RolStoppable said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:
niche
niCH,nēSH/
noun
noun: niche; plural noun: niches; noun: one's niche; plural noun: one's niches
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1.
a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament.
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recess, alcove, nook, cranny, hollow, bay, cavity, cubbyhole, pigeonhole
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2.
a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.
"he is now a partner at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche"
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ideal position, place, function, vocation, calling, métier, job
"he found his niche in life"
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ECOLOGY
a position or role taken by a kind of organism within its community. Such a position may be occupied by different organisms in different localities, e.g., antelopes in Africa and kangaroos in Australia.
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3.
a specialized segment of the market for a particular kind of product or service.
"he believes he has found a niche in the market"
I feel like #3 fits what I'm trying to get at most
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You use the term so loosely that it could be applied to any video game IP. Once it applies to everything, it loses all meaning and becomes a redundant word.
The common understanding and use of the term describes games with small, but dedicated audiences. Basically, titles that almost always sell below 1m units and have thus failed to reach massmarket appeal.
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According to???
Again, this whole drawn out argument was over my choice of verbiage...which according to the literal definition is correct.
