Nintendo/Sony Demographics

Xantar · 12-23-2004, 12:24 AM

Nintendo themselves have said that over half of GameCube owners are over the age of 18. Of course, for the PS2, that number may be more like 75%. I haven't read anything about it, though.

I don't think Nintendo actively tries to market to a younger demographic. In fact, they are pushing games like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 pretty hard. It's just that they are already saddled with people thinking of them as the kiddy company, and Mario games sell well...so what are you gonna do?

Perfect Stu · 12-23-2004, 02:24 AM

there's nothing wrong with Nintendo's demographic....it works for them, it's raking in the cash. Their goals may not be as ambitious as Sony's, but they got their chunk of the market and it's working for them.

Null · 12-23-2004, 09:29 AM

nintendo has always stated they target the younger audience, but try to appeal to everyone. They want to catch kids when they're young, and hold onto them as theyget older. its always been thier plan and they've never tried to deny it.

also the reason sony and nintendo always claim they're going after different markets from each other.

its not like its a bad plan and they're trying to keep it secret.

Blackmane · 12-24-2004, 12:04 AM

Yea, Nintendo has the younger niche and Sony has the older side, and they kind of share with each other and swap customers and all that.

Xbox is the oddball out taking away mainly from PS2, I would suppose.

Canyarion · 12-24-2004, 03:18 AM

Well, Xbox also has an own nich, one that Nintendo used to have: graphic-whores.

People that had a N64 just because of the better graphics, now have an Xbox. And when you look at games like shooters, Xbox 'feels like' the N64 of this generation.

Xantar · 12-24-2004, 10:53 AM

Well, having an audience of younger people does have one disadvantage, and I'm sure that's why Nintendo has made an effort to appeal to gamers 18 and older:

Older gamers have more money since they tend to have their own jobs. Thus, they buy more games. Google around for a bit and you will find that the GameCube has the lowest tie-in ratio among the three consoles (it's something like 7.2 per console which still isn't that bad if you think about it. It's more than enough to make up whatever loss they have on the console).

Jason1 · 12-24-2004, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Xantar

Well, having an audience of younger people does have one disadvantage, and I'm sure that's why Nintendo has made an effort to appeal to gamers 18 and older:

Older gamers have more money since they tend to have their own jobs. Thus, they buy more games. Google around for a bit and you will find that the GameCube has the lowest tie-in ratio among the three consoles (it's something like 7.2 per console which still isn't that bad if you think about it. It's more than enough to make up whatever loss they have on the console).

I always thought Gamecube had I higher Tie-in ratio that at least the PS2, while the PS2 has obviously sold MANY more consoles...