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JWeinCom on 26 July 2016
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jason1637 said:
JWeinCom said:

Again, why should Nintendo make decisions regarding a 10 million plus selling RPG franchise based on a <1 million selling fighting game spin off?  And why does it matter that it's selling better than Tekken (which isn't that impressive seeing as Tekken sold under 200K)?

If it sells well and is powerful, third parties may develop for it.  But, the rumors indicate that it will be well below the PS4's power.  The fact that it will use a completely different architecture raises development cost, and cartridges raise manufacturing costs.  Cutting the profits by 2-3 dollars a game is a huge disincentive to development.

Casual gamers are, by definition, casual.  Do you really think the kinds of gamers who bought Brain Age for a 150 dollar system are going to come back now that they can play it in HD on a system that will be closer to 300?  Do the kinds of people who played Wii Sports really care about taking that experience with them?  

Why exactly is the fan who didn't want a 3DS and didn't want a Wii U so much more likely to buy this?

Selling more than tekken means that people are more interested in it being pokemon than tekken.

We dont know all the specs yet so its to early to say it would increase development cost by a lot.

Yes, many casuals already game on phone/tablets.

They get both the experience of the wiiu and 3ds.

Ummmmm... who really cares about whether or not Pokemon is being bigger than Tekken?  I don't see how that's relevant at all.

Any additional barrier you make for third party development, when you already have an unproven system, is a major problem.  You want to make things as easy as possible.

Yeah, they do.  And why will those people want an NX?

And casuals don't want either of those experiences.  Putting together two things casual gamers didn't want isn't going to suddenly want to make them want it.

"Do you like pineapples?"

"No."

"Do you like pizza?"

"No."

"Do you want a pineapple pizza?"

"HELL YEAH!"

If Nintendo wants to get casuals back, they need something different.  Not just a combination of two products that failed to get them.