| impertinence said: Great stuff Mummelmann, solid from top to bottom for the most part. There are things I don't agree with in both yours and John Lucas' posts, but as far as general outlook on the videogame market I'm probably not very far from how you see things. The main differences probably revolve around the marketability of the Wii U and the status of the 'less enthusiastic' gamers to not use one of the non-words of the discussion. One thing I thought I could help clear up though. The ethics discussion concerning advertising targeted at children is probably not going to go anywhere. There's a cultural gap there that is obvious in how you both approach the subject. In Norway advertising targeted at children is illegal, in the US it is a non topic and not even slightly controversial. From the US vantage, discussing the ethics of advertising aimed at kids makes about as much sense as discussing the ethics of what kind of bread you prefer. For example, both Microsoft and Sony also target kids heavily in the US with their ads, if not necessarily their videogame ads. |
Its funny you mentioned this, as "forbrukerombudet" sued Nintendo a while back for breaking Norwegian law. However, "markedsrådet" and Nintendo disputed the specific commercials "forbrukerombudet" used in the case as they argued the actual products in the commercials had value for the entire family. Nintendo won the case, and have since been able to market their games and systems freely in Norway.
