Nintendo of Europe marketing boss, Laurent Fisher has told revered gaming publication Edge magazine that the company sees “any kind of entertainment” as a rival to the Nintendo 3DS.
“Basically my short-term goal is to make sure as many people as possible try Nintendo 3DS. It’s not that we’re denying competition. The thing is, we can’t plan how we should respond to the competition because the competition is mainly limited to the hardware.
“Every day we will find new competition,” he added. “Taking a broader view, we’re competing with any kind of entertainment. You go to the cinema, whatever. We only have limited time and money to allocate to entertainment.
“Video games are no longer unique as interactive entertainment – even blogs and YouTube provide interactivity. So Nintendo, and video games generally, have to come back to that unique experience, that unique surprise, that makes sure people return to us. If we fail to do that, consumers will go somewhere else.”
– Laurent Fisher, Nintendo Europe
And those facebook games… They are so freaking addictive. I misself am hooked to that CityVille game, its nice XD. Whatever, those games takes way too much time, hahaha, or I’m expending too many time in them? Oh well, but Nintendo 3DS will take off me that games XD!
Nintendo Rulez!!!
pikmin 3 !!!!!!!!!
They have limited time and money for entertainment? Lol. Isn’t Nintendo an “entertainment” company?
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