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How Hardcore Gamers Fell Out of Love With Nintendo
hideandgeek.com - 12/2/2008
How Hardcore Gamers Fell Out of Love With Nintendo
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It’s far from a secret that Nintendo’s marketing focus has shifted in emphasis over the last few years. After hitting the market with user friendly gaming, Nintendo realised a new segment of the market to give its attention. It’s also a well published proclamation that this ...

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How Hardcore Gamers Fell Out of Love With Nintendo
GoNintendo — ... gamer means someone that only enjoys FPS, Sports, and GTA clones…I don’t want to be a part of that. If hardcore gamer means someone that bashes other game types because they aren’t ‘traditional’, I don’t want to be a part of that either. If you only like FPS, Sports, and GTA clones…that is perfectly fine. Enjoy those, and have all the fun you can stand. If you take it one step further and bash those that don’t like those games, or like other types of games…then you have the problem. Article here This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm and is filed ...

Has Nintendo Really Left The Core Gamer?
GayGamer.net — ... games is even more bare bones. What makes Nintendo responsible for delivering an amount of varied content that no one else even comes close to matching? It's here that I come to agree with Woffls' overall thesis that Nintendo didn't lose interest in the core gamer, but rather the opposite. Nintendo is creating entertainment for the same board range of players it always has since the Game & Watch, while the others have chosen to focus on an extremely vocal niche consumer. [How Hardcore Gamers Fell Out of Love With Nintendo] Hide and Geek

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