Nintendo addressing the family market with NX according to Ubisoft

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Soundwave said:

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. 

 

kitler53 said:
when my mother but a wii it was her first console.

i am quite confident it will also be her last console. she is never coming back. i feel the same can be said for most of the market that purchased wiis.

I agree. I think there's no family market for a console.

Good luck, Nintendo.