Side question ...

Looking at the "Core" gamers Nintendo actually lost should Nintendo actually want to win these gamers back?

I'm not talking about the people who are simply not interested in what the Wii provides at the moment ... I'm refering to the gamers who determine the value of a console is measured in its technical specifications, the value of a game is how "Mature" its content is, and agressively attack anything which they feel takes away from the "Purity" or "Artistic Merit" of gaming. In the process of pleasing these gamers (as Sony and Microsoft have tried to do) you can alienate a large portion of the gaming market while taking massive corporate losses and pusing the development costs of your games to a level where it becomes difficult to turn a profit on them.

This population of "Snob-core" gamers, who are heavily represented on the internet, really only make up (roughly) 5% of all system and game sales which means that it would be nearly impossible for a console manufacturer to survive on these gamers alone; appealing to these gamers tastes at the expense of larger demographics is not a good strategy for a company or the industry as a whole.

Now, as a side note, I do thing Nintendo should appeal more to "Core" gamers by releasing information about pending game releases about 6 to 9 months before these games will be released; and they should put as much effort into producing new game series that will appeal to these gamers as they seem to have put into researching and developing products that appeal to "Casual" gamers. I also think it might be worthwhile for Nintendo to take some of their (currently massive) profits and reinvest into software development by buying a few (smaller) development studios that cater to "Core" gamers.

"...Didn't fullfill your gaming needs?" Hey fat bastard, get off your ass and go outside and live in the world. Your gaming needs, how pitiful. No wonder the majority of American are fat, they want a gaming experience where they spend 50 hours playing in a fantasy world instead of actually living. The last thing the world needs is more people who demand a "gaming experience". Good to see Nintendo back on top. "The new campaign should be with adults from 25 to 42 playing games and loving it. " If you're 25 to 42 you should be ashamed to be demanding a gaming experience. "Dad can you help me with my homework?" "Shut up boy, I'm in the middle of my gaming experience! Now go Play Wii Fit you homo." Grow up Skippy.

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EDIT: On another note Nintendo NEEDS to release a sequel to Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars. I KNOW that game will do extremely well. I mean that was like the BEST RPG I have ever played. At least in my opinion. =>

Nintendo doesn't need to win anyone back.  It doesn't owe anyone anything.  I am very pissed about what Nintendo showed at E3 but I would be an idiot to expect Nintendo to forget about what it has done so far with the Wii that means it is going to be Nintendo's most successful console.  You want Nintendo to focus on you?  Well Nintendo focused on you last gen and look at how well that turned out for them.  In any event how many games for core gamers do people even expect from one company?  Wii has been around less than 2 years and we have already had Zelda TP, Metroid Prime 3, Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart & Brawl.  That is everyone of Nintendo's main console franchises.  And we know Pikmin is coming.