Soundwave said:
The problem is there aren't these massive different areas of console demographics. Consoles by their nature are a fairly cheap, easy to use product. That's the entire *point* a home video game console from the onset that they are a cheap, dummy-proof alternative to PCs. Yes, that means Sony and MS too. $299-$349 for an XBox One is not a "luxury" item, Sony/MS are not selling Rolls Royce and Lamborghinis here while Nintendo is some mass market savior offering Honda Civics to people who can't possibly afford such luxury items. Or to your analogy, Nintendo sure as hell is not offering $300 laptops to $1000+ Playstation laptops. At best this will be a $100 difference, as PS4/XB1 will be even cheaper a year from now, let alone two. This is why a $99 GameCube got beat by both the more expensive PS2 and XBox. Game consoles are *all* cheap relatively, what it comes down then it who is offering the best value, and this is painful for some Nintendo fans to hear, but a PS4 with 10x more games offers far more value than Wii U does even if the PS4 costs a little more upfront. It's time Nintendo gets its head out of the clouds and realize they're not only in a boxing fight, they're getting their head punched in, and if they don't start swinging back and fighting smart, they are going to get their ass knocked out. Also I think Nintendo is going to have to accept a painful truth ... the "family console" market doesn't exist in 2015 the way it did in 1985. The console market of today is 95% based in North America and Europe (not 50% in Japan) and they are largely purchased either by A) Grown adults or B) Kids who don't want to play Mario Kart but desperately want GTAV for social acceptance in their peer group. That's just the reality of it. If Nintendo had some firm lock on the kids console market, they would not be in the situation they are in right now. Indie developers aren't going to save Nintendo either because they basically put their games on every console, so that's not a savior for them. It's time also that more sane people within Nintendo's leadership structure *stepped up* and started making sane decisions in touch with the reality of the market today. Stop living in the 80s/90s. Miyamoto is a brilliant game designer, but he needs to be kept the fuck away from making hardware decisions. You don't let Willy Wonka run the accounting and business side of the chocolate factory. |
90% of games on PS/XB are aimed directly at teenage/adult males. There are a number of demographics not being catered to on consoles and that's something Nintendo should try tapping into again. And don't give the bullshit excuse that kids, females & families are forever trapped on mobile because that's not how it works, if a product is appealing to these demographics than they will purchase it.
You have said it multiple times that the "casual" market is fickle and purchases whatever is the hot, new hyped up product. If that's true than there is nothing stopping these people from also playing games on non-mobile devices if such a device is appealing to them.
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