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Old 12-22-2004, 02:29 PM   #1
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I was just wondering just one winter afternoon...and it hit me. I see a lot of kids playing with their Gameboys and Gameboy Advances and DS'.... and all of my friends who are 19+ years old... all have a PS2 except for one of them who owns a Gamecube.

So I came to the conclusion that Nintendo generally targets a more younger audience whilst PS2 stands for the older 16-and older audience? I see a lot of Mature rated games for PS2 whilst not seeing any on the Gamecube.

Although this may not apply to any one individual in this forum and you might be 25 and play a Gameboy.. I still think this analysis is correct....

I'm open to any opinions you may have on this topic. I just don't see many Mature games on Nintendo consoles and handhelds.

So to reiterate my point... so you all know what your agreeing with or disagreeing with....

(( Nintendo gears their third party game developers and console development towards a younger audience whilst still maintaining a small portion of adult users ))

(( Sony is geared towards older people... I don't see many kids in the mall asking their moms for a PS2.. they wanna get the latest Nintendo handheld or something of the sorts // whilst I always over hear older guys... even older talking up the newest Madden on PS2 or something... older guys = Sony.. ))

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Re: Nintendo/Sony Demographics
Old 12-22-2004, 03:15 PM   #2
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Eeh this is both the strength and the weakness of Nintendo...
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Old 12-22-2004, 03:55 PM   #3
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you... didnt know this before?

Nintendo even says they target a younger audience. while sony always says they target the older. nothing really to debate about.
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Old 12-22-2004, 05:54 PM   #4
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A game doesn't have to have blood or naked whores in it in order to be fun.

Nintendo makes fun games
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Old 12-22-2004, 06:38 PM   #5
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A game doesn't have to have blood or naked whores in it in order to be fun.
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Old 12-22-2004, 07:36 PM   #6
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