?
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You're not going to get 3rd party support for Nintendo right now. Don't you get that? Why would they want to divide up their own resources? Developers aren't always looking for the next wave of consoles to try out their artistic vision. They actually cringe when a new system comes along because they have to start from the beginning once more. The sheer costs going from generation to generation are staggering. What a development studio wants is one platform (or two if it can support it) to develop their titles and sell them to as many people as possible. Nintendo attempting that game now would be suicide on several fronts.
I'm not sure if you're trying to save the Nintendo brand, or reduce them to the schizophrenic laughing stock of the market.
