Sunday, 2 November 2014

Nintendo Densetsu

Why is it that whatever is being said in console arguements, that for the last 10-12 years, it's been Playstation versus XBOX with nary a mention of Wii/WiiU?

With 100 Million sold, Wii was far and away the most successful console in the last generation, and it did so by opening the videogame market to the casual crowd. 3DS is a moderate success, whose best feature is not it's 3D, but it's StreetPass capability.  Microsoft and Sony are fighting each other for the guys who play Call of Duty, and every other "AAA" release. Nintendo isn't fighting for hardcore gamers anymore, it's selling to:
  1.  Lifetime nintendo/pokemon fans,
  2. Gamers who like portables
  3. Gamers who commute
  4. Lapsed nintendo fans who haven't played anything after SNES
  5. casuals who bought the wii, played it for a year, and left it to collect dust (and these people likely dont even know that WiiU is a thing)
Nintendo Densetsu is going to be a look at some of the things that Nintendo has innovated and revolutionized since it entered the videogame business.

Again, I hope to make it weekly, but we'll see how well I can keep up with my own deadlines...

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