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[Lupaie]

I don't think they see it that way but...

I believe that a lot of parents buy Nintendo related products for their kids. The software and identity are much less scary for parents to buy for their younger children. I for one would not buy a 360 or PS3 solely for the kids. So in fact, it's because of Nintendo that children grow up with games and are hungry for something new when they are a bit older. Other than that, Nintendo is the key innovator whose efforts freshen up the gameindustry time after time. Fourpointcontrol, thumbstick, rumble, dualtouchscreen, motioncontrol. I think that without the big N things would become stale very quick.

[Abcdude]

I don't think they see it that way but...

I believe that a lot of parents buy Nintendo related products for their kids. The software and identity are much less scary for parents to buy for their younger children. I for one would not buy a 360 or PS3 solely for the kids. So in fact, it's because of Nintendo that children grow up with games and are hungry for something new when they are a bit older. Other than that, Nintendo is the key innovator whose efforts freshen up the gameindustry time after time. Fourpointcontrol, thumbstick, rumble, dualtouchscreen, motioncontrol. I think that without the big N things would become stale very quick.

I agree, but if you ask me, I think the PS3 is far more safe than the xbox with it having better E-T rated games than the xbox.

[BanjoKazooie]

I agree, but if you ask me, I think the PS3 is far more safe than the xbox with it having better E-T rated games than the xbox.

yeah, Xbox=fpsbox. I mean, the thing was built with triggers just like guns, how can it not be made to virtually shoot people.

[CUD]

Yes and no. A lot of these gamers become complacent from their nostalgia and refuse to like anything that isn't what they are familiar with so in those cases which that applies they wont necessarily move on to Sony or MS consoles but just stick to Nintendo.

[PedanticGamer]

I don't think they see it that way but...

I believe that a lot of parents buy Nintendo related products for their kids. The software and identity are much less scary for parents to buy for their younger children. I for one would not buy a 360 or PS3 solely for the kids. So in fact, it's because of Nintendo that children grow up with games and are hungry for something new when they are a bit older. Other than that, Nintendo is the key innovator whose efforts freshen up the gameindustry time after time. Fourpointcontrol, thumbstick, rumble, dualtouchscreen, motioncontrol. I think that without the big N things would become stale very quick.

First controller input I used (at least at home) was a mouse and keyboard. It still has yet to be topped for the vast majority of games. The rest of your argument I fell is grabbing at straws as well.

Edited by PedanticGamer, 11 February 2013 - 05:23 AM.

[Alex Wolfers]

I don't think they see it that way but...

I believe that a lot of parents buy Nintendo related products for their kids. The software and identity are much less scary for parents to buy for their younger children. I for one would not buy a 360 or PS3 solely for the kids. So in fact, it's because of Nintendo that children grow up with games and are hungry for something new when they are a bit older. Other than that, Nintendo is the key innovator whose efforts freshen up the gameindustry time after time. Fourpointcontrol, thumbstick, rumble, dualtouchscreen, motioncontrol. I think that without the big N things would become stale very quick.

The wonderful thing about Nintendo is they can captivate audiences from 5 to 95. However they still need to work on winning back their popularaity in teens and young adults.

Edited by FallenSaturn, 11 February 2013 - 08:35 AM.

[Kokirii]

I agree but it doesn't follow that Sony and MS have to worry about Nintendo's console sales. I can imagine a situation where MS and Sony would be quite happy to see Nintendo drop out of the console business like Sega and produce their first-party games for Playstation and Xbox.

[UnholyVision]

(In terms of child friendly or safety) What should be important is a smart parent whom uses the parental controls & the said company that makes the software built in the system to have decent parental controls. Not that another company should care about keeping another one a float because some child progression of safety on another console. Heck if anything Nintendo is the most less safe of them all in terms of what the parent can turn on or off in parental controls. Only thing Nintendo really has parented per se is Mii Verse. Sony & Microsoft should just focus on even better control over these settings (as I know some are still limited on even there consoles) and just let the parents tick off whatever. In light of that Sony & Microsoft consoles would still be the safer playing ground. Even online in terms of turning off communication via voice chat in-games.

I can imagine a situation where MS and Sony would be quite happy to see Nintendo drop out of the console business like Sega and produce their first-party games for Playstation and Xbox.

Companies might, and I sort of want it as well for some aspects. It would be nice to have Nintendo games on the PC with free cloud saving so you never lose that lovely save files, no crappy DD services so you could buy digital with no worries, probably an easy to access & use friend list, and maybe some decent multi-player with actual dedicated game servers and/or a fair matchmaking system. Ah, that would be a nice dream come true. (Ugg, why do you make something so difficult Nintendo?)

[umegames]

The fact of the matter is Nintendo TRULY does not care about Sony and microsoft. at least not hardware wise. Their belief, is that they create better 1st party games (which i agree), and those games sell their system. All you have to do is look at the DS, 3DS and wii to see that

Brain age, animal crossing, new super mario bros SOLD DS systems
Wii-fit, wii-sports, new super mario bros, mario kart, smash bros, SOLD wii systems
Super mario land, and mario kart 7 SOLD 3DS systems, and many more other examples.

Sony:
God of war - did manage to sell a fair amount
uncharted, sells a few systems, but ALOT of ps3 owners don't even know about uncharted, trust me, i work in video games.
Little big planet, a fantastic game, but doesn't exactly push systems, certainly didn't in the vitas case

Microsoft
Halo - does sell systems
Forza - not so much
fable - not so much
gears of war - meh a few

YET! 3rd party for sony and MS
Call of duty - bingo
rockband and guitar hero - bingo
metal gear solid 4 - bingo
final fantasy 13 - bingo
Madden - of course
NBA 2k - Yes

see what i'm getting at?