Microsft praise Nintendo for 'Broadening market'

[Cameron]

I was reading my weekly email I get from GAME when something at the bottom caught my eye. It said 'Microsoft praise Nintendo for 'Broadening market'' I clicked it and thought I should share it with you:

A bit of Christmas spirit has been shown by Microsoft's Shane Kim as he praised the work of rival company Nintendo.

The corporate vice-president of Microsoft Games Studios believes that Nintendo has done a good job in broadening the market and his company has to work harder on appealing to a wider range of audience.

He told Venturebeat: "I can tell you how that conversation goes at Microsoft. They say, 'I don't think that's a game' but the guy at Nintendo says 'I don't care, I'm selling a whole bunch of that stuff.

"I believe to be the leader in interactive entertainment, we have to expand well beyond gaming."

Microsoft has done a decent job at appealing to hardcore gamers through titles on its Xbox 360, but will need to look towards developing titles like Wii Fit or Guitar Hero to branch out into appealing to the new breed of gamer.

It was recently stated that the sales figures of the Xbox 360 could surpass 25 million by the end of November.

Source: Microsoft praises Nintendo for 'broadening market' - GAME.co.uk

Reading that, I think xbox owners like myself should take a step back and wonder why we just got an avatar update with Microsoft talking about making Wiifit like games...

[Darkcat1]

an other case of Microsoft playing copycat...will they ever stop?

[AA7]

At least they will be more creative now. It took them a while to find out why the Wii was successful.

[Jose44]

Well i really want to get a 360/PS3 for christmas nintendo is kind of showing off because they are making a lot of money but if 360 catches up they will really pay attention to the wii still i cant wait for the conduit

[Cameron]

Originally Posted by Jose44

Well i really want to get a 360/PS3 for christmas nintendo is kind of showing off because they are making a lot of money but if 360 catches up they will really pay attention to the wii still i cant wait for the conduit

I dont see whats so good about the Conduit, but then again, i have a 360 so I wont see the hype when games like that come natural to me

[Divine E]

So let me get this straight... Nintendo is now trying to appeal to their Hardcore gamers with games like the Conduit, and apparently new Marios and Zeldas. Microsoft is going the opposite direction, and is going to make games similar to Wii-Fit and Wii-Sports... They are switching roles.

[Sam77]

You see there is a prime exsample that just because they are rival companies it goes to show that even they can pris one and other.This shoud be shown to the fanboys they will be like :o

The avaar idea did come no suprise to me i new microsft were looking into nintendo success but if they are going to copy nintendo no matter if it is diffrent they should at least guive nintendo soe credit.

Hardcore gamers will be relived at this news because it allows them to try out new stuff on there 360 because the only real way to find other types of games with a wide range of groups is with the wii but this way microsft will appeal no new gamers as said in the first post.

what i don't get is why don't all 3 companies have a good connections this way they can help each other out because i know they have profits to uphold but when you think about it microsft and sony indorse in other products as well were as nintendo are mainly gameing that gives them more time and money to indorse in to there games and become rich of it:)

Nay ways the avater idea probaly won't be the first thing micrsoft copy who noes nect they migth get microphones like wii speak instead of the head sets or even start creating some simple fun gas lol 360 sports :p
just saying it could happen lol.

[Cameron]

Originally Posted by Sam77

what i don't get is why don't all 3 companies have a good connections this way they can help each other out because i know they have profits to uphold but when you think about it microsft and sony indorse in other products as well were as nintendo are mainly gameing that gives them more time and money to indorse in to there games and become rich of it:)

Would you want to help your rival company?

[Sam77]

lol what i ment was gae wise like creat a game to geather i mean cod 5 on wii and 360 was a great sucsess so like with microft hardcore games plus wii fun games you could get some thin awsome and yes i would but i would not tell them all my upcoming games and how i am doing so well:p

like every o often like at an e3 convetion all 3 companies come on stage and talk to each other then people ask them questions and they all ancwer :p i would ask
"why iwii kicking your ass"nah only jokes lolno but like

"what things do you think you have in commen and do you think with in the nest ____do you think you will be makeing ____in"

[Cameron]

Originally Posted by Sam77

lol what i ment was gae wise like creat a game to geather i mean cod 5 on wii and 360 was a great sucsess so like with microft hardcore games plus wii fun games you could get some thin awsome and yes i would but i would not tell them all my upcoming games and how i am doing so well:p

like every o often like at an e3 convetion all 3 companies come on stage and talk to each other then people ask them questions and they all ancwer :p i would ask
"why iwii kicking your ass"nah only jokes lolno but like

"what things do you think you have in commen and do you think with in the nest ____do you think you will be makeing ____in"

You mean like a colab game?
That might work, although Nintendo would insist on a family friendly image