By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
FayeC on 14 December 2014
Edit Thread
Barozi said:
FayeC said:
Barozi said:

So basically you think it's a better idea to copy Sony and MS and just make a powerful machine where consumers need to pay $400 (and Nintendo probably still losing money) and then hope that third parties will hop on board instead of trying to catch the casual crowd again like Wii did?


Yeah. I think its pretty clear the market that bought the Wii and DS have moved on. The only way Nintendo gets more marketshare is to try to take it from Sony and Microsoft because they clearly aren't taking it from tablets/phones.

The jump from handheld to smartphones really isn't that big, but you think that tens of millions previous Wii owners wouldn't buy a home console ever again?
Why not making it more efficient to steal marketshare from MS and Sony by only developing first person shooters. Those platformer-lovers will surely move on...
In reality, neither PS4, X1 or WiiU are offering anything worthwhile for casual gamers. They were forced to move on. But that doesn't mean that they wouldn't come back once they see something they like.

The Jump from Wii To modern Smartphone isn't very big either. There is no reason for the casual user to invest in a Wii to pick up a handfull of games any longer because their needs are being met with a device that they carry around anyway. A device that the gaming portion of is effectively free with the purchase of the functional portion of.

I don't think Nintendo has to make first person shooters to attract Xbox and PS users, they would get them from the same sources as those two if their platform was more suitable for third party software to thrive on.

As for the bold, I'd have to disagree. The social features of the new consoles are intended just for causal gamers. The type of people who don't buy external screenshot/recording software, would never direct their browser to twitch.tv and are overjoyed to be using their smart device as part of their console expereince and getting subscription games on a monthly basis. Certainly no casual gamer has been forced to move on to an Xbone or a PS4. So much of the software is still on the older platforms. People are buying new hardware because they want it. This is in contrast to the Wii where software had a pretty abrupt halt, and users felt they may have had to move on to other platforms.