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<blockquote data-quote="Queue" data-source="post: 110836" data-attributes="member: 3496"><p>Don't get me wrong. I enjoy offline, in-person multiplayer gaming just as much as the next guy, and even prefer it to online multiplayer. It's indisputably more fun. The only problem is that I'm no longer a child. I'm a single male adult gamer, and I don't have the luxury of playing video games with friends and family whenever I want. I don't know that many adults who play video games, either, so I'm literally dependent upon the internet to connect with other adult gamers.</p><p></p><p>The majority of adult gamers suffer the same issue, which goes back to the underlying point of my complaint: Nintendo is still marketing almost exclusively to children and families. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with that, truth be told. Nintendo has always been a family-oriented company, and if they want to continue with that business model, they're more than welcome to. However, by doing so, they're alienating an entire demographic of gamers from their platform, and as gaming becomes progressively more adult-oriented, they'll continue to lose customers in the long term. It's highly questionable whether it is any longer a sustainable business model, and the poor initial sales of the 3DS and the Wii-U seem to indicate the contrary.</p><p></p><p>I only say this as a lifelong Nintendo fan who wants nothing more than for Nintendo to continue as a dominant force in the console market. I just hope that they one day stop slighting the advancements of modern gaming and instead incorporate them into their platform for the betterment of their fanbase. Because there really is no excuse for lack of online play in 2013 (soon to be 2014).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Queue, post: 110836, member: 3496"] Don't get me wrong. I enjoy offline, in-person multiplayer gaming just as much as the next guy, and even prefer it to online multiplayer. It's indisputably more fun. The only problem is that I'm no longer a child. I'm a single male adult gamer, and I don't have the luxury of playing video games with friends and family whenever I want. I don't know that many adults who play video games, either, so I'm literally dependent upon the internet to connect with other adult gamers. The majority of adult gamers suffer the same issue, which goes back to the underlying point of my complaint: Nintendo is still marketing almost exclusively to children and families. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with that, truth be told. Nintendo has always been a family-oriented company, and if they want to continue with that business model, they're more than welcome to. However, by doing so, they're alienating an entire demographic of gamers from their platform, and as gaming becomes progressively more adult-oriented, they'll continue to lose customers in the long term. It's highly questionable whether it is any longer a sustainable business model, and the poor initial sales of the 3DS and the Wii-U seem to indicate the contrary. I only say this as a lifelong Nintendo fan who wants nothing more than for Nintendo to continue as a dominant force in the console market. I just hope that they one day stop slighting the advancements of modern gaming and instead incorporate them into their platform for the betterment of their fanbase. Because there really is no excuse for lack of online play in 2013 (soon to be 2014). [/QUOTE]
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