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Aeolus451 on 13 May 2017
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Soundwave said:
Aeolus451 said:

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. 

So what you wanted to talk about from what I said is "switch isn't really a gimmick" and "graphics"? Ugh. Nostalgia is not gonna bring them back to nintendo or it would of happened every gen already. The reason why the 30+ year olds aren't really into nintendo's games is because they changed from when they played it when they were teenagers or younger. They grew up and their tastes evolved. You really can't expect 30 somethings to buy an expensive console and games for nostalgia's sake when they can just open up a box and blow the dust off a old console. 

Think about it. What kind of shows and movies do you think 30 year olds watch?