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MDMAlliance on 27 March 2015
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oniyide said:
MDMAlliance said:

I disagree.  It's not like anyone knows for sure that if Nintendo did add this feature that it would help more than it would harm.  There are some ridiculous customers out there called parents.  Nintendo relies on them a good bit.  Changing that strategy is a risk that Nintendo is likely not willing to take yet.  

Even though you can deactivate the feature, parents are not the brightest customers.  Even though they love protecting their children from all the language and stuff, they likely wouldn't think of deactivating the feature when the option is there.  

The fact of the matter is that Nintendo is not confident in their ability to compete in the more "mature" gaming market if it means abandoning their "family friendly" base.  It's not a dumb decision, it makes sense that it would be a fear.  I think you're underestimating the risk Nintendo feels they would be undertaking.

edit: I'm not saying that Nintendo cannot succeed in this field or take greater gains in abandoning that image.  I am saying that there's reason for doubt.

edit 2: Not sure if you'll see this before responding, but I do think that Nintendo will need a fair amount of convincing that making this change will actually bring new customers to their system that can offset the parents who are put off by Nintendo no longer being "safe for children."  (That's a whole other can of worms)

there are people in this thread already saying, they are not gonna support it. So at the very least some sales are being lost. The strategy isnt working and you dont think parents arent buying PS4s and ONEs? They have to be with those sales.

@bolded, i agree there. They arent confident, they better get confident because again what they are doing isnt working.

You keep harping on these parents. Lets be real, parents arent buying WIi Us no one really is, sales prove that. THey are buying the kids tables, phones, and maybe PS4s and Xones. Numbers dont lie

People in this thread aren't a very good representation of sales.  They could only represent a few hundred people.  Since games still sell past their release dates, people who think that voice chat is a detriment could outnumber those people.  Not saying this IS the case, but it CAN be.

Of course there are parents buying PS4's and XBO's, but parents will usually already associate those systems as having certain risks of not being very child friendly.  Nintendo is in a different boat here.  We can argue that Nintendo probably shouldn't have ever went for the image they have now (back when they happened to get it in the SNES days), but it's already done.

You're exaggerating on the Wii U not having sales part, since it clearly is being sold.  While not all parents are going to be buying Nintendo systems, there are definitely going to be those who see Nintendo as the "safe" option if they will buy a console.  Nintendo taking that away and putting more resources towards the "mature" audience doesn't guarantee that the number of new users will outweigh the old ones they lost in the process.  There's also the 3DS, by the way.  Nintendo probably don't see the Wii U's failure to sell as a result of their "family friendly" image.