JetSetter said:
thismeintiel said:
If Nintendo truly wants to survive, they are going to have to go 3rd party. Most of casuals that the Wii appealed to are gone. They have gone to tablets or smartphones. It's also the reason that we went from a handheld market that had room for 2 competitors to do very well (82M and 154M) to one that can only support one doing poorly and one moderatly well (Vita will probably be 15M, while 3DS ends at 65M-70M.) What are left is a large group of core gamers. Gamers that want a generational leap in HW, something Nintendo just seems unwillingly to spend the money on, instead aiming for controller gimmicks that mostly appeal to casuals.
And while core gamers still enjoy Nintendo games, they don't appeal to them enough to make them want to purchase outdated HW compared to the systems they already own. The Wii U has proven that there are a shrinking number of Nintendo diehards who will buy one of their consoles. The NX is just going to continue to prove that point. Especially since Reggie is basically confirming the specs aren't going to be anything above the OG PS4, which rumors have already pointed to this, and the fact that the first 3rd party game announced for the NX was...Just Dance 2017. Looking like more poor 3rd party support for the NX.
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Eh I'm not too keen on the 3rd party route. I feel as though one of Nintendo's strengths comes from their ability to know the hardware they make games for inside out. And yes the Wii audience has moved to mobile devices thats why they're moving into that field. Also from what Ive heard on GAF and whatnot, when Reggie made that quote he was probably talking about the Neo and Scorpio. Makes sense given that we just found out about these devices not that long ago and we've known about NX for alot longer.
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Have they though? Recently? because if we look its not like they are doing alot with the HW anyway. How much of the Wii U library really uses the gamepad? Last game that did was Star Fox and that was divisive.
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