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Subject: Re: Inner-Board Roundtable #1


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Michael Skinner
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Date Posted: 13:45:33 04/19/02 Fri
In reply to: MODERATOR 's message, "Inner-Board Roundtable #1" on 14:06:51 04/18/02 Thu

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.

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Date Posted: 14:04:49 04/19/02 Fri

Heh... I want "A Night on State Street."

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