| Ck1x said: I think the OP is bringing about the wrong question, because it's not whether Nintendo games are to simplified, as all of the biggest selling titles on other platforms are fairly easy. I think the OP is confusing people's intentions to buy games and it's more to do with overall theme of the games and not game play content that's selling these titles... |
Pokemon and Mario games are not the most difficult games around yet they sell insanely well. There is a logical hole here if any of you are trying to make the argument that the type of games Nintendo are making is the problem.
the 3DS has solid hardware AND software sales with the same type ofi Nintendo games as are released on the Wii U. in the end its quite simple- the Wii U was a poorly conceptualized piece of hardware and marketed badly. the software was not the bigger factor when compared with the hardware in this case (although obviously it played a part).
in the end NO First Party developer is going to be able to successfully cater to all age groups and demographics on their own. Its similarly why you don't see a lot of successful Microsoft/Sony games aimed at kids (at least at the level that NIntendo achieves in software sales).
the real defining issue is the third party support. that's it. that simple. to say that "Nintendo needs to appeal to older people" on its own is a silly statement because they obviously do have a segment of older gamers and because no console manufacturer on their own is ever going to be capable of targeting all markets based entirely on their own actions
you need to work with the third parties or at the very least make your system quite accessible to them.
what NIntendo simply needs to do is make sure that the NX is easy for third party developers to bring games over to. ports. its that simple.
too many people overcomplicate it. In the end the only thing Nintendo needs to adjust is how their hardware agrees with third party developers. I'm laughing at the concept of some of you possibly thinking that what the big N needs to do is create Grand Theft Auto or serious racing games to magically take control of the market. That's the sort of thing you leave to someone who already is doing it (for the most part)
and I can't reiterate enough that the demographic Nintendo arguably is missing lately are like the teenager demographic. 30 year olds are exactly the people who grew up with Nintendo and are buying the systems for themselves or their kids
