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

[Dunban67]

zorg1000 said:

Dunban67 said:

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.

like i said - you can t appeal to both equally-  Nintendo and any consumer company wants to sell to as big a base as possible but by default the more you appeal to one side of the spectrum the less you appeal to the other-   ex  higher specs higher price and a lineup of games oriented more to LOZ and Metroid will sell to one side of the spectrum-  a lower price and lower specs with games more oriented to Animal crossing and Mario party will appeal more to the other side of the spectrum-