Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game

LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• madjo@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And Microsoft and the other “tRiPlE A” and “QuAdRuPlE A” publishers think they can ride on daddy Ninty’s coattails.

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The difference being that Nintendo makes unbelievable amounts of money because Nintendo fanboys won’t stop opening up their wallets. Microsoft doesn’t have that kind of loyalty or revenue (and you can bet Sony is going to join the club before the year is out).

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    • octobob@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m sure “fanboys” is true to some extent but their target audience is children and casual gamers.

      There are so many people that don’t play games beyond Mario kart, animal crossing, party games, etc

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        [according to a recent U.S. survey conducted by Nintendo, most Switch purchases are being made by “male consumers in their 20s and early 30s.”](gamedeveloper.com/…/nintendo-survey-reveals-who-s…)

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