In recent years we’ve heard the term “casual gamer” thrown around quite a bit. The past couple of years have seen many big moves from the gaming industry to attempt to grab the attention of the casual gamers and tap into this market. Even the gaming legend Nintendo built its last system with the idea that it could corner the casual gaming market. However, this demographic has not been the boon to the industry that these companies could have wanted. We’ve already heard the news from Nintendo about the on-going work on their new system since the Wii sales are starting to slide. The Xbox 360 Kinect has exceeded 10 million units worldwide but the fervor and energy surrounding it has begun to wane. The Move, originally aimed at casual gamers, has started seeping over to more serious gamers through compatibility with titles like Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4. This is an obvious attempt to squeeze a few more sales from the Move before they call it quits.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
put straight: I'm a purist so I'll always prefer the controller
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both, the casual audience can really help a company like nintendo for example. the problem is these types of gamer are very fickle and will drop it as quickly as they picked it up, like atari.
If they're not buying games, if they're only buying one exercise game with companies churning out dozens of knock off after it, an obvious burden.
Of course its the fault of those companies for not realizing the obvious mistake of following such trends as they remove resources from actual gaming.
well it can be a burden or it can be good, but when casual games that are being produced as fast as its been lately and how shitty they have been, that is a problem, but if they dont make as many and they start being good, then casual games can provide a short burst of fun