Oh, for the love of...
Anyway.
''Â ``We are well aware that the sweet spot of the market is really 199 bucks,'' said Hufford. At $250 he labeled the Wii a ``strong value proposition, adding, "When mom walks into the store and sees she can get a console with a game for $250, she sees it as a $300 value. They've done a good job.'' ''
A mother? Why the hell does consoles (and games in general for that matter) need to be revamped into some cutesy ''family fun'' kiddie box? I understand the need to trying to appeal to a bigger market, but it will SO evidently make the real gamers suffer.
''Microsoft hopes to extend the reach of the Xbox 360 far beyond the 20 year old FPS fans''
Yeah, that's bull. If i've understood it correctly, he means that these FPS fans are the hardcores? These are just the kind of morons they've attracted by their earlier attempts at ''widening'' the market. (don't take me wrong, i don't consider all FPS fans idiots, but i've listened to way to many morons at the gamestore talking about wich game to get, the one with more blood or more skin showing. >.> )
Games like Viva pinata is a nice break in the constant showering of FPS (on all consoles/PC) but the thing is that we toning things down, making them cuter and taking out ''offensive'' material is not the way to go.
The way to go, would be to actually create games that actually can be ''adult'' games without the three B's.
But i'm going off-topic.
Profits and reason aside, microsoft needs to stay as this supposed ''hardcore haven'' before everything is lost, and before we know it, parents and kids are the more catered group than the gamers.
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