Ubisoft on NX: “what we have seen is really great”

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Ljink96 said:
Casuals... it's fine to court them Nintendo but why not court casuals and hardcore? I'm scared because Ubisoft keeps saying casual, but I'm somewhat at ease because Zelda BotW is a launch title. However, I assume that Nintendo is no longer trying to appeal to 3rd parties who are pushing for power. They're hoping that their console's "idea" is enough to make 3rd parties want to develop on their console. But I just don't see that happening anymore.

The casual market has moved, Pokemon Go cements that even further. They've got a phone that does everything they want without buying a $400 dollar console. Those Wii players are going to be harder to win back because during the Wii's generation, there was no "smartphone" like we know it. Things have changed Nintendo, and I hope NX will at least acknowledge that.

They tried attracting both audiences with the Wii U and 3DS. The hardcore didn't bite. And FWIW the Wii had ample hardcore games early on. The entire industry bet against Nintendo so after 2007 there wasn't much even though there was an audience.