Silent_Buddha
Legend
The wording that they chose is key. That Nintendo systems have a "reputation" for being a "family friendly" console. Very much true, it does have that reputation. However, how they extend that is just the ultimate in sliminess (IMO) to imply that thus there is no market for mature games on NSW and thus it's not part of the "gaming" market like Sony's PS or Microsoft's Xbox.
The prevalence of mature content on the NSW storefront shows just how asinine such an extension of the first statement is. If there was no market for mature games on NSW then there would be far fewer mature titles in the storefront as they would fail to sell and thus developers would be incentivized to not put even more mature titles onto the console. Developers aren't going to continue throwing money into a black hole, they only do that if they see a significant return on investment for putting their title on a storefront.
As well, the assertion that because something didn't sell well in the past (COD on past Nintendo consoles) means that something won't sell well in the future (COD on current and future consoles)? Gamer's grow up. Even kids that game on Nintendo systems eventually grow up. And guess what happens when kids grow up? Their tastes in games broadens and/or changes... It also helps if the mature game when put on NSW isn't some neutered/altered version of the game that is different in significant ways from their other platform releases like past COD games were. Doom was put onto the NSW without significant changes to the gameplay or game so it plays the same as the PS, Xbox or PC versions of the game. And it sold well enough that since Bethesda liked making money, they put Doom: Eternal on it as well.
Regards,
SB
