| kitler53 said:
late gen buys, imo, have two main concerns. 1. what did my friends and faimly have? (wiiU is losing this one btw). 2. what is the entire library look like? and number 2 is where wiiU's best game being over a year old is a hinderance. this quarter ps4 is getting the order 1886, bloodborne, battlefield, evolve (late gen buyers don't care about 1st vs. 3rd party), planetside 2, dying light, and all those indie games like grim fandago ect. wiiU is getting splatoon and mario party i believe. wiiU doesn't exist in a vacuum,.. it has competition. nintendo's first party output can't even keep up with the amount of third party games on playstation and xbox and if the size of the library on non-nintendo consoles is 4-5x larger and covering a better variety of genres than on nintendo's console even great games like MK, smash, and zelda are easy to pass on. being old isn't a big deal. being old and most recent is... |
So let me agree to some to..
We can very much agree that they look at the entire library.. :)
And yes they are looking at what friends play to.. or at least what they have tried and like.. and also what console friends have..
BUT.. there are more levels in that..
The "average gamer" don't get +15 games in a gen and don't follow game media.. Or make videos for youtube.
The biggest part of any gen.. are always the "casuals".. The ones who just wanna play some fun games.. play with girlfriend/kids/family.. are boys/girls under ten.. or other people.. who in most cases.. not plays games like "the order 1886, bloodborne, battlefield"
So what you say is correct.. but it is (as i see it) only true when talking the ones who "live" games.
When you talk about the more casual gamer (who I estimate to be +70% of the 270 Mill who got a console last gen) there are other things who a more/also important:
How good games - How fun -How fun with others - price - New experinces - Good for kids (parents)
