Quote: Crash10So you basically a bit more of Nintendo in the industry?
Guess it would be fine, even though I also give value to uniqueness.
You know what?
Pretty much.
Not to the point of making it and the other companies' lose their identity, because clearly there are lots pf customers who like what they are doing right now, but I feel like Nintendo nailed the meaning of "videogame" in the last years.
That's just an honest opinion, can't really complain too much about modern gaming, after all.
I also wanna add that I think a healthy balance between old and new is essential. Nintendo suffered a lot by refusing to adapt to the modern market in the past, and I think they are in their best period in years thanks to their reinvention, and by also following trends set by other companies.
Splatoon, Arms and the new big online communities for Mario Kart, Smash and so on wouldn't be a thing if they didn't learned how to properly do online gaming (because we can agree the Wii online system was messy, but it was a start).
Nintendo is nailing on their marketing, modernising it in many ways, such as social media integration, Amiibo, mobile games, themed parks and the confirmation of films and anime based on their IPs. Also shows how they are being more open for new companies to help market their IPs, as you can see with their partnerships with Activision and Ubisoft.
As a last example, you can see this modernisation on their traditional products themselves. The Switch really feels like a console of modern times, mixing (a bit of) powerful hardware with portability. Both Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey really innovative and change on the games in a way never seen before.
But, at the games themselves, they never forget to stick to their identity. Can you understand me?