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Yes, and no. That vocal part of the consumers are those that grew up with the old 'you buy it, you get to play it' approach. And those consumers are now the o

Yes, and no. That vocal part of the consumers are those that grew up with the old 'you buy it, you get to play it' approach. And those consumers are now the ones who will decide what their children get to play. Needless to say, I do not see Nintendo in my household anymore after the switch2 announcement.

rchaud 1y ago
Nintendo's focus is on the generation that came after you. Same as Reddit after the whole API and 3rd party app extinction event. The vocal types are the ones that reminisce about the pre-DMCA days and whine about corporate greed and "you'll own nothing, just what the WEF wants". There is an entire generation of consumers that grew up with Wii U, Switch 1, Netflix and Spotify and don't know or care about ownership and future preservation. That's where the money is. You may refuse to buy one for your kids but there're many more parents who don't play video games or care enough to keep them from getting one for their kids.
- iteria 1y ago
  The problem with that idea is that you need evangelists. It's not something that Nintendo will feel now, but I have successfully converted 6 families into PC gaming with my kid. I caught them at kindergarten and now they are in Valve's garden. My sister's family and her circle is all Playstation. Her kids have never touched Nintendo. Sure there are people who don't care, but those people don't bring people into the fold. It's a slow erosion. It's how Microsoft is losing ground to Chromebooks and Macs. People who don't know aren't hearing that they need a windows machine as much. They hear they need a Mac for security/ease of use or all they need is a Chromebook because they just surf the web anyway. Microsoft of course will be fine because they have business on lock, but they used to have consumers as well.

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Yes, and no. That vocal part of the consumers are those that grew up with the old 'you buy it, you get to play it' approach. And those consumers are now the o

by DocTomoe 1y ago

rchaud 1y ago
Nintendo's focus is on the generation that came after you. Same as Reddit after the whole API and 3rd party app extinction event. The vocal types are the ones that reminisce about the pre-DMCA days and whine about corporate greed and "you'll own nothing, just what the WEF wants". There is an entire generation of consumers that grew up with Wii U, Switch 1, Netflix and Spotify and don't know or care about ownership and future preservation. That's where the money is. You may refuse to buy one for your kids but there're many more parents who don't play video games or care enough to keep them from getting one for their kids.
- iteria 1y ago
  The problem with that idea is that you need evangelists. It's not something that Nintendo will feel now, but I have successfully converted 6 families into PC gaming with my kid. I caught them at kindergarten and now they are in Valve's garden. My sister's family and her circle is all Playstation. Her kids have never touched Nintendo. Sure there are people who don't care, but those people don't bring people into the fold. It's a slow erosion. It's how Microsoft is losing ground to Chromebooks and Macs. People who don't know aren't hearing that they need a windows machine as much. They hear they need a Mac for security/ease of use or all they need is a Chromebook because they just surf the web anyway. Microsoft of course will be fine because they have business on lock, but they used to have consumers as well.