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[Maxx Blast]

im curious what you mean by this "I just said they gave up on the gamer market"

whats the "gamer market"?

Late teens to 20something males. Most disposable income, most time, least responsibility, easiest to appeal to.

Basically, the group that makes the truly good M rated games into the juggernauts of the industry.

[Daith]

im curious what you mean by this "I just said they gave up on the gamer market"

whats the "gamer market"?

Late teens to 20something males. Most disposable income, most time, least responsibility, easiest to appeal to.

Basically, the group that makes the truly good M rated games into the juggernauts of the industry.

If anything they are trying to widen the gamer market by not selling to one specific demographic. I know most of you guys see the gamer market is limited to what Invincible said, but Nintendo was smart enough business wise to realize that targeting the larger market could get more cash. Thats what the threads about, not which systems better, what games better, or even what internet services they offer.

Sure I'm not saying it's a great move towards our demographic, it sucks cause Nintendo is more about pleasing everyone than focusing on a awesome title ap to keep us 20 somethings thrilled. But it was a smart business move despite how you look at it. It's essentially the same move Square-Enix just did with FF XIII. Why focus on one market when there is another part of the market that is willing to try my product out that we haven't exploited yet.

[The Predaking]

It's a broad term, I'll grant you that, so let me redefine what I meant.

Nintendo has given up trying to compete for the demographic of Males aged 14-30. They have focused on a larger broader appeal, and you can tell from the numbers, it's working for them. They are trying to go after the casual gamer by focusing on mini-game games, light gun games, and exercise/sport games. Sure, they still have Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Brawl, but what else? What else is coming? They seem to be more focused on getting out Wiiresort and WiiMusic rather than develop a new IP(or revive an older one) to target the traditional Gamer market.

[Shadewing]

Pikmin 3 is coming to Wii, for a revival IP. And MS is starting to follow Nintendo's lead by expanding into more casual gaming; getting into Avatars and their game channel with 1 vs 100, being able to share pictures with friends, and watching Netflix from your Xbox as well. Then they is stuff like You're in the Movies, Scene it, Lips, and other such titles. "Hey, We can do Casual too!" is the big thing I got from MS's E3 presentation.

[The Predaking]

Pikmin 3 is coming to Wii, for a revival IP. And MS is starting to follow Nintendo's lead by expanding into more casual gaming; getting into Avatars and their game channel with 1 vs 100, being able to share pictures with friends, and watching Netflix from your Xbox as well. Then they is stuff like You're in the Movies, Scene it, Lips, and other such titles. "Hey, We can do Casual too!" is the big thing I got from MS's E3 presentation.

Yeah, but meanwhile, Soul Caliber 4, Too Human, Halo Wars, Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, Star Wars Force Unleashed, and Gears of War 2 coming on the 360 in the next 9 months.

[Shadewing]

I wouldn't count Force Unleashed, as its coming to Wii as well. And only three of these did they give any time to in their presentation, before going into and spending the rest of the time, about how they are going Casual. Ending with an almost boring Squeenix presentation until the announcement of FF13 for 360.

Also for Wii, there is Dead Rising (Which someone mentioned Wii'd never get), Mad World, Deadly Creatures, Star Wars Force Unleashed, and Star Wars Clone Wars. Which people seem to over look just so they can say "HA HA Nintendo's got nothing coming!"

Edited by Database, 18 July 2008 - 04:04 PM.

[The Predaking]

I wouldn't count Force Unleashed, as its coming to Wii as well. And only three of these did they give any time to in their presentation, before going into and spending the rest of the time, about how they are going Casual. Ending with an almost boring Squeenix presentation until the announcement of FF13 for 360.

Also for Wii, there is Dead Rising (Which someone mentioned Wii'd never get), Mad World, Deadly Creatures, Star Wars Force Unleashed, and Star Wars Clone Wars. Which people seem to over look just so they can say "HA HA Nintendo's got nothing coming!"

I actually enjoyed the other SE games, I'll definitely be checking up on them later on.

Force Unleashed, IIRC, is a scaled down version of what the game truly is. Dead Rising looks like it could be fun, depending on how they pull it off. I haven't seen or head anything about Mad world or Deadly Creatures, and Clone wars looked like another movie tie game to me.