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The Battle For Casual Gamers Heats Up

dxmnecro | July 18, 2008 | Blog | Wii XBOX 360 E3 2008 
A writer from GamePlasma talks about Nintendo and their success with the casual market. Of course, it is this market that Microsoft has shifted some attention toward, as could be seen at this year's E3.
"The Wii is, quintessentially, a casual gamer’s paradise. Nintendo has undoubtedly taken that expanding market by storm. The company may lack in third-party titles or extensive libraries, but it surely sells a whole hell of a lot of the current offerings. Due to gaining such substantial sales it is no wonder that Reggie and company have become entrenched in said market."

The question remains however, what’s the next step? Nintendo could most surely profit from new users with more Wii (insert activity here) titles, but what happens to current owners of the system? It is highly debatable as to whether owners of the Wii will grow weary of simplicity and possibly move onto a more advanced or challenging type of gameplay.
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    Demonfurby | July 18, 2008
    Microsoft is wasting their time, they actually had hardcore games at their conference. They can't take any casual gamers away from the Wii.
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    Shadow net583x s | July 18, 2008
    It's a good strategy for Microsoft. They see how Nintendo managed to appeal to the casual fans so they figure they'll try too. As long as they don't put their full focus on them like Nintendo it's not much of a problem.

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