The hardcore abandoned Nintendo; Nintendo didn't abandon the hardcore

[Nem]

McDonaldsGuy said:

Nem said:
I disagree. The hardcore are the segment the Wii U has. Its the casuals that ditch it. The bro's were never with them on this or last gen.

The Madden/COD bros were never really with Nintendo ever though.

The fact is the N64 sold only 32 million, the GC 22 million, but the Wii sold 100 million by focusing on its new audience. Now that Nintendo is trying to go back to the audience that quit buying Nintendo consoles the results are obvious: Wii U is selling worse than the Dreamcast and almost the Vita.

I can tell you the difference. Those system were actually more powerful than the market base console. That atracted a wider audience wich are the tech/graphics enthusiasts.