They fukked up and playstation took over. Had they tried to directly compete with Sony they would have gone the way of the dreamcast. In my opinion they made a smart pivot and kept themselves relevant. If anything gamers abandoned them, so they adapted.
there's a plethora of reasons Dreamcast failed...it was a loved system and still failed but that was more Sega's fault than anything...Sega made TOO MANY stupid decisions in the 90s that led up to the Dreamcast...all them add ons n extra useless shyt they put out...then they put out the Saturn and what fukked that up is they basically tacked the 3d aspect of the system on at the last minute and that made it EXTREMELY HARD to develop for...that's why there's no Saturn emulators even till this day...they fukked their own money up so by the time a great system dropped in the Dreamcast it was basically a wrap for them...then add to the fact it was so easy to play burned games and not buy them it basically ran them outta business...PS2 dropped and nail in the coffin..they couldnt compete..Nintendo would've been fine hadn't they gimped their fanbase time after time with the lack of GAMES...on top of that bullshyt they did with N64...they would've survived perfectly fine...their core fanbase finally lost patience with them at this point...period..I've had every single one of these systems from the NES up...it is what it is...never even noticed that
nobody said the people of the higher tiers don't also play lower tier games. i know as an enthusiast most of the games i play the general public wouldn't even try and shyt like Farmville i'd never touch but people that don't like video games play. i'm not a casual gamer but i'll play Call of Duty semi-annually and always get GTA though.Its not as black and white as you portraying it Gilligan. I'd say there is a huge portion of gamers who would fit into the Casual Enthusiast category. I'd know, I'm a fukking console myself
ongoing success?..do u see whats happening with the Wii U?...I basically broke down everything leading up until this point...the casual audience should be an add on...not the main objective...I'm done...
the 3DS experienced a similar low point early in its life. its doing fine now. the Wii U could be a total failure but that's still too early to call.
past success doesn't guarantee future success the PS2 to PS3 transition is proof of that. the 3DS came out and the gaming lineup was abysmal and it wasn't selling. Nintendo dropped the price and it became an impulse buy for people. the games eventually came for it.
The success of the PS3 was Sony's own doing...and it STILL ended up catching up by the end of the gen...like I said...the Wii U is supposed to be a next gen console but it has current gen specs for the most part...the Wii U is what the Wii should've been aside from that wack ass tablet..next gen is gonna be VERY different in approach when it comes to systems and the line between PC and console is becoming EXTREMELY blurred and the Wii U is just not there...whatever u say is not gonna negate the fact that in order for the Wii U to survive next gen...they BETTER come out with more exclusive and original IP's and at a decent pace and also try to get a big piece of the indie market...basically..they need quality games...period...
That's your opinion, and the opinion of a lot of "hardcore gamers" but reality is "hardcore gamers" is a very small market. The ps3 catered exclusively to hardcore gaming and Sony lost money. It's not a viable business plan anymore. Budgets are too high and gamers don't want to spend more money. If someone dropped a hardcore console for $800 with $80 games. It could be the most gaming centric console ever and it would still flop. The key is finding the sweet spot in the market. Each company is searching for that sweet spot, while gamers just complain and bash all ideas that aren't extra polygons/more power.
