Nintendo Says It’s Looking To Appeal To Both Causal And Core Gamers With NX

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Dunban67 said:

melbye said:
Nintendo says they want to appeal to everybody

Idiots hear that Nintendo only want to appeal to casual gamers

Nintendo can either appeal  more to one or more to the other, but they can t appeal to both equally-   To state they are appealling to both is the same as not saying anything at all

Other than saying they want to appeal to both-  the only statemetns about the NX target market coming from Nintendo has said they want to target youth, families and more females -  Of course Reggie said "the blue ocean"    But saying both really tells us nothing

Of course they can appeal to both. There is a large middle ground between simplistic, casual, freemium titles and complex, hardcore, AAA titles.

Games that find a balance between those the spectrums have the potential to appeal to both sides. Some of Nintendo's most successful franchises are this middle ground, "casual-core" style.

I would say that Pokemon, Super Mario, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Splatoon, fit into this group of games that are simplistic and casual enough to be accessible by most people while also having the complexity, depth & competitiveness to appeal to more experienced players.