Why don't the people who buy a PS4/Xbone buy a Wii U instead?

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UltimateUnknown said:

So what gives?

Do these people not know about the Mario's latest expedition in 3D world, or even his 2D adventures? Mario is a creepy italian plumber I want nothing to do with him.

Do they not want to partake in the festivities of kicking the s**t out of your opponent in the next installment of Smash? Nope.

Don't they want to experience the 8th variant of Nintendo's premier Kart racing? There's Kart good enough racing on other consoles and that's enough for me as it's not my main reason for gaming.

What's stopping them from trying out the niche outings such as Boyanetta 2 and Wonderful 101? Not owning a Wii U perhaps? And those games not being enough to justufy buying one.

They even have the tried and tested Zelda (I disliked OoT, which people keep saying is the best Zelda ever, so yeah, tried, tested and disregarded) franchise to look forward to in 2015, with a little bit of Kirby thrown in the mix for good measures. Is there a question here?

And who doesn't love the look of Splatoon? Me. I like the look of Garden Warfare better.

Yet why do people insist on buying the PS4/Xbone and not the Wii U? CoD, Fifa, Dragon Age, Halo, Uncharted, Bloodborne, GTA, GT, Singstar, The Last of Us, Gears of War, Assassin's Creed (maybe not for much longer), Destiny, Shadow of Mordor, tons of indies, and the list goes on. I note that only one of the games you mention above is designed specifically for gamers over the age of 18 (Bayonetta). It simply does not appeal to the major gamer demographic any more, because the major demographic is no longer 12-18, it's 20-35. Either Nintendo hasn't realised this, or they do know this, but they are unwilling to serve a much changed market.

What is going on here? Gee whizz people have different tastes to you in gaming, who would have thought?

What can Nintendo do to bring these people over from the other camps? Ummmm completely reinvent itself, which it will never do. And really should it? It has the handheld console space totally locked up, even though it is much diminished due to mobiles. Their home console is the secondary device for them, one thay produce to stay in that market segment, but handheld is where they will always prosper best, even in the 7th gen it was DS which did best for them.

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