I guess Nintendo's strategy resumed would be, to attract new or "casual" gamers(as ambigous as that term is) and then......what? Ok Nintendo seems to be acomplishing that very well so far,but what % of those people is actually buying games for their Wii? thats a fact I'd like to know. It seems to me not very much of them are. Ok you sell your console=step 1 accomplished. you sell games so your console can survive=step 2 ????.I bought madden for Wii the first day it came out. Never bought a Madden before.But i knew that game would bring me limitless joy. I was right. Yeah,it has its flaws,but overall i think its a great game for one simple factor: Multiplayer happy fun fun. Gathered some friends,most of them "casual" gamers,but football whores as me. I was amazed in that they needed as much as one or two games to become as good as me. They all loved the freaking game. Then, I was so dissapointed when i looked at the game's sales. Beleive me, its a darn good game. It doesnt matter how well it did on other consoles, it didnt do half as well as it should have. Just made me think WTF is wrong? Wheres all that 10 million fan support? Are they all dying grandmas? Same thing with MP3. its not selling bad but not great either. I cant beleive wiiplay is still on top of the charts. Its good for nintendo,but for everyone else thats BS man. Look at Halo 3. Thats a unified market. Wii is not. Nintendo is alienating themselves from 3rd party support,ONCE AGAIN. Nintendo,please stop kidding yourselves,youre gonna have to face MS and Sony sooner or later, that is, if you want to keep your always-decreasing true gamer fanbase. All this "family" approach from nintendo is really starting to make me sick. The reality is, that Nintendo simply cant ignore the established gaming community, cuz it seems,theyre the only ones that are gonna buy games anyway, I mean I love my Wii and i am a most satisfied consumer and the games are great. Maybe theres nothing that can be done anyway. The Wii will become a GC eventually (market-speaking ja) with great games from Nintendo,but little 3rd party support,that forces gamers into having to buy another console to suit their needs. Lets wait and see how Smash sells out compared to Halo3. That will give us a clearer picture.
Heres the deal, recently played Bioshock a little bit and think its awesome. Made me think...Nintendo has revamped the gameboy several times and even the DS got a remake after just one year or something. We can safely say that DS lite is totally superior to the Phat,no one complained,everyone got one. The Wii has proven itself to be a winner as well,but for how long? Art direction has its limits without technology, and no matter how much they try, the gap between Wii and 360 is gonna be more evident as time passes by,I mean look at Endless ocean for example. Its a game mostly based on graphical enjoyment,yet it looks like CRAP. The only thing the Wii needs is more power. Nintendo has the upper hand at this moment,but if they dont realize that the clock is ticking until the "new audience" they just won start to realize that games look a million times better in other consoles,theyre screwed. The motion sensing amusement is not gonna last forever,and since Nintendo is pocket-full with $ and probably their pockets will explode with games like Brawl, why not come up with a little tune up for the Wii? I can envision a Wii that runs 720p. Same console,just more horsepower. Ok,ok, a lot of people will be pissed off cuz they have to change to the newer version eventually,but people with Wiis can get a trade promotion for the Wii elite. If i were in Iwata´s position, i wouldnt think twice on it. That way they would EXTERMINATE competition. When a console is successful, people is willing to buy anything they throw at them,PS2 slim great example. What do you think?
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