Switch's Gimmick Doesn't Target The Casual Gamer

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zorg1000 said:

Soundwave said:

 

If you can't play anything beyond a 2D Mario ... the problem is you. It's not game developers. I'm sorry. If a 6 year old can learn how to play Mario 64, it's not some esoteric acheivement ... it's simply a matter of having some patience and willingness to learn. 

If you don't have any patience/willingness to invest in a game, you will never really be able to get into games because the range of games that can be made for you are extremely limited. 

Also downloading a free app like Flappy Bird and playing it for 15 minues for a laugh is not the same thing as actually digging into a game. Would any of those people pay $50 for Flappy Bird? Or even $1? How are you supposed to build a business catering to this type of mentality? This is like someone trying to make a movie for an audience that will only watch something for 5 minutes before falling asleep. 

That's not fair to the storyteller, there's an expectation that you're willing to pay attention for at least 45 minutes I would say for any movie. You have to give the design aspect of the entertainment at least a fair shot.

you are making no sense, your current argument is soooooo far from what was originally being discussed that it has nothing to do with anything.

You are the person saying casuals only play super simplistic games, not Rol or I, its almost as if you are arguing with yourself.

Because uh they do? Which very casual do you know could even play Zelda: Ocarina of Time? 

Nintendo spent an entire decade trying to get these people "hooked" on basically all they're willing to play a free smartphone apps today, very few/almost none of that Wii Sports/Fit audience ever gave anything but maybe 1-2 Mario games a shot. 

You can't build a reliable audience from a demographic that fickle or inherintely opposed to basically the major foundations of game design (which is basically You die. You don't cry and bitch, you try again. And again. And again. Until you get better. If you can't do this, then gaming likely isn't for you). 

But if you want to get back to the OP's point, sure, Switch is fairly hardcore game platform. Possibly the most hardcore plaform they've made since the GameCube. And that's ok.