Is Nintendo's "Family/Kids First" Console Formula Simply Doomed To Fail?

[Mnementh]

HBninjaX said:

Mnementh said:

BeElite said:

Nem said:

Look at the Wii. Its far from failing.

With that said, its a hit or miss thing. But Nintendo clearly wants to target the whole segment and not just kids.

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It seems more of a miss thing and one fluke.

How apply N64, Gamecube or WiiU to the Family/Kids first formula? With Goldeneye? With Rogue Squadron? With Metroid Prime? With COD or Assassins Creed?

They tried the Family-formula once, with the Wii.

With N64 nintendo stuck with the cartridge format while everyone else was disc based, that put limitations on the software.  Nintendo didn't think discs were kid friendly.  Losing Final Fantasy 7 to sony was a huge blow and it feels like they never recovered the market they lost from that.

The gamecube looks like a purple lunch box and has a silly name.  The PS2 and Xbox OTOH were considered sexier/macho/for people that liked mature titles.

Cartridge vs. Optical Disc have nothing to do with kids. nintendo thought they could control Cartridges better. That's it. Color of the Gamecube might really be a hint towards kids, but the games on the lunchbox were targeted mostly at adults. A problem of mixed signals. And naming - I don't know. PS is  short for Playstation, that does sound as silly as Gamecube. XBOX is just a bland name.