I think you guys are once again reading way to much into gaming.
I honestly dont think more than 1% of consumers even think about the "industry" when they buy a console. They are simply buying a machine/toy to play video games on.
I am 32 years old and have been gaming since the vic 20 days, and could care less about the industry. I dont base my purchases on what is the better choice for the industry, hell I dont even think that is really possible.
Who's to say buying the gamecube is the better choice anyway?
The gaming industry is in the midst of its biggest boom in history, the industry is doing just fine, in fact it is smoking.
To many here believe the "industry" is in trouble simply because Nintendo is not doing as well as they like. Their assumtions about peoples choices are flawed because those choices dont coincide with their own.
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I see a bunch of kids buying Xboxes because it's more "mature", or the graphics are better, and I just want to puke.
why should you care? how do you that these were their reasons? Maybe they like the games better?
Why is it so hard to believe that a lot of people just dont like what nintendo has to offer anymore, including their first party titles?
As far as I am concerned Sony has been the biggest benifit to the industry, they have opened the door to the general public, they are the reason you see so many third party developers, they are the reason their are so many games.
The mainstream video playing crowd is not stupid, they dont just walk around blind folded buying games that smell like blood, they buy games that they will like to play. They just dont care about gaming as a whole they way some here do, and there is nothing wrong with that. I drive a car and dont care about that industry either.
The problem is that gaming use to be a geek only hobby, only gamers played games. Many now seem bitter that that has been taken from them, especially when the mass consumers dont agree with their choices, so they blame the industry, the media, who ever they can to help them feel justified.
I say who cares, all is well on this side of the fence.