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

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

Nope, you either like simplistic, casual, freemium mobile titles or you like complex, hardcore, blockbuster console titles. Nothing in between can exist.

Nintendo did basically try to make something in between. The Wii U. 

If Mario Kart and Splatoon and Mario Maker and New Super Mario Bros. and Rayman and Wii Fit U and Wii Party U and Nintendo Land and Kirby and Yoshi couldn't find the "in between audience" then one has to ask really where it exists. Also not every game on the PS4 is a "blockbuster" title there are "in between" titles there too. 

I mean surely if there was some overwhelming demand for "something in between" the Wii U could muster at least XBox One level sales (a system that also has many design defects and poor messaging). After all, Nintendo should have basically free reign, it's not like anyone is challenging them. 

The thing is with "console players" if you are a kid and you have a console in your house at age 5-7, by the time you are 15-16, you probably have quietly logged almost 1500 hours gaming a modest 4 hours per week (we know many kids play a helluva lot more than that but I'm erring on the lower side). 

1500 hours doing anything will make you pretty good at it. 

To buy a console you really need to also like a fairly wide variety of games. IMO this casual audience that likes Mario Kart and will buy a console just for Mario Kart ... nope. You need to like 6/7/8 franchises I think to really make the leap into buying a $250+ console, a $250 investment just to play 1 or 2 games for someone who doesn't care much for video games to begin with is a very, very hard sell. Even as an experienced gamer would I buy a Samsung console or something just because I like 2-3 games on it? Nope. This is why mobile is so great for casuals, they can get their small gaming itch scratched for free in a device they would want anyway.

They also tried something in between with 3DS and it has sold 60 million so you cant just look at Wii U and come to the conclusion that people only like one side of the spectrum or the other.

You have even talked about how Wii U has a dozen things wrong with it, you cant just keep changing your reasons why you think something failed to fit into whatever argument you're having that day.