| SonytendoAmiibo said: The family market IS the Nintendo market. Not the hardcore market. Good move Nintendo. |
The question is how much of that market is left or even needs another $250-$300 console when they already play several hours a week on their phones/tablets for free.
That will be the problem for Nintendo on this end, Apple/Google/Facebook are not any easier competitors than Sony/MS, maybe even harder truth be told. You can't beat free games.
The Wii/DS time was different because no one was making games for lapsed/casual gamers, but today smartphone and casual browser games are like 60% of the game market, it's the most over-served segment of the market and there are more people playing games today probably than ever.
Watching TV I now see like 5x+ more marketing for casual smartphone games than I do for even Playstation/XBox. That would be unthinkable circa 2004.
