AbbathTheGrim said:
Oh, I completely get you. I can't rule out completely the possibility that someone can make something in a gaming platform that can attract people who would otherwise not care for videogames though. Nintendo proved that it can be done, whether it can be repeated or not is yet to be seen. Definitely, appealing to casuals kind of takes away attention from the core fans, that is understandable. The problem is that apparently Nintendo has hardcore fans as dedicated to gaming as any Micro and Sony hardcore fans, but they appear to be less in numbers and it would seem that, for Nintendo to ever achieve Wii numbers again, they would need to appeal to that fleeting market that, as you point out, may or may never return and could be lost forever, maybe. Of course, unless Nintendo manages to switch the tables drastically somehow and they find a way to seduce people who opt for Xbox and PlayStation over them. |
I don't think it's possible for Nintendo to steal people away from Sony or Microsoft as their main console but many of these gamers by both systems. They need to become the 1st choice as a 2nd console to have any chance here. But to do this they need to provide an exciting experience which is exclusive to to thier platform. If NX is anything more than a hybrid console I'd love to know what they are planning. Right now I don't see anything innovative from a controller standpoint but i guess we'll have to wait until next year to find out. Even though Oculus Rift and Morpheus are due out soon the only thing that could really surprise gamers is if it was an entire console based around some sort of new visual experience. Morpheas and Oculus rift are 10 years from becoming mainstream. Maybe Nintendo has something less ambitious but affordable which can go mainstream next year.
