Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Shauna View Post
Many of the "casual" people I know that bought Wii units haven't used them in 2+ years.
Ditto, but for basically everyone I know that had a Wii. The fact that I hear more about the Wii from my 50-something year old mother in law than I do from people my age sums it up. What sums it up even more so is that my 50-something year old mother in law does not play it very often and I would not be surprised if she hasn't played it in the past year.

I agree with you on that fact that nintendo is first and foremost a family console, and they could use a bit more "Gritty" content. At the same time though, when I'm plaything through a Gears of War game on my Xbox with is super manly filled with blood, guts and heartbreak I need the fallback of family friendly Nintendo to counterbalance. I associate Xbox with "Western Games" filled with space marines and guns and swearing, but Nintendo with Light hearted games that I enjoy playing more than shooters.
This is why I find the PC and PS3 have been the highlight for me - they offer variety without the need to switch consoles. I can switch from gritty and dark to cartoony and whimsical by switching between games and they are all good, numerous and popular.
Truth betold, I wish Nintendo would push games like Metroid and F-Zero more, because I am bored as all hell of Mario games. I still enjoy them when I play them, but I dislike that it's a annual franchise (if not bi-annual). Nintendo has lost the support of a lot of 3rd party developers, and I don't thing Monolith Software, Retro Games and Platinum Games are going to be enough for them to keep the attention of players.
Thing is, I don't know what Metroid and F-Zero are because I didn't grow up on Nintendo. What Nintendo needs is not One More Game Featuring Your Favourite Thirty Year Old Character, but A Group Of New IP's and Multiple Exclusives By World Famous, Massive and Highly Respected Third Party Developers. Nintendo needs to un-Nintendo it's Nintendo. As someone who has rarely touched Nintendo products, I can say that I don't give a rat's arse about Metroid or Mario. If they want to grab me, they need to get TimeSplitters, Last Story, Final Fantasy and (of course) a Pokémon MMO mixed in with a game titled Badass Mothertruckers. They need to shake the impression that they are nothing but whimsical, they need to have titles that carry the interest of non-Nintendo fans. They need hooks. Right now, they have no hooks for new fans, they are simply fishing in their own bucket of fanfish.

Until they do so, I will see them as stuck in the past and living on past ventures. You said in your post that what Nintendo's thing is "pushing attempting to do what the other's dont." The only thing they are pushing is exactly what they have been pushing since the 70's.

Now, I love M*A*S*H, but I don't watch the reruns and I would have no interest in a sequel nor would I have any interest in the M*A*S*H 3D.

EDIT: Oh, and regarding the second advantage - the exclusive titles mean little to someone who a) hasn't heard of them and b) has no Nintendo fanboy blood... exclusives are only good when you also have the games that are released on the other consoles, otherwise you're not so much a console of exclusives, more so an excluded console...