| your mother said: Too bad the minions of competing consoles fail to see this - at all. |
nonono, it's not "too bad". it's a good thing, if you're a nintendo supporter. that means sony andmicrosoft will think that their games are continually getting support, and won't shift as much resources to to the casual gaming department. and nintendo just keeps expanding its market share among casual gamers, bring in more 3rd part development, and eventually, you'll have the Wii at where the DS is today--the perfect platform for both the "hardcore" and the "casual".
next thought...
sony and microsoft are caught in a bind; neither can abandon the hardcore gamer because if you do, the other party swoops and captures market share. it's gonna be a death march. yet because of this, theyr can't as easily shift resources to making casual games, as nintendo has done--exactly why people are criticizing nintendo. sony is in a worse position than microsoft, since the PS3 strategy is completely dependent on capturing the hardcore market. they must now follow through and hope their superior technology and hardcore games will at least deliever themselves a victory over microsoft, and hopefully recuperate their investment in the PS3.
people should realize that nintendo IS being bad to the Hardcore. they're trying to distance themselves from the established games. this means fewer offerings for them, so why shouldn't they be angry?
it's a TOTALLY LEGITIMATE concern.
the Wii is an epidemic.
