The Switch is not another Wii U!

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ps4tw said:

bdbdbd said:

Your problem is the intepretation of casual. The casual gamer market exists, but the casual gamers market is the core market of the industry. These are the people who buy CoD and FIFA and the likes for the same reasons people watch the popular TV series or watch sports on TV.

No, the problem is your interpretation as it goes against what the market says it is. Let me quote Iwata:

“The Wii was able to reach a large number of new consumers who had never played games before by bringing hands-on experiences with its Wii Sports and Wii Fit. However, we could not adequately create the situation that such new consumers played games frequently or for long, consistent periods. As a result we could not sustain a good level of profit,” said Iwata.

“Moreover, regrettably, what we prioritized in order to reach out to the new audience was a bit too far from what we prioritized for those who play games as their hobby. Consequently, we presume some people felt that the Wii was not a game system for them or they were not willing to play with the Wii even though some compelling games had been released.”

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So, it looks like the only person who thinks casual gamers are the ones who play CoD are you, whereas Iwata and the rest of the industry realise casual gamers are the ones who do not consider it a hobby and played it one off with games like Wii Sports and Wii Fit. 

 

bdbdbd said:

I did read what you wrote. I just failed to see your point because your comparisons make absolutely no sense. You can powerslide in the newest Mario Kart, just like you can shoot in the latest CoD. You have yet to point out how your EMP or health pack makes any difference. There's just new skin on a weapon.

Now you're just being obtuse. I described how I can recreate exactly what I did in Mario Kart 20 years ago in the latest Mario Kart game exactly, through each and every mechanic and type of map, whereas if you were to do exactly what you try to do in CoD 1 what has been done in Infinite Warfare, that would be impossible, and vice-versa.

Iwata was talking about new gamers, as you can read from the first line of the quote. In order for you to be a gamer of any type, you need to play games. In the real world, games like CoD and FIFA are the prime examples of games that casual gamers buy. It's pretty common for FIFA/NHL and CoD being the only games a gamer buys.

All you pointed out was the games having different skins. You could have My Little Ponies shitting rainbows in CoD and call it something you could not do in the earlier games, while all that's different would just be a different skin.