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Subject: Re: Inner-Board Roundtable #1 Author: bradpierce5 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:40:35 04/19/02 Fri In reply to: MODERATOR 's message, "Inner-Board Roundtable #1" on 14:06:51 04/18/02 Thu SamNMax, you hit the nail on the head, which furthers my point. It is easy to say that GTA will attract new gamers, but, on the flip side, I think it will tear away at Nintendo's core supporters...that being parents. Let me offer this personal experience. Two weekends ago, I went into a Electronics Boutique to preorder RE (yeah!). I'm the type that likes to take his time and spend a good 30 minutes looking at games, playing demos, etc. Anyway, in the span of 20 minutes, I saw no less than 7 parent/child combos come in a purchase a Gamecube game and/or system. 4....yes, FOUR of them were approached by an employee. All asked for some quality games, preferably from Nintendo. This particular employee told all four about GTAIII. Two were horrified. One completely ignored him (which was hilarious), and one father said "I said I wanted NINTENDO!, not "A Night on State Street!" (which is our slum street). I approached the guy, helping him out with explaining Pikmin , and asked him why he stays with Nintendo. His direct quote "because I don't have to worry about the content. Even their heavy hitting stuff is at least classy." I asked him what he thought of GTAIII, and his comment was, again, "if Nintendo puts that on the shelf, they become just like everyone else. And I don't buy from everyone else." It took my breath away. Call Nintendo kiddie. Call them stuck in their "niche." But don't underestimate the power they have. The video gamers of yeseryear are now the parents of today. They remember Nintendo, Mario, and Zelda with fondness. Whereas Nintendo can hold true to their "classy" image through games like Eternal Darkness (which is M-rated, but not ethically challenging, for all we know), they could potentially alienate the niche that has carried them for years. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Inner-Board Roundtable #1 Author: Michael Skinner [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:45:33 04/19/02 Fri Hmm, good thoughts SamNMax. I hadn't considered anything besides the sales aspect of it. Perhaps you are right that Nintendo still does not want to be seen as a company that offers up senseless violence for the masses. They definitely don’t want to make news for it. While Sony raked in the free publicity with a smile on their face, I don’t think Nintendo would want parents who adopted the Cube as a good family based solution to see an old lady getting beaten with a bat and hear that it is available for their kids. Eternal Darkness though is really a mature game in that it probably won’t appeal to the same kids who want to shoot hookers. It will appeal to the dads who bought a cube for their kids, but still like to spend an occasional night behind the controller. It will appeal to young adults that have an appreciation for good presentation and a deep story. When people say that Nintendo targets a different demographic than PS2 and Xbox, I think they are right. Nintendo however is not the one that targets the kids. Like they have said all along, they target the whole family with QUALITY entertainment. If you buy a GameCube for the family, there will be games that everyone can enjoy. In this way, I think that ED DOES fit into Nintendos scheme a lot better than GTA would. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]