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[KingSnake]

Nintendo is video game Disney though. And Nintendo is sure as hell not going to make games with the same tone as COD or Dark Souls or whatever.

This doesn't have any relevance in the context of the discussion. Have you even read what I wrote? What hardware needs to sell Disney?

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

This doesn't have any relevance in the context of the discussion. Have you even read what I wrote? What hardware needs to sell Disney?

Nintendo is not going to "diversify" visually. No matter what the circumstances are. Good marketing, games and ideas sell hardware . Not "diversity"

 

[Bots are better than you]

Nintendo is not going to "diversify" visually. No matter what the circumstances are. Good marketing, games and ideas sell hardware . Not "diversity"

I'll just want to add that (imo) Nintendo already tried to improve in this "diversity" case by funding Bayonetta and Devil's Third. I wouldn't call neither of them cartoony, or "Nintendo-like" in terms of visuals. Let's see if they continue with this thing during NX time.

 

[KingSnake]

Nintendo is not going to "diversify" visually. No matter what the circumstances are. Good marketing, games and ideas sell hardware . Not "diversity"

Diversity in games is also important. Having 5 2d platformers releasing practically in succession while having just 1 sport game, 1 RPG and 1 3d platformer will bring on your platform just a part even from your own audience.

But that was not the point. The point is not that Nintendo should do a COD, but that they could do more things like Splatoon, experimenting in the genres that sell today and thus an audience for the third party games in the same gene might appear in time.

 

[Steroyd]

Nintendo is video game Disney though. And Nintendo is sure as hell not going to make games with the same tone as COD or Dark Souls or whatever.

Not even close, Disney have actually expanded by acquiring the likes of Marvel, Pixar and LucasFilm etc to reach new generations, if you take all that out of the equation, then yes Nintendo and Disney comparisons are apt, but I can only imagine Disney would be seeing a massive decline from their animated days in the 90's because people wouldn't be taking to their live action renditions of old IP's.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Nintendo is not going to "diversify" visually. No matter what the circumstances are. Good marketing, games and ideas sell hardware . Not "diversity"

This is silly. People won't buy games if they're not appealing to them. No amount of marketing will sell a game like Splatoon or Mario to someone who doesn't like games like that. They're not going to build a market for the AAA games that are selling systems en masse unless they make games like that as well. Who knows if it will fail or not, but it's worth trying.

I'll just want to add that (imo) Nintendo already tried to improve in this "diversity" case by funding Bayonetta and Devil's Third. I wouldn't call neither of them cartoony, or "Nintendo-like" in terms of visuals. Let's see if they continue with this thing during NX time.

Bayonetta was a niche character action game and Devil's Third was a terrible game. Not the best examples you could have picked. Even visually, Bayonetta isn't going to appeal to your average 18-25 year old gamer. I mean, it didn't on PS3/360, why would it on Wii U?