Rethinking The Switch Audience And Where Nintendo Can Gain Users.

[Soundwave]

Aeolus451 said:

Soundwave said:

I think Switch has appeal to that audience though. Every person over 30 I've shown the system really likes it, even people who aren't neccessarily died in the wool Nintendo fanatics. 

The functionality of the device and ability to play relatively modern games anywhere in such a nice form factor, but still with a pretty nice display and full traditional button layout is appealling to a lot of people. IMO, games like Skyrim and NBA2K, things that normally wouldn't do well on a Nintendo console, can find an audience on Switch. 

It doesn't matter if switch as hardware is well-liked by older gamers because it's games are the most important factor in a gamer's decision. They don't give a rat's ass about gimmicks. They're less likely to buy anything that's expensive on impulse. It has to be pitched to older gamers by having having the same new 3rd party games as the other two, a few new 3rd exclusives and alot more 1st party games that are mature themed (not blood, gore and nudity) like the witcher 3 or dragon age story wise. Skyrim is really old. It's not worth bringing it up like it really adds anything of value for those older gamers to buy a switch.

Switch isn't really a gimmick though. It's a fundamental functional change in how video games can be enjoyed. 

When you get a little bit older into your late 30s, you give less of a fuck about graphics and all that too. It's not always about having the latest/greatest, it's about being able to enjoy the style of games you love within the schedule of your life. 

Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean that like 3DS graphics are ok, you still want something relatively modern (shaders, AI, physics, poly models, etc.), but it doesn't have to be an exact thing. 

This is going to be a big audience too -- 100 million people bought a PSOne, 150 million a PS2 .... these people who were 16-20 years old then are today 35/36/37/38. Life changes big time.