Not exact matches
The shocking change in strategy was simple math, according to the studio — the DS simply had the most units sold out of all
gaming platforms, and Square Enix wanted the ambitious DQIX to have
as big an
audience as possible.
There is only so much
audience attention to go around and
as mobile
gaming, tv and film watching and web browsing become
possible for everyone, it is just
possible that digital books will lose out *.
It's clear that the 8 year cycle for the 7th generation lasted a lot longer than the standard ~ 5 year cycle because Nintendo introduced a number of new
audiences to
gaming early on and wanted to extend that for
as long
as possible and maximise profits by creating more software for them to buy.
The Wii opened the door for
audiences who previously seemed
as far removed from
gaming stereotypes
as possible.